LOVENOX LOVENOX® helps reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis—also known as DVT blood clots—to help avoid a potential pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing abdominal surgery‚ hip-replacement surgery‚ knee-replacement surgery‚ or medical patients with severely restricted mobility during acute illness. LOVENOX® should not be used in patients who are actively bleeding or who have a low count of blood cells called platelets‚ which aid in clotting. This is a condition called "thrombocytopenia
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The purpose of this experiment was to identify four synthetic blood samples through a process called blood typing. According to Fredrick H. Martin‚ PhD.‚ et.al‚ blood typing is a test that determines a person’s blood type by checking the blood for the presence or absence of specific glycoprotein called antigens found on the surface of the red blood cells. The two clinically relevant antigens are the A antigen and B antigen. The blood type is named based upon which antigen is present on the surface
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Biopure Market Potential Exercise Suggested Solution Question 1) How would you revise the market potential for Hemopure? The best four-segment solution to the usage problem includes these categories: elective surgery; emergency surgery; in field trauma; and chronic anemia. Current Usage Change Potential Usage Trauma (in field) 200‚000 *10 2‚000‚000 Currently only 10% of trauma cases get blood transfusions in the field. With better storage potential and no need for blood
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Anemia is a disease state that is characterized by a reduction of hemoglobin (Hb) or volume of red blood cells (RBC’s). The reduction in Hb or RBC’s leads to diminished oxygen carrying ability of the blood. Many forms of anemia exist – the anemias discussed will be relevant to our patient‚ JJ‚ based on her signs/symptoms and past medical history (PMH). Anemia can be classified based on the appearance or size of the RBC. The size of the RBC can be determined by either calculating the mean corpuscular
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Rhesus disease is an infant wellbeing condition that is brought on by an incompatibility between the mother’s blood classification and the baby. Here’s the significance: Most individuals have Rh-positive blood‚ implying that they create an Rh protein on the surface of their red platelets. Also called erythroblastosis fatalism during pregnancy. In the newborn‚ the resulting condition is called hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). Be that as it may‚ around 15 percent of Caucasian ladies and around
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The original symptoms that take children to the doctor tend to present as a common illnesses‚ and some children are treated for those other illnesses before being diagnosed with leukemia. According to www.curesearch.org‚ “the symptoms can include fatigue‚ paleness‚ fever‚ bruising or bleeding‚ bone pain‚ weight loss or loss of appetite‚ and enlarged lymph nodes”(3). Kids can have symptoms for weeks before cancer is even treated as a possibility. An unconfirmed diagnosis of leukemia can be made after
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Introduction Cancer‚ while one of the biggest fears in many people’s minds‚ is excessively prevalent today especially in a world where it seems as if everything is or could possibly be a carcinogen. Though knowledge is rather limited when it comes to the causes of cancer and why it appears in some people but not others‚ it is known that “cancer occurs when a cell is genetically altered and unable to control its own growth and proliferation” (MacDonald‚ 2010‚ p. 176). Unfortunately no one‚ including
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What is it? Folic acid is a water soluble B vitamin. It is used during pregnancy to prevent Neural Tube Defects (NTD’s). NTD’s are birth defects of the brain‚ spine or spinal cord (MedlinePlus). They can be fatal depending on how bad the injury is especially if it is to the brain. Folic acid works with vitamin B12 in the formation of red blood cells. Deficiency in both folic acid and vitamin B12 causes a certain type of anemia known as macrocytic anemia. Macrocytic anemia is a type of anemia that
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Introduction By examining blood smear by microscopy it can detect infections whether they are viral or bacterial. Blood smears are examined by looking at the white and red blood cells appearances. The aim of the experiment is to compare a normal blood smear and its pathological features to those with an infection or abnormality by the use of microscopy looking at the cells involved with blood. A normal blood smear would contain 3 to 4 white blood cells per field in microscopy. If there is an
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Madie Moore Mrs.Taylor Research Paper 2 May 2013 Pulmonary Embolism Can you imagine hearing you have a blood clot and in a spilt second experiencing a pulmonary embolism and dying almost instantly? A blood clot and a Pulmonary Embolism are two different concepts but walk hand in hand together. One can not happen without the other. The difference in the two is one can save your life while one can end it. Due to the silent symptoms and the unexpected onset of a Pulmonary Embolism‚ the chances
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