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    2LIVER Anatomical overview What is liver?   The whole liver together weighs 3-4 pounds.  It is from a light pink to a dark red color.  The liver is located right below the heart. The liver is a very big organ.  The liver and gallbladder are responsible for a number of functions.  One of the  main functions is to help in digestion.    The largest solid organ in the body‚ situated in the upper part of the abdomen on the right side. The liver has a multitude of important and complex functions

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    Simulation Review HCS / 405 Midnight Fultz- Student David Catoe- Instructor November 11‚ 2014 The Elijah Heart Center needs to make changes on cost-cutting‚ funding options for equipment‚ and funding options for capital expansion. Doing this simulation review it will show just how to go about making these changes to save money. I will explain as to why I choose what I did in this paper. The cost-cutting options I choose were changing the skill max and reducing agency staff. The reason

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    The Austin Community College Catalog 2012-2013 you must complete a required total of “72 credit hours” (174-175). You must be knowledgeable in the anatomy of the human body and the function of its vital organs. The sonographer‚ also known as an ultrasound technician‚ operates medical equipment that produce images through sound waves‚ that can then be recorded either on video or still pictures and are then viewed for interpretation to diagnose many different ailments in various parts of the human

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    from the kidney to compensate the hydrogen lost from the vomits. This is seen for patients with the problem for more than three weeks (DAVIES‚ 2012). 3. RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION. Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis can be diagnosed using ultrasound and fluoroscopy. Ultrasound is the primary imaging modality in imaging method for diagnosing hypertrophic pyloric stenosis since it’s noninvasive method using no radiation though fluoroscopy is superior in diagnosing condition related to vomiting‚ reflux‚ or

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    Policy Analysis on Bill 5551 Hayley Carlson Saint Louis University I analyzed a bill called‚ “Heartbeat Informed Consent Act.” The legislation is to ensure that women who are seeking/contemplating an abortion receive an ultrasound and an opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving their informed consent to receive an abortion. Michele Bachmann introduced this bill. She introduced the bill because she felt that if a woman is able to see the presence of a heartbeat she might contemplate the

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    Clinical examination‚ serum concentrations of CA 125‚ and ultrasonography are the main diagnostic protocols available. Clinical examination is often unsatisfactory‚ with 30-65% of ovarian tumours being unnoticed and mostly overlooked by most doctors. Ultrasound studies of ovarian cysts will however

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    swelling. Cold compression therapy is useful when treating acute pain from plantar fasciitis‚ particularly following any stretching done to the foot during a physical therapy session. 3. Ultrasound Therapy: Using sound waves ultrasound therapy stimulates the tissue beneath the skin’s surface. The heating effect of ultrasound therapy aids in increasing blood flow in the plantar fascia which helps reduce swelling and edema‚ leading to a reduction in

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    Down Syndrome‚ or DS‚ occurs when a trisomy is found in the twenty-first chromosome leaving three genetically identical chromatids. Down Syndrome is often seen as a disability that limits people while society is also portraying it as a defining characteristic that makes these unique people societal outcasts. Down Syndrome is taken very lightly instead of receiving the attention and care that it requires. In order to understand Down Syndrome‚ one must know the outcome and impact of Down Syndrome‚

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    Common Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Procedures Colonoscopy Colonoscopy is a diagnostic test used to detect abnormalities‚ such as polyps‚ ulcers or cancerous changes‚ in the large intestine.  A few days prior to the test‚ the patient is asked to eat a clear liquid diet‚ including things such as ginger ale‚ plain tea and coffee‚ gelatin‚ ginger ale and water. The night before the procedure‚ the patient is given a bowel prep to empty the contents of the large intestine. On the day of the test‚ the

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    Most people are born with two healthy carotid arteries. So why do an estimated 700‚000 people get carotid artery disease each year‚ And why do more than 130‚000 people die of strokes each year?1 these questions will be answered in order to provide a better understanding of the carotid arteries and their importance. [change slide] Oxygenated blood is carried from the heart to the face and brain by the carotid arteries‚ one on each side of the neck. [change slide] The carotid arteries bifurcate

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