EPOCRATES: An Athenahealth Company FATIMA A. TORRADO Bachelor of Science of Pharmacy Mariano Marcos State University Batac City +639092434872 Fatimatorrado_05@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Mobile devices ( smartphones‚ tablet computers) have become ubiquitous and subsequently there has been a growth in mobile applications (apps). Concurrently‚ mobile devices have been integrated into health care practice due to the availability and quality of medical apps. These mobile medical apps offer increased access
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Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (hyperglycemia) resulting from defects in insulin production and secretion‚ decreased cellular response to insulin‚ or both. This leads to hyperglycemia‚ which may lead to acute metabolic complications‚ such as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (HHNS). Longterm hyperglycemia may contribute to chronic microvascular complications (kidney and eye disease)
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arthroplasty done in 1988‚ and was now experience severe pain bring him back for a revision. He also has a history of a cerebral vascular accident leaving him with a pacemaker placement and a coronary artery bypass graft. I addition he has mild osteomyelitis and
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Arthritis facts * Arthritis is inflammation of one or more joints. * Symptoms of arthritis include pain and limited function of joints. * Arthritis sufferers include men and women‚ children and adults. * A rheumatologist is a medical arthritis expert. * Earlier and accurate diagnosis can help to prevent irreversible damage and disability. What is arthritis? What causes arthritis? Arthritis is a joint disorder featuring inflammation. A joint is an area of the body where two different
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Fundamentals of Nursing- Theory hours: 90 Clinical hrs: 325 1. Introduction to Nursing: - Meaning of nursing - Definitions of nursing - Scope of nursing - Role of a nurse - Health Team - Aims of nursing in the hospital and community 2. Nursing Profession - Nursing as a profession - Professional adjustment - Qualities of a nurse - Ethics in nursing 3. History of Nursing - Ancient period - Middle period - Modern
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Medicine During the Civil War 1861-1865 When Walt Whitman wrote that he believed the "real war" would never get into the books‚ this is the side he was talking about (Belferman 1996). Yet‚ it is important that we remember and recall the medical side of the conflict too‚ as horrible and terrifying as it was (Adams 1952). Long before doctors and people knew anything about bacteria and what caused disease was the time of Civil War medicine. Doctors during the Civil War (always referred to as "surgeons")
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Entomology: The Study of Insects and their Relatives Insects and their terrestrial relatives belong to the phylum called Arthropoda and have inhabited the earth for an extensive time. Paleontologists show that the earliest fossils‚ most primitive forms of arthropods date back to the Devonian Period over 350 million years ago (Henning 1981). By the Age of Dinosaurs‚ 300 million years ago‚ insects were abundant in number and diversity. Like the dinosaurs‚ some pre-historic forms of insects were
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Escherichia coli (E coli)‚ Bacillus (food poisoning)‚ Klebsiella (respiratory tract infection) Micrococcus (septic arthritis)‚ Pseudomonas (bacteraemia) and Brevibacterium (meningitis). The list goes on with Pantoea (cellulitis)‚ Acinetobacter (osteomyelitis)‚ Bacillus (the agent of anthrax)‚ Nocardiopsis (pulmonary infections)‚ Brevibacillus (chest infection)‚ Corynebacterium (eye infection) and Staphylococcus
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Function of the Skeletal System 1. Support 2. Movement: The bones of the upper and lower limbs pull and push‚ with the help of muscles. 3 storage as a mineral store. 97% of the body’s calcium is stored in bone. Here it is easily available and turns over fast. In pregnancy the demands of the fetus for calcium require a suitable diet and after menopause hormonal control of calcium levels may be impaired: calcium leaches out leaving brittle osteoporotic bones. 4. Protective. Skull for the brain
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The Skeletal System:Bone Tissue 1* Dynamic and ever-changing throughout life 2* Skeleton composed of many different tissues 3* Cartilage bone‚ tissue‚ epithelium‚ nerve‚ blood forming tissue‚ adipose‚ and dense connective tissue Functions of Bone 1* Supporting & protecting soft tissues 2* Attachment site for muscles making movement possible 3* Storage of the minerals‚ calcium& phosphate -- mineral homeostasis 4* Blood cell production occurs in red bone marrow (hemopoiesis) 5* Energy
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