Rowel Sales Vizcarra Jr. BS Psychology Scott’s blood test shows that he has excess red blood cells. Identify and describe two causes of this disorder. Scott’s disorder is polycythemia‚ which occurs because of excess number of erythrocytes in the blood. This disorder may result from bone marrow cancer (polycythemia Vera) or secondary polycythemia. The increased in slowness of the blood result from polycythemia. Discuss why Martina‚ who has blood type A‚ cannot receive blood type B during a transfusion
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Uterine atony is found to be the leading cause of PPH‚ complicating an estimated 5% of deliveries. Other complications that have been thought to result in PPH include vaginal hematoma‚ a cervical or vaginal tear‚ adherent placenta‚ uterine angle extension‚ and a retained placenta (Edhi‚ Aslam‚ Naqvi‚ Hashmi‚ 2013). Approximately 20 million women suffer from an acute or chronic disability following immediate PPH each year‚ worldwide (Rath‚ 2011). Research studies have found that postpartum hemorrhage
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Spring 2013 University Medical Microbiology HW #4: Tuskegee Project In 1932‚ the Public Health Service alongside with the Tuskegee Institute‚ initiated a study relating with syphilis; specifically experimenting if it effected African Americans differently than European Americans. The theory to conduct this experiment was to see if syphilis in the whites experienced more neurological complications whereas blacks were more prone to cardiovascular damage (“The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment”). The
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How Cord Blood Can Be Used to Aid the Treatment of Leukemia and Other Inherited Disorders I have been hearing lots of news lately on the research being done with cord blood. Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta that is usually discarded after birth. However‚ it can be very beneficial to save a baby’s cord blood. Cord blood is rich with stem cells distinctive to that baby and family. Stem cells are important because they play a role in the development of all organs
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The Breach of Bank Secrecy by International Rogatory Letters Rio de Janeiro State University UERJ Faculdade de Direito The Breach of Bank Secrecy by International Rogatory Letters Student: Isabel Tandeitnik Husid Subject: International Law I Prof.: Marilda Rosado de Sá Ribeiro Isabel Tandeitnik Husid The Breach of Bank Secrecy by International Rogatory Letters Raises a lot of discussion the breach of banking account data confidentiality requested by passive international
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Meet the Client: Marie Wilson Marie Wilson‚ a 34-year-old female client who is gravida 4‚ para 3‚ is transferred to the postpartum unit two hours after a prolonged 14-hour labor and forceps delivery of a male infant weighing 9 lb‚ 2 oz. The placenta was intact upon delivery. The labor and delivery nurse reports that Marie was catheterized for 600 ml of yellow urine just before delivery. Her record indicates that she had a repair of a 4th degree laceration. A postpartum assessment reveals that
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several different methods to having an abortion‚ all of these methods are separated into three different groups—surgical abortion‚ medical abortion‚ and chemical abortion. Surgical abortion is a procedure that ends a pregnancy by removing the fetus and placenta from the mother’s womb. Many of the
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In pregnancy‚ the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) plays an important role for the equilibrium of salt and water in mother and child. All components of the RAAS are altered during pregnancy (1‚ 2). Renin concentrations are elevated due to extra-renal secretion in decidua and ovaries through estrogen stimulation (2). An increase in angiotensinogen production in the liver is observed in pregnant women. By contrast‚ the angiotensin-converting enzyme is reduced. These changes result in an
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Toxoplasma gondii: A Review of Parasitology‚ Pathology‚ and Epidemiology Toxoplasma gondii: A Review of Parasitology‚ Pathology‚ and Epidemiology Parasites are naturally “clever‚” yet insidious organisms. You may have a parasite inside you right now‚ without even knowing it. An effective
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and therefore cause a birth defect. Alcohol is one of the most dangerous teratogens. There is no proven safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Every time a pregnant woman has a drink‚ the alcohol enters her bloodstream. It crosses the placenta and enters the fetus through the umbilical cord. So every time a pregnant woman has a drink‚ her baby does too! The blood alcohol level of the fetus is therefore equal to or greater than the blood alcohol level of the mother. Though the mother can
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