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    What Is Kawasaki Disease?

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    Kawasaki disease‚ also known as Kawasaki syndrome is an inflammatory disease that is potentially fatal affecting the circulatory system‚ heart‚ skin‚ mucous membranes and the immune system generally in infants and children younger than five years of age. Aneurysms‚ due to the inflamed coronary arteries lead to stenosis or coronary artery thrombosis‚aneurysm rupture‚ myocardial infarction and sudden death. The cause of this condition is unknown‚ but there has been an hypothesis linking this condition

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    Physician assisted suicide is when a doctor helps a patient take his own life. This is basically what it is‚ but there are different types‚ some are considered to be good‚ some are murder. No matter what type it is‚ this is one heated topic in some forums of discussion. Some argue we have the right to life‚ but not death. I will describe basically what physician assisted suicide is composed of‚ and the various types of assisted suicide. Two categories divide the topic of physician

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    Sagent Pharmacist Summary

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    Sagent Pharmaceuticals‚ Inc. has issued a voluntary nationwide recall for Oxacillin 10g injectable unit. Sagent instigated the recall after the receipt of the medication complained that the single vial contained small‚ dark particles of matter within the solution after it was reconstituted. After researching this complaint Sagent had come to identify that the particle of matter was iron oxide. If the metal particles were to be injected it may result in swelling irritation of blood vessels or tissue

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    Erysipelas Research Paper

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    usually be treated at home. But‚ depending on the severity of your condition may have to be treated at the hospital by medication or in some cases surgery. If your case is severe enough to need hospitalization‚ you will most likely be treated with intravenous medications. Surgery would only be an option if the infection were causing your healthy skin cells to

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    Streptpcoccus Faecalis

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    and can cause major problems for an individual. This is commonly known as a nosocomial infection‚ because it becomes a concern for immunosuppressed individuals. Also Enterococcus faecalis infections can develop when a nurse neglects to clean an intravenous catheter or rectal thermometer‚ and if the nurse neglected to clean those most likely its being spread to other patients. Enterococcus faecalis can cause endocarditis‚ bacteremia‚ urinary tract infections‚ meningitis and other hospital related infections

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    the luxury of pus. Without it‚ we are left with the late sign of systemic fever. To the neutropenic patient‚ that can be life-threatening. Simple beneficial microorganisms become parasitic leading to illness which‚ if not quickly treated with intravenous antibiotics‚ may lead to death. So‚ the next time you see the

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    Gangrene Research Paper

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    Edward Jackson Nursing Paper Gangrene: Gangrene is when there is dead tissue in an area of the body. This occurs when there is not any blood circulating to a part of the body. A person is at high risk of obtaining gangrene if they are a diabetic‚ had a serious injury‚ or a bad infection. The most common sites of gangrene are the toes‚ fingers‚ hand‚ and/or feet. There are two main types of gangrene: Dry Gangrene and Wet/Moist Gangrene. Dry gangrene is caused by the reduction of blood flowing

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    What I knew before MOOC: Before MOOC my knowledge of dementia was old because I have nursed for over thirty years and had not gained recent knowledge in this field‚ only through personal experience. Since 2008 I have worked on a private ward which includes a mixture of medical‚ surgical and palliative clients. Last year through Alzheimer’s WA I undertook the Dementia Champion course. The course provided a dementia file and instructed us on how to educate. The file emphasized that my knowledge base

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    the patient : evidence suggest that ‚upper airway infection can be prevented by maintaining oral hygiene (Darby and Walsh‚2015‚chap 2 ) and change her clothes and bed linen daily‚ this would prevents infection. Provide catheter care and check the intravenous catheter daily‚ as these are the main sources of infection. Maintain sterile environment‚ and use personal protective equipment’s as required‚ to prevent cross infection. Maintain

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    Are you using manual hexadimethrine bromide (polybrene) test in blood cross matching? Watch out! Abstract: BACKGROUND: Blood cross matching test mainly includes manual hexadimethrine bromide (polybrene) test (MPT) and the automatic analyzer method (by coombs card) at the Department of blood transfusion. Generally instrumental method is used for large quantities of samples. It can save manpower; MPT is used for emergency and few samples. it can save time. Our department recently encountered a case

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