Illanya Thompson Professor Tsuyuki English 100 20 April 2015 Into the Cut (Powerpoint dialogue) Imagine seven women surrounding you to hold down your limbs as another looms over you with a crude medical instrument and‚ if you’re one of the “lucky” ones‚ a syringe filled with local anesthetic used for the many girls that have undergone the same unnecessary procedure before you. The elder preforming the cutting is no medical professional. The only training she has is from the procedures she has performed
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leak/permeability = fluids shifts = edema ▪ Clotting cascade = emboli get stuck in capillary beds = tissue hypoxia • Can develop quickly following major surgery‚ trauma‚ or severe burns OR slowly in the case of infection the turns into sepsis. • Risk factors o Ages (very young or very old) o Chronic disease (DM‚ CA‚ renal insufficiency) o Immunosuppressant therapy o Multiple blood transfusions Assessment & S/S of MODS • Signs of SIRS:
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Abortion laws began to appear in the 1820s‚ forbidding abortion after the fourth month of pregnancy. Most abortions had been outlawed by 1900‚ and even though it had been outlawed illegal abortions were still frequent. Many women had died from illegal abortions in 1960. By 1965 all 50 states banned abortion. Roe V. Wade is the historic supreme court decision that legalized abortion in January 22‚ 1973. The supreme court held that in earlier months of pregnancy a woman and her doctor could choose
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nothing but infanticide. Of course‚ there is a risk involved with abortion‚ but as science improves‚ so does the safety of such practices. There is a small chance that a woman undergoing an abortion will be subject to hemorrhage (a 1 in 14‚799 chance)‚ sepsis (a 1 in 4‚722 chance)‚ tetanus‚ and anemia. Such events rarely happen‚ though. So‚ besides health risks and moral and religious beliefs‚ abortions are a good thing for quite a few reasons. First of all‚ in many scenarios‚ an abortion is necessary
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Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is one of the largest privately held pharmaceutical companies in India‚ headquartered at Ahmedabad‚ in the state of Gujarat. Over the last six decades‚ it has been developing and manufacturing pharmaceutical products and selling and distributing these in over 90 countries around the world. An integrated healthcare solutions provider with pharmaceutical product basket‚ it caters to over 45 therapeutic areas that include cardiovascular‚ gastrointestinal‚ analgesics
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fewer than one out of 100 in first trimester abortions and approximately one in 50 late term abortions it is important be aware of the [following] risks‚" said the American Pregnancy Association. Some of these longer term risks include infection or sepsis‚ damage to the cervix‚ damage to other organs‚ or even death. The topic of abortion being legal or illegal will most likely be debated for some time. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs. Abortion should be illegal for all women
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serum creatinine is due to a 50% reduction in hepatic production of creatine; increases in volume of distribution due to accumulation of extracellular fluid‚ ascites‚ edema‚ loss of muscle mass and malnutrition‚ which is related to recurrent states of sepsis and large volume of ascites influencing satiety (Slack et al.‚ 2010). Moreover‚ patients with liver cirrhosis have a significant lower baseline serum creatinine concentration than the population (35–75
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Treatment Currently the only curative therapy for PDAC is complete surgical resection. Unfortunately due to the aggressive nature of this disease‚ only 15- 20% of diagnosed patients undergo surgical resection (Al-Hawary et al.‚ 2013a; Castellanos & Merchant‚ 2013). Of those who do undergo resection‚ the average survival time for the patient is only 12-20 months (Brouda‚ 2010). Once a patient has been deemed with a resectable tumor‚ the type of surgery they will undergo will depend on the location
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go to the unit are often admitted within the first 24 hours after birth. Newborns may be sent to the NICU if: • they’re born prematurely • difficulties occur during their delivery • they show signs of a problem in the first few days of life (sepsis/infection‚ congenital defects‚ cardiac / respiratory abnormalities‚ low birth weight) NICU EQUIPMENT: • BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR may be a smaller version of the blood pressure cuff used on older children and adults. Or an ARTERIAL CATHETER (tiny
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At what point is a parent legally bound to take her sick child to a physician instead of treating him with home remedies gleaned off the Internet? That’s the question confronting an Alberta judge who must soon decide if a mother’s withholding of professional medical care from her 7-year-old son‚ who eventually died from an acute bacterial infection‚ was criminal negligence or simply a well-intentioned but misguided decision. It’s the second time this year Alberta parents have landed in court because
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