The Blood/Circulatory System Anatomy & Physiology I March 18‚ 2013 The blood system is part of the circulatory system. I am going to be focusing on the blood and the diseases which affect the blood. The blood‚ heart and blood vessels form the cardiovascular system which links the body’s internal and external environments together‚ by transporting substances between the two. Blood is a type of connective tissue that carries nutrients‚ oxygen and wastes through the body. Blood cells are formed
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I. CASE FACTS Purinex was a drug-discovery and -development company based in Syracuse‚ New York‚ that sought to commercialize therapeutic compounds based on its purine drug-development platform. Purine was a naturally occurring molecule that played an important role in numerous biochemical processes. Purinex had developed a process for creating small molecules that acted as selected agonists (activators) or antagonists (blockers) for specific purine receptors in the cell membrane. Purinex’s goal
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This article outlines current guideline recommendations for asthma and reviews what clinicians need to teach patients about its pathophysiology‚ pharmacotherapy‚ self monitoring‚ and environmental control. The authors discuss the classic clinical presentation of the disease‚ describe how to assess severity and control‚ and explain how such assessments can guide management. course of
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dysfunction. 2. Describe effects of aging on the respiratory system. 3. Identify significant assessment data that should be obtained from a patient. 4. Describe pH and the mechanisms that regulate acid-base balance. 5. Describe the common causes‚ pathophysiology‚ compensatory mechanisms‚ and clinical manifestations of respiratory and metabolic acidosis and alkalosis. 6. Interpret arterial blood gas results. 7. Identify the signs and symptoms of inadequate oxygenation and the implications of these findings
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A Differential Diagnosis Mnemonics Handbook - and the Parts of the Medical History By Allan Platt‚ PA-C‚ MMSc Mnemonics are memory tools to help in the memorization of long lists. These differential diagnosis and medical history mnemonics are intended to aid memorization. These mnemonics are not all inclusive and should be used in conjunction with standard textbooks of medical diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The electronic text in PDF or word has hyperlinks to navigate. Index Acute Abdominal
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POST1 Mucormysis is a rare but highly aggressive and a fatal infection that affects immunocompromised patients. Mucormycosis infections have increasingly become very common. The survival of such infections is also very poor. Iron metabolism plays a very important role in regulating mucor infections. Deferoxamine predisposes patients to mucormycosisby supplying the fungus containing iron.From these findings‚ it is possible to treat the infection by using iron chelator as long as the chelator does
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glomerulonephritis- post streptococcal‚ Rapidly Progressive GlomeruloNephritis (RPGN)‚ lipoid nephrosis‚ membranous GN‚MPGN‚ chronic glomerulo nephritis ( classified by histologic changes as aetiology is unknown in many glomerulopathies) 2.Systemic diseases with glomerular involvement SLE‚ DM‚ Amyloidosis‚ Henoch- Schonlein purpura‚ infective endocarditis Vasculitis Alport syndrome 3.Hereditary disorders Review of Glomerular structure and function Glomerular filter
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site for abscesses that go on to form septic infarcts or mycotic aneurysms. A fungal vegetation on the heart valve would generally appear larger than the bacterial vegetations (Robbins‚ Cotran‚ Kumar‚ & Collins‚ 1999). Fungal vegetations may cause systemic embolus and from there would form an abscess and septal infarts. The vegetations involving this disease will show granulation tissue with fibrosis‚ calcification and chronic inflammatory infiltrate (Robbins‚ Cotran‚ Kumar‚ & Collins‚
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I. Definition A molar pregnancy is an abnormal form of pregnancy in which a non-viable fertilized egg implants in the uterus‚ converting the normal pregnancy progress into a pathological one. It is characterized by the presence of a hydatidiform mole‚ which the chorionic villi around the fetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs‚ resulting in tumor growth that forms in the uterus as a bunch of cysts resembling grape-like vesicles that are visible to the naked eye. Hydatidiform
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References: Huether. (2008). Understanding Pathophysiology (4th ed.) (Brashers‚ Ed.). St. Louis‚ Missouri: Mosby Elsevier. Nayduch. (2010‚ September). Spinal Cord Injury. Nursing 2010‚ 9‚ 25-31.
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