THE EPIDEMIC OF EBOLA HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER DEFINITION Ebola virus disease (EVD) or Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a disease of humans and other primates caused by an Ebola virus. Symptoms start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus‚ with a fever‚ sore throat‚ muscle pain and headaches. Typically‚ vomiting‚ diarrhea and rash follow‚ along with decreased functioning of the liver and kidneys. Around this time‚ affected people may begin to bleed both within the body and externally.[1]LITRATURE
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site of your central line clean at all times. Wash your hands and clean the central line hub with rubbing alcohol before you flush it. If the central line accidentally gets pulled on‚ make sure that the dressing is okay‚ that there is no bleeding‚ and that the line has not been pulled out. Limit lifting‚ using your arm‚ or performing other activity as directed by your health care provider. Swim or bathe only if your health care provider approves. Your health care provider can
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Antibiotics The term anti biotic is defined as a drug derived from living matter or micro organism. Which either prevents the growth of other micro organism or destroy them. Classification * The spectrum of biological action of anti biotic * It mainly effective against gram positive bacteria. Eg.penicillin‚fucidin * It mainly effective against gram negative bacteria . E.g. strepomycin * It effective against protozao. Eg
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Alcohol and the Liver People in today’s society should be more cautious and aware of the adverse side effects that come with the lifestyle decisions they choose to make. Alcohol is one of those significant lifestyle choices that people should consider the consequences of when deciding to use it. There are three general classes that are in relation to alcohol: beers‚ wines‚ and spirits. Several alcoholic beverages are extremely popular; however the most consumed is beer. It has been around as far
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Fidel Castro was born near Birán‚ Cuba on August 13‚ 1926. Birán is located on Cuba’s Eastern Oriente Province. Fidel was the third of six children in his family including his two brothers and three sisters. Hid dad Ángel was a wealthy sugar plantation owner who was originally from Spain. His moms name was Lina Ruz González. She was a maid of Ángels first wife Maria Luis Argota which was around the time of his birth. When Fidel was 15‚ Ángel ended the marriage with his first wife and got married
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Health History and Screening of an Adolescent or Young Adult Client Save this form on your computer as a Microsoft Word document. You can expand or shrink each area as you need to include the relevant data for your client. Student Name: Date: Biographical Data Patient/Client Initials: WT Phone No Address: Birth Date: 1993 Age: 21 Sex: M Birthplace: Marital Status: Single Race/Ethnic Origin: Caucasian Occupation: Employer: Financial Status: (Income adequate for lifestyle
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January 1 2008 3. “Capsule Endoscopy in Gastroenterology’’. Mayo Clinic. Accessed October 5 2007 4. Herrerias‚ J.M.‚ et al.”Capsule Endoscopy in patients with Suspected Crohn’s Disease and Negative Endoscopy”.Endoscopy.European society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.2003;35:564-568 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-40241
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and Examination Health Assessment of the Head‚ Neck‚ Eyes‚ Ears‚ Nose‚ Mouth‚ Throat‚ Neurological System‚ and the 12 Cranial Nerves Skin‚ Hair‚ Nails‚ Breasts‚ Peripheral Vascular System‚ Lymphatics‚ Thorax‚ Heart‚ Lungs‚ Musculoskeletal‚ Gastrointestinal‚ and Genitourinary Systems Save this form on your computer as a Microsoft Word document. You can expand or shrink each area as you need to include relevant data for your client. Student Name: Date: Client/Patient Initials: C.B. Sex:
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EGD Esophagogastroduodenoscopy‚ or EGD‚ is an endoscopic examination of the esophagus‚ stomach and duodenum (the uppermost part of the small intestine) for hiatal hernias‚ ulcers‚ bleeding sources‚ tumors or other problems. The procedure can also offer a number of therapeutic interventions such as control of bleeding‚ manometry‚ or dilation. The procedure’s medical name is actually a combination of the names of three different procedures that are usually performed collectively: Esophagoscopy—looking
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‘Enteral nutrition (EN) refers to nutrients given via the gastrointestinal tract’ (GIT) (Crisp and Taylor 2009 pp.1154). EN is considered when an individual is not safe for oral intake or when oral intake is not adequate to meet nutrient requirements‚ for example when a patient is unable to swallow. Enteral feeding tubes may enter the body at a number of different sites‚ the choice of enteral feeding route depends on several factors such as the intended duration of the nutrition support‚ the patients
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