Uses of echocardiography Echocardiography (echo) can be used to evaluate your cardiac performance‚ the function of your heart valves‚ the thickness and motion of your heart walls‚ and the size of your heart chambers. An echo can help diagnose many heart conditions. Cardiac performance An echocardiogram can show how well your heart pumps blood (cardiac performance). To evaluate your cardiac performance‚ your doctor will mainly be interested in: • Your left ventricle‚ which pumps oxygen-rich
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Medical Surgical Nursing 2 Date: November 6‚ 2012 Name: Judine Douglas ID#: 3111-0427 Respiratory System The primary function of the respiratory system is to supply the blood with oxygen in order for the blood to deliver oxygen to all parts of the body. The respiratory system does this through breathing. When we breathe‚ we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. This exchange of gases is the respiratory system’s means of getting oxygen to the blood. What makes up the Respiratory System
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1. How can eliminating abbreviations reduce errors? I think that eliminating medical abbreviations would reduce errors because many abbreviations are very similar and people get confused between them‚ however‚ if abbreviations were eliminated it would make it very difficult on medical professionals. They would have to write out very lengthy medical terms. According to Dr. Darryl S. Rich‚ “to minimize the potential for error and to maximize patient safety‚ prescribers need to avoid such specifically
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probe is made complementary to a specific RNA sequence in the sample. Moreover‚ a radioactive atom or a fluorescent dye is used as label on probe. Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT)-PCR Employing PCR-based procedure in analyzing RNA would require cDNA to be synthesized using reverse transcription. When reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction are combined together‚ it will permit detection of low abundance RNAs. RT-PCR is distinct from Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
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MEDICAL ASSISTING April Stahl October 2‚ 2012 CM 107-31 Professor O’Connor-Colvin OUTLINE 1. DEFINITION OF WHAT A MEDICAL ASSISTANT IS? 2. ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES OF A MEDICAL ASSISTANT. 3. CLINICAL DUTIES OF A MEDICAL ASSITANT. 4. VALUES OF A MEDICAL ASSISTANT. 5. THE DIFFERENCE OF A CMA AND AN RMA IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. 6. NATIONAL AND STATE SALARY OF A MEDICAL ASSISTANT. 7. HELPFUL AND VALUABLE WEBSITES FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANTS. 8. SUMMARY OF A MEDICAL ASSISTANT
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Robotics Within the Medical Field Healthcare has come a long way during the past 10 years in the sense that people can be helped more accurately and precisely. Robotics has stormed the medical scene and is now starting to be implemented in a vast amount cases and studies. While they are not common they are certainly being tested more now in the attempts to better serve every single patient. They have robotics that allow for the doctor to use a surrogate around the hospital‚ robots that
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#1 OPERATIVE REPORT Patient Name: Rebecca Boleware Patient ID: 6996438 Date of Admission: May 15‚ 2013 SURGEON: Robert Aultman PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Large cell on differentiate carcinoma of the right lung. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Large cell on differentiate carcinoma of the right lung. PROCEDURE: Insertion of double ended gross on catheter via left subclavian vein. ANSETHSIA: Local‚ 1% Xylocaine. PROCEDURE IN DETAIL: With the patient in the supine position after adequate prepping and draping
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Have you ever gone to the hospitals and seen the heart monitors and question yourself‚ what does those line mean? How can the doctor tell what type of rhythm your heart gives? How do they know the rate at which your heart is beating? What is all this fancy wording mean when they go in and explain what you have? To the patient it may seem like a foreign language yet to many doctors it becomes a second nature. The process to learning all of this is not easy and as one becomes a student the realization
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Interventions used to achieve goals Joining and Accommodating In an attempt to disarm family members who may be suspicious or fearful of being challenged or blamed‚ structuralists typically begin by adjusting to the family’s affective style. The therapist shows respect for the family hierarchy by asking first for the parents’observations. Nonthreatening‚ friendly‚ ready to help without being pushy‚ the structural therapist is at the same time adapting to the family organization‚ assimilating
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HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION or EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TREATMENT RECORD Patient Name: Brenda C. Seggermen Patient ID: 903321 Date of Admission/Date of Arrival: 3/27/---- Admitting/Attending Physician: Alex McClure‚ MD Admitting Diagnosis: Ectopic pregnancy CHIEF COMPLAINT: The patient was admitting to the emergency room this morning complaining of abdominal pain. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient states that she has been having vaginal bleeding more like spotting
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