bacteremia‚ meningitis‚ and pneumonia‚ which can lead to invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). This is important to give to those working in immunocompromised conditions. Pneumococcal Polysaccharide: This vaccine protects against 23 types of this bacteria‚ including those that are more likely to causing serious types of disease. This type of vaccine is used when strains of the disease have become resistant to other drugs‚ such as penicillin. Meningococcal: This bacteria causes meningitis‚ which is a
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Biology 3201 1. Unit 1- Maintaining Dynamic Equilibrium II Ch. 12 – The Nervous System (pp. 390-419) 12.1 – Structure of the Nervous System nervous system: a high-speed communication system which delivers information to and from the brain and spinal cord and all over the body. In any nervous system‚ there are 4 main components: (1) sensors: gather information from the external environment (sense organs) (2) conductors: carry information from sensors to modulators or from modulators to effectors (nerves)
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Poor diet (inadequate dietary calcium and vit D) Smoking Excess alcohol PH of musculoskeletal injury or other conditions Past history of cancer Smoking Diabetes Alcohol Diet (eg. vit B12 deficiency) Malabsorption Infections (Shingles‚ Meningitis) Cancer Drug use and abuse Injuries Hypertension PH of CVD (eg. MI‚
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Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was an inventor ‚ architect‚ and American engineer. He designed buildings to work with technology to meet the needs of modern life.He also made many designs for automobiles‚ buildings‚ and cities. In 1940‚ Fuller came up with a new idea for a domed structure. He called this structure a geodesic dome. A geodesic dome is great and light. It covers a vast open space with no inside supports. Born in Milton‚ Massachusetts‚ July 12‚1895‚ the son of Richard Buckminster
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Martin L.A. Sternberg 1925-2010 Scholar and Pioneer Martin L.A Sternberg Was born on Jan 10‚ 1925 in New York He was Deafened at the age of 7 by meningitis. After recovering he took instantly to speech reading. Though devastated his family was loving‚ protective and in denial and he was confused. He attended P.S. 47 New York’s only school for the deaf after completing the 8th grade he entered Townsend Harris a prestigious school. In 1943 as a volunteer at the Red Cross he might of been
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Hydrocephalus is derived from the Greek word –hydro which means water‚ and cephalus meaning head. Hydrocephalus is also known as water head baby‚ which is water on the brain. Hydrocephalus is medical condition that 1 out of 500 babies are born with. The first thing that comes to a parent mind when having a baby is whether it will be healthy or not. Hydrocephalus is a medical condition in which‚ there is an abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the cavities (ventricles) of
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In 2012 Ameridose LLC recalled all of it’s unexpired products in circulation‚ as a result of a CDC and FDA investigation of a fungal meningitis outbreak‚ due to contamination of their products earlier that same year. The testing of NECC products revealed a fungal bacteria present in the companies perservative-free sealed injectables betamethasone‚ triamcinolone and cardioplegia solutions
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all relate to my own journey into literacy. My own transition from Dr. Seuss books‚ to being thoroughly interested in novels such as Kiss the Girls by James Patterson is a novel all on its own. At the very young age of eleven months old I had meningitis. As a result of this I had to wear leg braces‚ and a hearing aid. I stuck out like a black sheep in a heard of white. Not being athletically inclined I turned to the classroom. I enjoyed almost all subjects except one in particular‚ reading. When
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have been a key component in the prevention of great illnesses in the last hundred years or more. Polio was a death sentence at one point‚ and since the polio vaccine was created there have been far fewer cases. Even the outbreak of pneumonia and meningitis has been curbed. If vaccines had not been created and perfected‚ there would be many more dead people. There are
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After going to class‚ I was able to get a deeper understanding of the readings and more specifically what each of the principle meant. For example‚ at first glance nonmaleficence seems very simple‚ but after going to class I was able to further understand its complexity. Nonmaleficence is meant to provoke harm to a patient‚ this is not only physical harm but harm in other ways discussed in class such as protecting a patient’s personal information and not exposing it to outsiders. After working
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