Pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial disease that causes uncontrollable‚ violent coughing. The coughing can make it hard to breathe. A deep "whooping" sound is often heard when the patient tries to take a breath Cause. Pertussis‚ or whooping cough‚ is an upper respiratory infection caused by the Bordetella pertussis or Bordetella parapertussis bacteria. It is a serious disease that can cause permanent disability in infants‚ and even death. When an infected person sneezes or coughs‚ tiny
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MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN STUDENT HANDBOOK 2009-2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .......................................................................................................................................- 1 Philosophy of the Program............................................................................................................- 1 Program Description ........................................................................................................
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Scoring systems as a prognostic predictors: Several objective systems based on statistically validated determinants of outcome have been developed during the last 15 years. In general‚ these system include physiologic variables‚ diagnosis‚ age and previous health status. Recently‚ measurement over time have been used to refine predictions from these systems(Osborne‚1992). The ideal predictive scoring system would use objective‚ simply measured predictors. For prediction models to become universally
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1. Procedure #1 detected 50/100 true positives and 100/100 true negatives. Procedure #2 detected 80/100 true positives and 70/100 true negatives. b. procedure 2 is more sensitive 2. TP/TP+FN = ? b. specificity 3. What might the following indicate? urine: RBCs‚ WBCs‚ nitrite‚ bacteria a. pyelonephritis 4. Why is albumin the first protein to be detected in tests for renal failure? b. its molecular size is smallest 5. Cortisol excess will result in _____ a. hypernatremia c. elevated glucose
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University of Saint Francis ~ School of Health Sciences ~ Department of Nursing NURS 223: Medical-Surgical Nursing II Exam #6 Hematology/Immunology/HIV-AIDS Study guide Chapters 30 & 31 … 13‚ 14 & 15 Blueprint Exam #6: Dietary – 1‚ Medications – 3‚ Polycythemia – 2‚ Hodgkin’s/nonhodgkins – 3 HITTs – 2 allergic reactions – 4 Diagnostic procedures – 8 HIV/AIDs – 10 Immunity -1 Immunodeficiency – 1 Preventing infections – 1 Gerontological changes – 1 Anemia – 6 Thrombocytopenia – 1 Polycythemia
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Contents ABSTRACT 1 BASIC CONCEPTS: 3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 3 Project managers 4 Project management triangle 5 Work breakdown structure (WBS) 6 Project management framework 7 International standards 8 Project portfolio management 9 Planning and design 12 Monitoring and controlling 16 Closing 19 Project controlling and project control systems 20 Sdlc 23 System development phases 26 System analysis 30 Design 30 Testing 31 Operations and maintenance 32 System
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Literature Review: Six Sigma William J. Mooneyham Liberty University Abstract Six Sigma is a set of techniques and tools for used for process improvements. Six sigma has penetrated many parts of today’s business world. Six Sigma has its origin in the industry environment since its inception at Motorola in 1986. Six Sigma has since spread to other business environments such as the service industry in general and specifically healthcare. This literature review will seek to define Six Sigma and it’s
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TYPES AND PREVALENCE OF BIRTH DEFECTS AMONG BABIES BORN TO MOTHERS ON ARV DRUGS AND THEIR COUNTER-PARTS IN MBARARA‚ UGANDA. BY DR. NTUUYO FRED MBChB‚ MSc. Anat (MUST) SUPERVISOR -------------------------------------------- A research proposal written as a requirement for PhD research in human anatomy March 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE …………………………………………………………………….... 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS …………………………………………………. 2 ACRONYMS USED ……….………………………………………………
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Hepatitis C: Nutrition Care QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ QQ QQ QQQQ QQ QQQ QQQQQQQQQQQQQQ QQQ Canadian Guidelines for Health Care Providers Canadian Guidelines for Health Care Providers Endorsed by: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver Canadian Association of Hepatology Nurses Canadian Hemophilia Society Canadian Liver Foundation Hepatitis C Society of Canada Funding for the development and dissemination of these guidelines was provided by Health Canada‚ Community Acquired
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CLINICAL CHEMISTRY – defined as the study of biochemical processes associated with health & dse & the measurement of constituents in body fluids or tissues to facilitate dx of dse - dual nature since it’s both a basic and applied science thus clin chem. technologists & technicians should have an understanding of the physiologic & biochemical processes occurring in the body‚ as well as technical skills to perform the various tests - chemistry in connection with the management
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