What are my first thoughts about this case study? • When I first read about Carla’s presentation into the clinic‚ it sounded like it was piriformis syndrome. Although rarely recognized‚ piriformis syndrome appears to be a common cause of buttock and leg pain as a result of injury to the piriformis muscle. Symptoms are aggravated by prolonged hip flexion‚ adduction‚ and internal rotation‚ in the absence of low back or hip findings (Barton‚ 1991). Tonley et al. (2010) stated piriformis syndrome
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insurance. She is very cooperative agreeing to work with a nurse case manager and provide information. MEDICAL FACTORS Ms. Craton was driving on I-69 when a car weaving in and out of traffic caused a 4 car pileup. She reports she got out of her car and was standing at the side of the road. She bent over to pick up something and felt a pop in her back. She immediately went over to her PCP Dr. Tyler’s office. She was sent for an x-ray and a MRI of her lumbar spine. She tried physical therapy which increased
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Objectives: Retrospective case discussion of a patient who was empirically treated for spinal gout and review of relevant literature. that presented with lower extremity weakness Results: A 77 year old male presented with new onset paraparesis that developed over 3 days. CT and MRI imaging was suggestive of spinal gout but patient refused a spinal biopsy. He was empirically treated with high dose steroids and his lower extremity weakness started improving in 3 days. Conclusion: Although gout is common
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can occur in the bones‚ lymph nodes‚ lungs‚ liver and brain. Explain in your own words and based on what you can gather about Mr. Smith’s condition‚ how the laboratory or imaging tests helped with drawing a conclusion or making the diagnosis. The MRI revealed the metastasis of prostate cancer to osseous tissue‚ and the CT scan revealed the obstruction of intestine due to nodular enlargement of the adrenal glands. All of the blood tests were used to show how he had abnormal signs within his body
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The interesting events from CoBot’s standpoint are those‚ which were not expected or least expected to happen‚ from the CoBot’s past task execution data. We define these interesting events as anomalies-- deviation from the expected data. The expected value for an event can be computed from the respective log table‚ we create by analyzing the bag files. Using the expected data we identify the instances which are anomalies‚ and verbalize them comparing it with a past instance or the expected data for
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Gr. I‚ Category 41 Insufficient Medical Documentation to Determine Impairment Severity ISSUE Additional medical development is needed to assess the claimant’s physical impairment and complete the Sequential Evaluation of Disability. CASE DISCUSSION AND POLICY ANALYSIS This 56- year old claimant is filing a Concurrent Reconsideration claim alleging disability due to sciatica‚ nerve pain on both sides‚ inability to sit or stand for long periods‚ and back pain as of 03/27/2013. The evidence in file
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Introduction: The following three cases discuss information management within three very different types of organizations: (1) a national‚ online manufacturer/retailer of clothing and sportswear; (2) a major integrated healthcare provider; and (3) a global architectural design and construction firm. Consider each organization in terms of its information management needs at the following three levels of operations: • transacting – operational needs • management and control needs
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1. I don’t believe Jane is a hypochondriac‚ she definitely has relevant health problems that are very serious and causing her a lot of stress. The MRI that was done revealed there was a brain tumor. The underlying problems that stand out to me are the right visual field deficit‚ occasional lactation‚ and severe stress which are directly related to Prolactinoma. Prolactinoma causes increased prolactin hormone level in the body which is caused by the pressure of the tumor on surrounding tissues or
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1. How and where are platelets produced in the body? Platelets are known as thrombocytes and are produced in red bone marrow. They are stimulated when a blood vessel becomes injured and breaks. Platelets are responsible for clotting a vessel to stop the body from losing all of its blood. 2. Describe the role played by platelets in hemostasis. Hemostatis involves constriction of blood vessels‚ activity of platelets‚ and activity of blood clotting factors. Platelets work together with other blood
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NSE 481 Fall 2017 Homework: #1 Date Due: October 5‚ 2017 1) Summary The study by Yajima et al. (2015) details estimations of individual doses for returnees who were previously evacuated from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. Individual estimates were made for different categories of evacuees who were meant to return to three designated Iitate Village‚ Kawauchi Village‚ and Tamura City in Fukushima. The data required for the estimates was obtained from measurements of individual doses and ambient external
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