References: American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2006). New recommendations for Down syndrome call for offering screenings to all pregnant women http://www.acog.org/About_ACOG/News_Room/News_Releases/2006/New_Recommendations_for_Down_Syndrome BBC Online (2010) Bennett-Woods
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Breastfeeding has once again been a main topic in the news. Unfortunately it is not a news piece that discusses how natural and amazing it is for a baby‚ but instead it has been thought of as sexually explicit‚ pornographic‚ and obscene. Before I write any further‚ I want to make it perfectly clear as to what these three specific words mean. Sexually Explicit Presents sexual content without obscuring or censoring it. The term is often used as a euphemism for pornography. It includes images and
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Placental localization must be done in all women with previous caesarean delivery by USG or MRI to detect placenta accreta or percreta. • Women with morbid adherent placenta are at high risk of PPH. Such a case should be delivered by a senior obstetrician. A availability of blood & or blood products must be ensured before hand. Intranatal: • Active management of the third stage‚ for all women in labour should be a routine as it reduces PPH by 60%. • Women delivered by caesarean section
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CLC: Health Promotion Presentation Juvenile Diabetes (Type I) Juvenile Diabetes Type 1 • Definition: Type 1 diabetes aka Juvenile Diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes‚ is usually diagnosed in children or young adults. It is a chronic condition where the pancreas produces little or no insulin‚ which is a hormone the body needs to allow sugar (glucose) to enter cells to produce energy (Type 1 diabetes‚ 2015). The state of starvation in the midst of plenty • Pathophysiology: occurs when there is
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units have the philosophy that‚ whenever possible‚ mother and baby should be together. These units provide maternity services such as antenatal and postnatal care‚ prenatal diagnosis unit and maternal and fetal surveillance. Overseen by consultant obstetricians and gynecologists‚ there is a wide range of attached staff linked to them‚ including specialist nurses‚ midwives and imaging technicians. Care can include general
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1.1 INTRODUCTION: The human ear can hear the sound waves between 20 Hz to 20 kHz. This frequency range is known as “Audio Frequency Range”. The sound waves having frequencies above this audible range is known as “Ultrasonic Waves” or “Supersonic Waves”. Supersonic waves have the velocities higher than the velocity of sound i.e. more than 1200 km / hour. Ultrasonic waves can not be heard by a human being but a cat or dog may hear them. The wavelengths of ultrasonic waves are very small as
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management to focus on patient and staff safety‚ reducing medical errors‚ and avoiding or decreasing morbidity and mortality rates. Health care organizations have been attempting to improve the quality of care for as long as “the nineteenth-century when obstetrician‚ Ignaz Semmelweis introduced hand washing to medical care‚ and Florence Nightingale who determined that poor living conditions were a leading cause of death for many soldiers in army hospitals” (Chassin and Loeb‚ 2011 p. 559). When discussing
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Christina Phillipps 28 September‚ 2010 Medicine’s Impact: Is there more than meets the scalpel? Today’s medicine is vastly different than it has ever been in our history and society. We are able to fix‚ cure and repair almost anything we want in the human body. When the average person thinks of how medicine has affected the American culture‚ many things- mostly good ones come to mind. However‚ in the past 100 years it has had a lot of negative impact as well. It is important to look
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modest means. Harland Sanders is a good example. He ³left school at the age of twelve‚ worked as a farm hand‚ a mule tender‚ and a railway fireman. At various times he worked as a lawyer without having a law degree‚ delivered babies as a part-time obstetrician without having a medical degree‚ sold insurance door to door‚ sold Michelin tires‚ and operated a gas station . . . . and at the age of sixty-five became a traveling salesman once again‚ offering restaurant owners the secret recipe¹ for his fried
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Contents The Concept of Self-Deception 2 Self-Deception and its Effect on Interpersonal Relationships 3 Personal Experiences with Self-Deceptions 5 Summary 6 Works Cited 8 The Concept of Self-Deception In the book Leadership and Self-Deception written by The Arbinger Institute‚ we come to an understanding that self- deception “...blinds us to the true causes of problems‚ and once we’re blind‚ all the “solutions” we can think of will actually make
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