Shaken Baby Syndrome Shaken baby syndrome is a type of abusive head trauma. It is a set of severe brain and eye injuries that occur when a young child is shaken vigorously or suffers blunt impact. The condition can lead to: • Bleeding between the brain and skull (subdural hematoma). • Brain damage. • Mental disability. • Loss of movement in the arms‚ legs‚ or other parts of the body. • Uncontrollable shaking (convulsions or seizures). • Vision impairment and blindness. • Slowed mental
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apiculture field as different names. Since the great number of disappearance of western honey bee‚ this syndrome was renamed colony collapse disorder. Lots of regions in the world are really touched by this phenomenon‚ such as North America‚ or West European countries (Belgium‚ France‚ Italy‚ Spain‚ Portugal‚ and etc). There are other different signs that show a colony collapsed
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Fear conditioning by-proxy: Social transmission of fear during memory retrieval The investigators from this study have demonstrated how rats learned fear through social transmission with memory retrieval‚ which illustrate pervious study from Knapska et al.‚ that claimed rat shows increased level of amygdala (responsible for memory and emotion) activity as well as fear learning after they have interacted with a conditioned cage-mate. The present study is further developed whether a cue (a tone)
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have a baby‚ nieces or nephews‚ or simply babysit any babies? If you do‚ you might find my information to be quite informative and eye opening. Slide 2: Well let us begin. SIDS is the acronym for “Sudden Infant Death Syndrome‚” which is also known as crib death. SIDS is a syndrome that affects
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A congenital heart defect (CHD) is an abnormality in the structure or function of the heart. This can include circumstances that affect the walls of the organ‚ blood vessels that transport blood to and from it‚ and the valves that regulate blood flow. Some CHDs are minor‚ and cause no noticeable symptoms. Others are severe‚ and can place the patient’s life at risk. Symptoms vary according to the type of defect suffered‚ as well as its severity. In this article‚ we’ll explore a few of the most common
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In our agency “No Vets left behind‚” the biggest issue many of our clients are struggling with is the readjustment back into civilian life. There are many issues affecting veterans returning home from combat. Many of these service members exhibit high levels of emotional distress while on deployments. The events experienced in combat that may elicit trauma include: firefights‚ improvised explosive devices‚ minesweeping‚ witnessing death and much more. These traumatic experiences can create mental
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of the short-term effects of rape trauma syndrome‚ both in the text and the film. For instance‚ she was extremely terrified of the hateful look her husband gave her‚ and throughout the event she constantly was crying and laughing hysterically. Also‚ in the text‚ she gives her testimony in a temple and not in the magistrate’s court‚ implying that she is unwilling to be in the same location as Tajomaru‚ her rapist. Showing many symptoms of rape trauma syndrome‚ the wife proves to be a candidate of this
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Tumor Lysis syndrome (TLS) is characterized by rapid release of cellular components in response to chemotherapy. (Lewis‚ Dirksen. Heitkemper‚ Bucher‚ 2014) Chemotherapy is responsible for the destruction of cancer cell causing cells to lysis‚ therefore releasing the cells content into the blood stream. This content can contain potassium‚ phosphate‚ and DNA or RNA; which is metabolized by the liver to make uric acid (Lewis‚ Dirksen. Heitkemper‚ Bucher‚ 2014). Patient T.W. is receiving aggressive
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An increase in the heart rate and cardiac output occurs which dilates the blood vessels causing the blood to flow throughout the liver more efficiently. (Schwartz JS‚ 1987) Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is caused by liver disease‚ HPS occurs from the vasodilation of the blood vessels. When vasodilation occurs it causes a shortness of breath due to the exertion and loss of energy‚ and it also causes hypoxaemia which is due to vasodilation.
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Ectrodactyly or split-hand syndrome/cleft hand syndrome‚ also known as Lobster-claw syndrome or Split hand/foot malformation (SHFM)‚ came from the Greek word ektroma (abortion) and daktylos (finger). It is a rare inborn genetic disease where the hand is split on where the five fingers should be. Therefore creating a lobster claw-like hand. According to the site‚ SHFM is caused by abnormalities at one of the multiple loci‚ including SHFM1 (SHFM1 at 7q21-q22)‚ SHFM2 (Xq26)‚ SHFM3 (FBXW4/DACTYLIN
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