Increased Mortality among Widowers by Parkes‚ Benjamin‚ and Fitzgerald was published in the British Medical Journal in 1969. The authors goal was to determine if there was any validity to the “broken heart syndrome” and to discover what the actual mortality rate in connection with the “broken heart syndrome”. The population of this study included widowers 55 years of age and older and the sample used was 4‚486 widowers 55 years of age and older. The study was completely observation as the men were followed
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The history and background of marfan disease. Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an inherited connective tissue disorder noteworthy for its worldwide distribution‚ relatively high prevalence‚ and clinical variability. This autosomal dominant syndrome has pleiotropic manifestations involving primarily the ocular‚ cardiovascular‚ and skeletal systems. Classic marfan syndrome MFS type 1‚ MFS1 has been considered a condition caused by the deficiency of a structural extracellular matrix protein‚ fibrillin-1; however
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Shock Syndrome is a syndrome that can occur between both male and females‚ but is more prevalent in females. Also‚ the condition can occur no matter of the age of the patient. This syndrome is considered to be an acute and life-threatening condition with the death rate being for Staphylococcus aureus five to fifteen percent‚ but for Streptococcus pyogenes it increases to a thirty to seventy percent mortality rate (Hirsch‚ 2014). Staphylococcus infections is a form of Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Fetal alcohol syndrome is a neurological condition caused by exposure to alcohol during pregnancy. This condition has a lifelong severe effect on the fetus‚ affecting a child’s physical‚ emotional‚ and neurological development. The term fetal alcohol spectrum disorders is used to encompass the range of disabilities associated with exposure to alcohol in utero‚ and includes the diagnosis alcohol-related neurodevelopment disorder (ARND). Signs and symptoms that a child
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STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY‚ ETIOLOGY‚ DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT. Roberto Carmona Florida International University Abstract: Steven Johnson Syndrome is an inmune disease charactherized by a detachment of the epidermis from dermis. It could be fatal and the pathophysilogy involves a complex hypersensitivity reaction with the participation of T lymphocytes that induce keratinocyte’s apoptosis. The syndrome can be cause by drigs‚ infections and malignancies. The diagnosis
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ultural Bound Syndromes Culture-bound syndrome The term culture-bound syndrome was included in the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2000) which also includes a list of the most common culture-bound conditions (DSM-IV: Appendix I). Included in DSM-IV-TR (4th.ed) the term cultural-bound syndrome denotes recurrent‚ locality-specific patterns of abnormal behavior and troubling experience that may or may not be linked
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Labreport – the pacemaker Date: 14/10 2009 Student’s name: Mustafa Azmi Sami Group: 29 Professor’s name: Professor Grigaliunas Aim To know the functions of a pacemaker and its use for medical purposes. Task to be performed To evaluate the main parameters of the cardiac pacemaker pulses: duration‚ frequency‚ voltage and period. Also to calculate battery lifetime of the pacemaker. Theory Many organs are being stimulated by electric pulses nowadays to restore lost or inadequate functions
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Battered wife syndrome (a condition created by sustained physical‚ sexual‚ and/or emotional abuse‚ which creates a variety of physical and emotional symptoms) has been used as a defence in murder cases in which women have killed or harmed their abuser. Although expert testimony regarding battered wife syndrome has gained some acceptance in the courts‚ it is questionable that it provides enough solid and substantive evidence to be used as a credible defence. The battered wife syndrome defence is more
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it vital for child care teachers to groomed infants to socialize with others. Lack of social skills infants can grow up to live a lonely life in adulthood. This is the same for emotions if infants are not taught to deal with their emotions at an early age they can live a life of confusion. Infants need opportunities to develop a sense of self‚ a sense of self‚ with others‚ and a sense of self-regulation. When developing a sense of self-regulation infants begin to respond nonverbally and with vocalizations
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Motherese‚ also known as infant directed speech‚ or parentese‚ is a universal instrument utilized during communication with young infants which severely impacts their speech development. There are several aspects of motherese which are employed when parents and other adults interact with babies. Although no one knows for certain how infant directed speech originated‚ there is an interesting theory that it derived from primates. There are several factors that can influence the characteristics and
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