trauma‚ or infection. One of the most common treatments for ESRD is hemodialysis. This uses a kidney dialysis machine to filter waste products and excess fluids from the blood. During hemodialysis the blood flows from the body through and intravenous access such as a shunt or fistula‚ to a dialysis machine‚ where it passes through a dialyzer (filter). The clean blood is then returned through the access. This process generally takes two to four hours depending on the doctor’s order for each
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3-5 minute speech Scientists should not be allowed to test products intended for human use on animals. My speech today is about animal testing and I am against it. Animal testing is testing cruelty more than science. Animals are not treated well and are often abused by their handlers. Imagine‚ living in a confined space with other animals‚ some insane‚ some infested with diseases as a result of experiments‚ limited movements‚ having people rub burning products onto you‚ watching your every
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within the body‚ they offer the potential to identify disease in its earliest stages as well as a patient’s immediate response to therapeutic interventions. Diagnosis Nuclear medicine imaging procedures are noninvasive and‚ with the exception of intravenous injections‚ are usually painless medical tests that help physicians diagnose
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Evaluation of biliary obstruction for its nature is common clinical problem. (Frances Tse) There are many imaging modalities used to investigate in patient with suspected biliary abnormality such as transabdominal ultrasound‚ endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)‚ ERCP‚ CT‚ MRI or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC). MRI has now been increasing use and can reduce the requirement of ERCP or PTC due to its accuracy for evaluation of most biliary condition. (O’Connor) Magnetic resonance imaging has
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Necrotizing Fasciitis Necrotizing fasciitis is a bacterial infection that attacks the soft tissue and the fascia. It is commonly known as the “flesh-eating bacteria”. The term flesh- eating bacteria is not really the word for the disease‚ as the bacteria does not actually eat the tissue. It also progresses very quickly‚ greater risk of developing in immunocompromised patients due to conditions such as diabetes and cancer. As the bacterial can be developed in many ways‚ after abdominal surgery
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1. Introduction Zawadi Saidi‚ aged 22 years was a housewife‚ husband was unemployed. She lived in Utange area near Shanzu in Kilifi district. She was admitted in the labour ward at the Coast Provincial General Hospital on 6/4/2011 at 10.34PM as a referral from a private clinic. On admission‚ she was in poor general condition. She had laboured breathing and complained of headache‚ dizziness and palpitations‚ which had lasted about one week. Her parity was 3+0 gravida 4. Her last menstrual period
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“Prehospital Treatment of Patients with IV Heroin Overdose: What Are We Treating?” Prehospital and Disaster Medicine‚ 12(02)‚ 92-95. Robertson‚ T. M.‚ Hendey‚ G. W.‚ Stroh‚ G.‚ & Shalit‚ M. 2009. “Intranasal naloxone is a viable alternative to intravenous naloxone for prehospital narcotic overdose”. Prehospital Emergency Care‚ 13(4)‚ 512-515. Rudolph‚ S. S.‚ Jehu‚ G.‚ Nielsen‚ S. L.‚ Nielsen‚ K.‚ Siersma‚ V.‚ & Rasmussen‚ L. S. 2011. “Prehospital treatment of opioid overdose in Copenhagen—Is it safe
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breathing.” Treatment of anaphylactic has 4 main treatments which we will discuss. First is “oxygen‚ to help compensate for restricted breathing”. Next is administering “epinephrine‚ to reduce your body’s allergic response”. After that would be “intravenous (IV) antihistamines and cortisone to reduce inflammation of your air passages and improve breathing”. Finally‚ administering “a beta-agonist (such as albuterol) to relieve breathing symptoms”. Every case of anaphylactic shock is very different
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Background: A 22-year-old healthy college student was experiencing a loss of appetite‚ fever‚ night sweats‚ joint pain and skin rashes during the month of February 2014. The patient had lost approximately 18 pounds and had a constant feeling of malaise. In attempts to diagnose the patient‚ doctors tried to rule out multiple autoimmune disorders such as Addison’s disease‚ Lupus‚ Leukemia‚ and Rheumatoid arthritis. Extensive blood work was taken with no prominent results except for an increased sedimentation
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treated based on their overall health and pregnancy progress. Treatments are geared towards rehydration and reduction of symptoms such as the vomiting and the nausea. In most case of hyperemesis the patients requires hospatilaziation in to administer intravenous fluids and monitor the condition. The patient is placed on a diet that will appropriately provide them with the necessary caloric and nutrient intake for a successful pregnancy. Antiemetics are usually the drug of choices for patients with this
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