SIDS SIDS stands for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome‚ it is the unexpected‚ sudden death of a child under age 1. The exact cause of SIDS is unknown but some factors can lead to the death of a child. SIDS kills over 7‚000 American babies each year. SIDS appears to happen very suddenly with no suffering. It is not a contagious disease‚ it can’t be predicted or prevented‚ and victims are usually healthy before. Although‚ SIDS is not something to stress over or worry about greatly because the risk of
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1. A physician is called to the intensive care unit to provide care for a patient who received second- and third-degree burns over 50 percent of his body due to a chemical fire. The patient is in respiratory distress and is suffering from severe dehydration. The physician provides support for two hours. Later that day the physician returns and provides an additional hour of critical care support to the patient. 2. A 23-month-old infant with a heart condition presented to the ED. The physician examined
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XYY Syndrome‚ Jacob Syndrome XYY Syndrome‚ better known as the Jacob Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which affects males due to an extra Y chromosome. Healthy males have 46 chromosomes including one X and one Y chromosome. Men with XYY syndrome have 47 chromosomes‚ two of which are Y chromosomes. It is not known why the extra Y chromosome occurs. The disorder is present at birth and is estimated to occur in one out of every one thousand live births (1). In very rare instances‚ the syndrome
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In his famous essay “ The Hedgehog and the Fox‚” Isaiah Berlin/>/> divided the world into two groups‚ based on an ancient Greek proverb‚ which pitted the two natural enemies against each other. Foxes pursue many ends at the same time and see the world in all its complexity; they are scattered or diffused‚ moving on many levels‚ never integrating their thinking into one overall concept or unifying vision. Hedgehogs‚ on the other hand‚ simplify a complex world into a single idea (mission) that
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The main symptoms of cri du chat are first and foremost is that when they are babies they have a very distinct high pitched cry that sounds like that of a cat‚ which explains the name cat cry syndrome‚ intellectual disabilities‚ delayed development and low birth weight. The other symptoms are abnormality of the voice‚ cognitive impairment‚ low set‚ posteriorly rotated ears‚ microcephaly (head is smaller than expected)‚ muscular hypotonia (decreased muscle tone)‚ round face‚ wide nasal bridge and
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Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH) Abstract Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH) is a rare syndrome that not only causes physical conditions but emotional. The psychological effects of woman diagnosed with MRKH have never been fully discovered. The hypothesis and or purpose of this study is to evaluate self-report measures of psychological distress in woman with MRKH syndrome compared to woman without MRKH syndrome. A group of woman with MRKH will
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Micro-deletion syndromes Di- George syndrome Aetiology Deletion of part of the long arm in chromosome 22 at location 22q11.2(1) The most common deletion includes the TBX1 gene (85% individuals)‚ see figure 1 below. Defect in neural-crest tissue (thyroid‚ thymus‚ and conotruncal septum of the heart) due deletion of region in chromosome 22 (2) Inheritance pattern is autosomal dominant (2) Hypoplasia of thymus and parathyroid glands resulting in hypocalcemia Acronym CATCH22 is used for
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Down Syndrome Down syndrome occurs when there is an extra copy of chromosome 21. People with this abnormality is described to be having a physical feature like excess skin at the nape of the neck‚ flattened nose‚ single crease in the palm of the hand‚ small ears‚ small mouth‚ upward slanting eyes‚ wide‚ short hands with short fingers‚ white spots on the colored part of the eye. The condition is often associated with some level of mental retardation or learning disabilities. These individuals are
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Conformity to the French Class System in The Elegance of the Hedgehog Oppression comes in many forms‚ from oppression of women to people simply feeling out of place due to society’s expectations of them. While the latter is inferior as a political issue‚ it leading to the contemplation of suicide is a serious matter. The awareness of societies expectations‚ primarily in terms of social class‚ is prominent in the novel The Elegance Of The Hedgehog. Consciousness of social hierarchy makes the life of
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Reye Syndrome Reye Syndrome is an extremely rare‚ non-contagious disease thought to be triggered by aspirin use. The actual origin of the disease is unknown. Reye’s Syndrome‚ occasionally called Reye-Jacobsen’s Syndrome‚ is known to follow any viral infection. Two of the most common viral infections it precedes is influenza‚ "the flu"‚ and chicken pox. A now-familiar warning on bottles of aspirin‚ most notably Tylenol‚ is not to give Tylenol to a child who is recovering from the chicken
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