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    Medical Report

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    Medical Report Date: 3/9/13 Patient: Darlene Smith Age: 52 Weight: 251 Height: 5’6” B/P 100/60 R: 24 T: 101.4 P: 100 Pulse Ox: 97% Medical History: Patient is a 52 year old female with a history of gallstones resulting from being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis 5 yrs. ago. Gallstones were removed using ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatoghrapy). During ERCP doctor discovered patient suffered from a psuedocyst. Patient has no history of pancreas divisium. Patient is currently

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    SUBJECT ASSIGNMENT: APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM CONTEXT GENERAL INFORMATION: The subject assignment consists of doing three short exercises. To do so‚ keep the activities statements and answer just below them. This assignment must be done in groups of two and has to fulfil the following conditions: * Length: between 6 and 8 pages (without including cover‚ index or appendices –if there are any-). * Type of font: Arial or Times New Roman. * Size: 11. * Line

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    There are a record number of more accidents in medicine that you may realize. After a 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine noted that the number of medical-error deaths equaled the death toll from three jumbo jet crashes. This eventually caused a patient safety movement to take off that included: bringing new rules and procedures designed to minimize mistakes—and the injuries and deaths they caused. One of the most common in current times has been wrong-site surgeries. This occurs when

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    these goals are to acquire new skills‚ enhance my current career in health care‚ by applying what I learn in the classroom to forward my career‚ and to feel personal satisfaction of finishing something I started. Already having experience in the medical world has proven to me that it is essential to have skills to maintain and improve daily functions. Three skills would personally like to improve on are my organizational‚ time management‚ and presentation skills. At my place of employment for

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    Medical Abbreviation

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    AAA- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ABG – Arterial Blood Gas(test) ABDI- Ankle Brachial Pressure Index ACBT-Active Cycle of breathing technique ACT-Activated Clotting Time AF – Atrial Flutter/Fibrillation ALs- Activities of Living AMI-Acute Myocardial Infarction APR- Abdominal Perineal Resection APTT – Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time AS-Added Sounds ASD-Atrial Septal Defect ASL-Alternate Side Lying AVR-Aortic Value Replacement AW – Awaiting AXR-Abdominal X-ray BBS-Bronchial Breath

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    PREVENTING MEDICAL OVERDOSE I A medication error is a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patient. There is a need for accurate and proper drug administration. Around 100‚000 Americans die yearly of drug overdose. Medication errors: what they are‚ how they happen‚ and how to avoid them. II Dennis Quaid’s twins almost died after being given a dosage that should have been for an adult. a. The medication given was heparin.

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    Medical Summary

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    Nico Nunez Medical Terminology Mrs. Rivera 26 April 2013 Common and unique mechanisms regulate fibrosis in various fibroproliferative diseases Fibrosis is often defined as a wound-healing response chat has gone out of control. Stimulated epithelial cells‚ endothelial cells‚ and myofibroblasts also produce MMPs‚ which disrupt the basement membrane‚ and additional cytokines and chemokine’s that recruit and activate neutrophils‚ macrophages‚ T cells‚ B cells‚ and eosinophil’s‚ important components

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    Medical Immunology

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    MEDICAL IMMUNOLOGY & SEROLOGY Terence L. Eday‚ RMT‚ MT(ASCPi)‚ MPH College of Medical Technology / Medical Laboratory Science University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Historical Perspective • 1773‚ Voltaire reported on an ancient Chinese custom where dried and powdered small pox scabs were inhaled • 1798‚ Edward Anthony Jenner‚ Smallpox vaccination • 1862‚ Ernst Haekel‚ Recognition of phagocytosis • 1877‚ Paul Erlich‚ recognition of mast cells Historical Perspective • 1879‚

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    I have chosen Stereotyping‚ quick judgement‚ and projection as my three common errors in judgement from this week’s READ and ATTEND section. I believe in my career field I can relate to these judgements and explain how I overcome these areas that law enforcement often has issues with. Stereotyping is the widely accepted fixed image of a certain group of people. Law enforcement has had a long history with stereotyping of certain groups of people. I have many friends that are African American

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    Medical Doctor

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    MD‚a‚b‚c Francis B. Mimouni‚ MD‚c‚d Shaul Dollberg‚ MD‚a‚c Ram Reifen‚ MD‚e Gina Ashbel‚ RN‚a and Dror Mandel‚ MDa‚c Departments of aNeonatology and bPediatrics‚ Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center‚ Tel Aviv‚ Israel; cSackler School of Medicine‚ Tel Aviv University‚ Tel Aviv‚ Israel; dPediatrics‚ Shaare Zedek Medical Center‚ Jerusalem‚ Israel; and eFaculty of Agriculture‚ Food and Environment‚ Hebrew University‚ Jerusalem‚ Israel KEY WORDS metabolic rate‚ music‚ preterm infants‚ energy expenditure

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