Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Kaplan University CM220: College Composition September 5‚ 2012 Traumatic Brain Injury is an injury that affects an estimated 1.7 million people per year in the United States. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when sudden trauma causes damage to the brain. TBI can result when the head suddenly and violently hits a solid object‚ or an object pierces through the skull and enters the brain tissue. There are two main types of TBI a closed head injury (CHI)
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is absent from the upper respiratory tract in typical cases. Zoster patients can be the source of varicella in susceptible children and can initiate large outbreaks. Uncomplicated varicella is a mild disease. Very few patients require hospitalization; less than 1% of those die‚ usually from central nervous or lung complications. The mortality rate may approach 30% in leukemic children infected with varicella in the absence of treatment. January 11‚ 2012‚ AM shift at San Lazaro Hospital
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Although I devote some of my articles to telling you not to worry so much about some diseases or other risks‚ influenza is one thing you actually should worry about. It’s terrible; it’s also far too common. Influenza‚ commonly called the flu‚ spreads easily. You can catch it from someone who coughs‚ sneezes or even talks to you from up to six feet away. You can infect others a day before you show any symptoms‚ and up to a week after becoming sick. Children can pass along the virus for even longer
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According to a website entitles “Find Laws‚” our man in question committed involuntary manslaughter so that is what I will be charging him as the district attorney. Involuntary manslaughter is the lowest form of manslaughter where the perpetrator or the person doing the killing never meant to kill anyone‚ but because they did something dumb or legally referred to at criminally negligent or reckless. . This means that the perpetrator did not intend to kill anyone‚ but still killed the victim through
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Pediatric Community – Acquired Pneumonia (PCAP) Group 1 Rivera‚ Geraldine U. Rodicol‚ Arsenio A. Serrano‚ Marian Joyce E. Tumamao‚ Jayson G. Vidad‚ Angelica B. I. INTRODUCTION * Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of several diseases in which individuals who have not recently been hospitalized develop an infection of the lungs (pneumonia). CAP is a common illness and can affect people of all ages. CAP often causes problems like difficulty in breathing‚ fever‚ chest pains
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needs‚ they may want to use a partial hospitalization program‚ inpatient treatment or intensive outpatient treatment. With an inpatient program‚ patients stay at the treatment center 24 hours a day. They are continuously monitored to prevent a relapse. This intensive treatment option allows the individual plenty of time to address the mental conditions‚ traumas‚ emotional conditions and other factors that contribute to the addiction. A partial hospitalization program is designed to help patients
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insurance and so really feels safe and secure that in case something happens to him‚ the actual insurance company pays for the hospitalization and costs needed for treatment. However almost six months soon after he was in fact diagnosed with cancer. Steve is not able to continue doing work a few months later and while the life cover shouldered his actual hospitalization expenses‚ his actual loss of wages significantly changed the standard of living of his own spouse and children. Unfortunately he
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J. Basic. Appl. Sci. Res.‚ 3(2)296-301‚ 2013 © 2013‚ TextRoad Publication ISSN 2090-4304 Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research www.textroad.com Determination of Pressure Ulcer Incidence and Its Related Risk Factors at Orthopedic Wards: A Descriptive Study MahbobehAbdolrahimi1‚ FaribaBolourchifard2‚ Farideh Yaghmaei3‚ AlirezaAkbarzadeh baghban4 2 MSn‚ Alumnus of Nursing and Midwifery‚ ShahidBeheshti University of Medical Sciences‚ Tehran‚ Iran MSn‚ Lecturer‚ Department of Medical-Surgical
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government that was for the people‚ by setting up a socialist government in North America‚ in which distribution of wealth and property is community based. Douglas portrayed an important role in Canadian history because he introduced universal hospitalization in Saskatchewan‚ set up a Medicare program‚ and was the first leader of a socialist government in North America which lead the way to other social reforms throughout Canada. When Douglas was a child‚ he injured his leg and later developed
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related problems is continuously growing and being challenges in health care settings today. The result of fall has been increased in population which affects the patient health‚ injury‚ hospital costs of test and treatment‚ death‚ and prolonged hospitalization. Falls and fall injury is recognized as a serious problems for our patients because it creates the cost burden to the hospitals‚ so it is important to identify the quality and financial impact of fall prevention program for adult in acute care
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