OB PROJECT (WEEK 4) Definition: Spinal Bifida- congenital neural tube defect in which the vertebral spaces fail to close‚ allowing a herniation of the spinal contents into a sac. There are three types of spinal bifida: spinal bifida occulta‚ meningocele‚ and myelomeningocele. Cause: In spinal bifida‚ the vertebral spaces do not close‚ which allows herniation of the spinal contents into a sac. Risk factors include: • Genetic problems • Infection • Children born into lower socioeconomic families
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rating. Future medical care includes office visits with an orthopedist‚ PT‚ acupuncture‚ medications‚ injections and diagnostic studies. Patient underwent an L5-S 1 interlaminar epidural steroid injection per the operative report dated 06/05/13. MRI of the lumbar spine dated 12/14/16 revealed early degenerative disc and facet changes‚ without significant canal or foraminal compromise. At L3-4 and L4-5 levels‚ there are degenerative disc changes with desiccation and loss of disc height. The disc
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Basketball. Weeks from state‚ seconds left on the clock of a tied game‚ I drove to the basket and drew a foul. I have to make these free throws. I took one step toward the line‚ as a sharp pain shot up my leg. I fell to the floor screaming in pain. An MRI revealed that I had torn every ligament in my right knee. Not being able to walk‚ being on the sidelines‚ physical therapy and my injury in general was the hardest challenge I had ever faced‚ but I overcame it. Adrenaline pumping‚ minutes into my
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service provider uses technical language the service user may not understand. For example‚ the nurse might say that a patient needs bloods and an MRI scan. That can sound very alarming to someone who has been rushed into hospital. It will be much better if the nurse explains that they need to take some blood to do some test and then explain what’s MRI scan is so the patient will understand much better and do get scared for something that sound scary. Culture differences When a word have a same
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pondered what is the cause of the dramatic changes. With the recent use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) along with other new technologies‚ scientist are finally able to answer some of these questions involving the teenage brain. Dr. Jay Giedd‚ from the National Institute of Mental Health‚ explains how one night per week he uses a MRI in order to view the inside of children’s brains. Thanks to the MRI scientist‚ along with Dr. Giedd‚ can now explore the growing activity of the human brain. Scientists
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Introduction: In our assignment we choose Bahrain specialist hospital to describe his physical resources . In this hospital there are different kind of department and we choose one of these department which is x-ray department to describe and explain there of his physical resources. Task 1: The physical resources that we choose are: (1) Building and facilities: Building is the place used by a business for its operation. building plays an important role
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Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. In the US‚ half of men and one-third of women develop cancer throughout their lifetime (Sudhakar). That means that most of the people reading this essay have or had a family member that has developed cancer. Even though cancer is the leading cause of death around the world‚ many people have developed treatments to treat the disease. Common types of treatments for cancer are chemotherapy‚ targeted therapy‚ and surgery. Surgery is the most interesting
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Uses of Computers in the Medical Field By: Tashauna Roberts Introduction In today’s society‚ there is a wide range of computer use. Almost everywhere you go today you are required to have some sort of basic understanding of how a computer is operated. In my report‚ I am going to tell you how computers are used in the field of medicine. There is a wide variety of use and need for a computer in the medical field. Their uses include storing patient related data‚ scanning and imaging the body‚ and
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Patient scenario The patient Mr. Smith was diagnosed with prostate cancer 5 years ago. It seemed as if his condition was worsening so he visited his physician who performed a physical examination on him. A physical examination has many components they include observing the signs of a disease by checking for signals like change in skin pigment or alertness. Then there is checking vital signs such as blood pressure‚ heart rate and temperature by comparing your results to a standard. Next step the
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“When life gives you bad hops‚ make great plays” -Anonymous This quote relates bad hops in baseball to obstacles in my life and making great plays to overcoming those obstacles. This brings me to my laws of life which are how to deal with failure‚ and how to make the best of a bad situation put before you. I will be relating both of these laws to experiences I’ve had in baseball. I made the realization that failure is healthy and can only make me stronger. Before I made these realizations‚ whenever
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