away from you. There are always many reasons for taking certain decisions in our life. In my case its life experience which proved to be my turning point for building up a career for better future. My grandfather was suffering from hemiplegia. I had grown up seeing the plight of his suffering with the ailment. Those difficult days of him still hangs around in my eyes. This particular incident made me sit and think. “Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to
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Introduction Cirrhosis is a progressive chronic inflammation of the liver that typically results from severe chronic hepatitis or chronic alcoholism as we know. Cirrhosis is defined histologically as a diffuse hepatic process characterized by fibrosis and the conversion of normal liver architecture into structurally abnormal nodules. In other words‚ The damaged hepatocytes regenerates‚ but the liver’s connective (scar) tissue regenerates faster. As a result‚ the liver becomes fatty and fibrous
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x-ray‚ hypoxemia refractory to oxygensupplementation‚ and reduced lung compliance. These signs occur in the absence of left side failure. Patients with ARDS usually require mechanical ventilation with a higher than normal airway pressure. * PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ARDS Occurs as a result of inflammatory trigger that initiates the release of cellular and chemical mediators‚ causing injury to the alveolar capillary membrane. These result in leakage of fluid into the alveolar interstitial spaces and alterations
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easily spread. You can contract them through droplets in the air when someone who is sick coughs‚ sneezes or talks. You can also get them by touching shared objects such as utensils‚ towels or toys and then touching your eyes‚ nose or mouth. Pathophysiology Bronchioles are small airways (< 2 mm in diameter) and lack cartilage and submucosal glands. The terminal bronchiole‚ a 16th-generation airway‚ is the final conducting airway that terminates in the respiratory bronchioles. The acinus (ie‚ the
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INITIAL HISTORY • 32-year old white female • Has 5-day hx of fever‚ SOB‚ productive cough • R side pleuritic pain chest pain. Question #1. What else would you like to ask this patient about her history of present illness and past medical history? Answers: • How many times a year were + for pneumonia? Infections per year? • What was the onset of when this first started taking place? Timeline? • What Antibiotic therapies were used?
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serious complications if not treated correctly. This essay will discuss the initial clinical presentation of the patient and examine the management and outcome of the interventions applied. The significance of atrial fibrillation including its pathophysiology and aetiology will also be discussed. Description of the case: A 68 year old male presented to the emergency department at 0800 hours via ambulance after experiencing chest discomfort and intermittent palpitations since 0500 hours. Prior to presentation
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The Poisonwood Bible Book One English 12 / Rucker Literary Devices Allusion “life‚ a mother recalls the measure of the silences” (5). What could she mean by this so early in the text? Note the significance of the title of each book. What is the significance to the events that occur? “So this is who all will be in our village: the Price family‚ Lone Ranger‚ Cinderella‚ Briar Rose‚ and the Tribes of Ham” (21) Why make use of parables‚ as the characters do throughout the text? “My monkey
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Crohn’s Disease Introduction Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory condition of idiopathic etiology that can affect portions of the gastrointestinal tract ranging from the mouth to the perianal area. It is transmural in that it affects the entire thickness of the bowel wall. It is believed to be the result of multiple factors‚ including genetic susceptibility‚ luminal antigenic drive and environmental triggers. Canada has the highest incidence rates of Crohn’s disease in the world. According to Statistics
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Introduction The case scenario selected for discussion is about Jeremy Kayton‚ 18 year old male student who moved to America when he was 17 year old. He was recently diagnosed with a case of type I diabetes mellitus‚ went through a break up and he had to work long hours to support himself. He was probably under a lot of psychological and emotional stress‚ suffering from ’tension headache’ and took an over dose of Panadol or acetaminophen with alcohol. According to food and drug agency (2009)‚ a combination
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main aspects: the wet form or the dry form. The dry AMD is characterized by the absence of choroidal neovascular complications with a less dramatic evolution compared to the wet form but no less disabling. Great challenge is to understand the pathophysiology that leads to development of one AMD form respect to another and within each of the two‚ the mechanisms that govern the evolution up to choroidal neovascularization for the wet AMD and to geographic atrophy (GA)‚ that involves or not the macular
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