Lowdermilk: Maternity & Women’s Health Care‚ 10th Edition Chapter 36: Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies Key Points - Print This section discusses key points about hemolytic disorders. · Hyperbilirubinemia is a condition in which the total serum bilirubin level is increased. It is characterized by jaundice‚ a yellow discoloration of the skin‚ mucous membranes‚ and sclerae. Jaundice primarily results from accumulation of unconjugated bilirubin‚ which is a product of hemoglobin
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Inclusion body myopathy 2 is a hereditary condition that mostly affects skeletal muscles‚ which are muscles that the body uses for movement. This disorder causes muscle weakness that appears in late adolescence or early adulthood and only worsens over time (O ’Ferrall). GNE-related myopathy‚ also known as inclusion body myopathy 2‚ is characterized by slowly progressive distal muscle weakness that begins with gait disturbance and foot drop secondary to anterior tibialis muscle weakness. Weakness
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Running Head: THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL NURSE The Role of the Professional Nurse in Health Promotion and Protection in Communities University of Missouri‚ St. Louis Introduction: Health Promotion and Health Protection Defined There are many different definitions of health promotion and protection and all of them sound fairly similar. Pender (2006) describes health promotion as a behavior motivated by the desire to increase well being and actualize human health potential and describes
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material obtained during amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling is necessary to prove that the additional copy of chromosome 18 is present. An amniocentesis is usually performed at 15-18 weeks of pregnancy and is the most commonly used test for the prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 18. During this procedure‚ a thin needle is inserted through the abdominal wall and a small sample of amniotic fluid is taken. Moreover‚ Chorionic villus sampling is performed earlier in pregnancy at 10-12 weeks after the last
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behavioral problems‚ and cause other physical damage.[1][2][3] [4] The main effect of FAS is permanent central nervous system damage‚ especially to the brain. Developing brain cells and structures can be malformed or have development interrupted by prenatal alcohol exposure; this can create an array of primary cognitive and functional disabilities (including poor memory‚ attention deficits‚ impulsive behavior‚ and poor cause-effect reasoning) as well as secondary disabilities (for example‚ predispositions
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.......................................6 Unemployment‚ Poverty‚ and Other Barriers to Self Sufficiency ..............................................................................6 Services Available to Early Head Start Eligible Children and Prenatal Mothers .....................................................9 Child Care..................................................................................................................................................................9 Relief
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middle ground of prudent vigilance‚ public oversight and debate is better than outright prohibition. She said that prohibition calls for an outright and complete ban on genetic engineering of babies and is no more outlandish than embryotic screening and taking prenatal vitamins. This technology has the possibility to avoid mitochondrial dysfunctions that cause rare but serious disease such as heart failure‚ dementia‚ and even death in the one in five thousand cases that a child is born with this defect
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Alcohol and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Alcohol plays a major role in society today. It is constantly being . ...... in our minds through advertisements‚ whether its commercials or billboards‚ holidays‚ or even just at the popular social scene. Alcohol is consumed for many purposes‚ such as celebrations‚ to increase romance‚ out of boredom‚ or a way to relax. Alcohol is a drug that is depended upon by the majority of our society. Nonetheless‚ alcohol has very damaging effects‚ not only
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Polygraph The polygraph test is one of the most controversial criminal investigative techniques of all-time. From the initial years of the invention to today‚ there is not a consensus about the investigative tool. That is why there are many people for and against the administration of polygraph tests. Therefore‚ in order to develop a clear picture of the polygraph test the history of the test must be established. Although‚ there are many sources that have well documented concerns about the invention
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means of science and technology (being robotic). Transhumanism is “the new procedure and technologies emerging from research laboratories and hospitals-whether mood-altering drugs‚ substances to boost muscle mass or selectively erase memory‚ prenatal genetic screening‚ or gene therapy” (Fukuyanna). The belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its current physical and mental limitations‚ especially by means of science and technology. Which begs the question why. Why would we consider this
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