Background The United States was affected with an epidemic of poliomyelitis‚ also known as polio‚ in the 1940’s‚ just as World War II was coming to a close. It was contracted through the poliovirus and spread from person to person. The symptoms could vary in severity. Some infected individuals were asymptomatic where others experienced “extensive paralysis of muscles‚ and possibly death” (Saxon‚ p. 18‚ 2001). Polio reached its peak in 1950. Declines were seen after the introduction of the polio vaccine
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|ANOKA RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE – MEDICAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY CARD | | | |Medical Diagnosis‚ Chronic Illnesses: Appendicitis / Appendectomy
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Running head: RHOGAM 1 Rho(D) Immune Globulin (RhoGAM) Nigel Morley May 1‚ 2011 RHOGAM 2 A mother who is 24 hours postpartum and blood type A Rh-negative is to be given RhoGAM. She tells the nurse that she was already given the RhoGAM when she was pregnant‚ and wants to know why she needs it again. How does the nurse explain the reason for needing it now and what procedure needs to be followed
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The patient is a 62 year old Caucasian female who had a partial obstruction in the carotid artery on the right side for over two years and had a stroke in the right hemisphere 6 months ago. The main common carotid artery splits into the external carotid artery and the internal carotid artery. The external carotid artery supplies blood to the exterior features outside of the skull‚ primarily the exterior of the face and the neck. The internal carotid artery supplies blood to the interior of the skull
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knowledge of the role of the immune system in psoriasis has had a significant impact on treatment development. Many new and emerging therapeutic agents target specific immunologic aspects of psoriatic disease. (See"Treatment of psoriasis".) The pathophysiology of psoriasis will be discussed here. The epidemiology‚ genetics‚ clinical features‚ diagnosis‚ and management of psoriasis are reviewed separately. Involvement of the immune system in psoriasis was first indicated in early studies that identified
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Maria Jennifer R. Falcon IV-Nightingale Acute Biological Crisis article [pic] Critical care nursing is a field of nursing that focuses on the provision of care to critically patients‚ unstable patients‚ or pediatric patients. Critical care nursing is usually implemented at the Emergency Room (ER) and at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Because of the unstable nature of the client’s illnesses‚ on nurses who specialize in critical care nursing are allowed to handle them. Nursing assistants‚ Licensed
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late twentieth centuries limited the basic rights of women. The time period influenced women’s suffering tremendously. Gilman shows this suffering throughout her short story. Jane‚ the narrator of the short story‚ suffers from what is now called postpartum depression. The time period in which she lived was a major attribute to her condition. The Yellow Wallpaper’s publishing year is 1892‚ which was far before women’s rights or feminism. Many think that the Yellow Wallpaper was a cry out from Gilman
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1. Differentiate between the official coding guidelines for using V codes in an inpatient and outpatient setting. The difference between the official coding guidelines for using V codes in an inpatient and outpatient setting is the guidelines for an outpatient setting indicates code sequencing for physician office and clinical encounters. V codes also may be used as the principal and secondary diagnosis in the inpatient setting compared to those that may be as the first listed or secondary diagnosis
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that 3. what is pathology 9or pathofiziology) - pathofiz ima quantifiable measures in scientific way 4. is patofiz. Relevant to pH‚ why and why not Obesity appears to be a growing trend ‚ to understand obesity‚ its pathophysiology is improtnat and treatment can folow. pathophysiology emphasizes quantifiable measurements 5. what is health - not merely absence of disease or the whole emotional‚ bodily‚ mental‚ social well being 6. what is disease (disorder) – not health 7. what is the impact of
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mass which is suspected to be an adrenal hemorrhage given the fact that it decreased in size. She is here today for a final growth scan and evaluation of the adrenal. On ultrasound‚ there is a live fetus in cephalic presentation. Fetal biometry is slightly ahead of dates but measurements are fairly symmetric between the head and abdominal circumference. A limited survey was unremarkable.
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