EVALUATION OF ANAEMIA IN THE GHANAIAN CHILD. GROUP B2. MEMBERS • • • • • CEPHAS AVOKA CHRISTIANA BAFFOUR AWUAH IBIRONKE AZEEZAT AKUA ADOBEA AYISI KWAKU AYISI-TETE Aim & Objectives Aim: Increase knowledge of students on evaluation of anemia Objectives: 1.Understand the various definitions‚ classifications and aetiology of anaemia 2.Easily identify a child with anaemia 3.To interpret haematological results 4.Successfully treat anaemia 5.Identify with the causes‚ diagnosis
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hypothyroid patients. Endocrine Journal. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22200582. Schrier‚ S. (2012). Approach to the adult patient with anemia. UpToDate. Retrieved from www.uptodate.com. Somervaille‚ T. (2012). Chronic myelgenous leukemia. Epocrates Online. Retrieved from https://online.epocrates.com. Zaiden‚ R. & Rana‚ F. (2012). Evaluation of anemia. Epocrates Online. Retrieved from https://online.epocrates.com.
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obesity‚ diabetes‚ and even leukemia and sudden infant death syndrome. Breastfeeding for the first three to four months has shown correlation to lowering risks of asthma‚ eczema‚ and other allergies. Breastfeeding also seems to connect to obesity in later adulthood. It is shown that people who were breastfed during infancy were much less likely to be obese later in life. For diabetes breastfeeding seems to lower risks by about 30%. More serious diseases like leukemia and SIDS can even be linked
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called transitional cell carcinomas. Sarcoma : They are cancers that are found in bone‚ soft tissues‚ fat‚ blood vessels‚ lymph vessels‚ fibrous tissues. Osteosarcoma is the most common cancer of bone. Leukemia : Cancers that begin in the blood forming tissue of the bone marrow cells‚ are called leukemias. They are abnormal white cell growth formed in blood and bone marrow. Due to which there is a low level of oxygen flow to the tissues‚ control bleeding and infections etc. Lymphoma : These form of
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yet to pass the bar exam. He eventually finds a job as an ‘ambulance chaser’ for a personal injury lawyer named “Bruiser”. Rudy already has a couple cases that he brings with him to the firm. One is an insurance case involving a young man dying of leukemia whose mother is suing a very large Insurance Agency who denied coverage for her son. The other case is an elderly woman who is having Rudy write her a will that takes her worthless children out of it. Not soon after‚ Bruiser is being investigated
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Alison Lohans and the song “Skin‚Sarabeth” sung by Rascal Flatts has both similarities and differences in the phrases and lyrics. One of the similarities between the song and the story is that both the girls had Leukemia. They were both in the hospital and they were being treated for the Leukemia. Another similarity is that both of them had lost their hair because of the chemotherapy they had to go through. The most important similarities are that both of the girls were scared about what was going to
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be quite effective in treating leukemias and lymphomas. Also in the 1960’s‚ a derivative of daunorubicin‚ 14-hydroxydaunomycin or Adriamycin (later to be renamed doxorubicin)‚ was identified and shown to be a more effective antitumor agent. Since these initial investigations of this class of antitumor agents‚ anthracycline chemotherapeutic agents have been employed in the treatment of a wide variety of solid organ tumors and hematologic malignancies‚ including leukemia‚ lymphoma‚ breast cancer‚ lung
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polite with them‚ but his only true friend is Earl (RJ Cyler). One day Greg learns that one of his classmates‚ Rachel (Olivia Cooke)‚ has been diagnosed with leukemia‚ leading Greg’s mom to force him to visit
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(Lallanilla). Acute radiation is an illness that causes digestive problems to include‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ diarrhea. This exposure to radiation has complicating effects on the nervous system‚ heart‚ and lungs. Some studies show an increased rate of childhood leukemia from the Chernobyl incident in West Germany‚ Greece and Belarus. These children were likely exposed to high dose of radiation which can damage genes and chromosomes. Thyroid cancer is very rare in children‚ this rapid increase was surely related
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1) What are chemotherapeutic drugs? Research two and explain how they work against cancer. Chemotherapeutic drugs are used during chemotherapy and are a treatment for cancer. Leustatin- used for hairy cell leukemia‚ chronic lymphocytic leukemia‚ and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas. It is an infusion through a vein and it attacks cells at very specific phases in the cycle. Taxol- used for treatment of breast‚ ovarian‚ lung‚ bladder‚ prostate‚ melanoma‚ esophageal‚ and other
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