ABORTION "It seems to me clear as daylight that abortion would be a crime." -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Abortion or miscarriage means the spontaneous or induced termination of pregnancy before the foetus is independently viable‚ which is usually taken as occurring after the 28th week of conception. Children born a few days before the 28th week are known to have survived with modern care. It has also been defined as the expulsion or removal of all (complete) or any part (incomplete) of the placenta
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easily spread. You can contract them through droplets in the air when someone who is sick coughs‚ sneezes or talks. You can also get them by touching shared objects such as utensils‚ towels or toys and then touching your eyes‚ nose or mouth. Pathophysiology Bronchioles are small airways (< 2 mm in diameter) and lack cartilage and submucosal glands. The terminal bronchiole‚ a 16th-generation airway‚ is the final conducting airway that terminates in the respiratory bronchioles. The acinus (ie‚ the
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INITIAL HISTORY • 32-year old white female • Has 5-day hx of fever‚ SOB‚ productive cough • R side pleuritic pain chest pain. Question #1. What else would you like to ask this patient about her history of present illness and past medical history? Answers: • How many times a year were + for pneumonia? Infections per year? • What was the onset of when this first started taking place? Timeline? • What Antibiotic therapies were used?
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preeclampsia is unknown but may be related to abnormal placentation. Obstetric Medicine Curriculum Learner Handout Preeclampsia (Page 1) PREECLAMPSIA Pathophysiology • • Preeclampsia most commonly presents in the second half of pregnancy. It is a multisystem disease associated with diffuse vasospasm and endothelial damage. Pathophysiology • Pathology demonstrates areas of endothelial swelling‚ edema‚ micro-infarctions and microhemorrhages in effected organs. Risk Factors • first pregnancy
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serious complications if not treated correctly. This essay will discuss the initial clinical presentation of the patient and examine the management and outcome of the interventions applied. The significance of atrial fibrillation including its pathophysiology and aetiology will also be discussed. Description of the case: A 68 year old male presented to the emergency department at 0800 hours via ambulance after experiencing chest discomfort and intermittent palpitations since 0500 hours. Prior to presentation
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| | | | | The Life Cycle of the Sperm and Egg From Beginning to End | Adianez LabrielPSY 265 Phoenix University December 14‚ 2012 | Table of Contents The Life Cycle of the Egg 1 The female sex organ 1-2 The Male Sex Organ. 3 The female and male sex organs and their functions………....……..4 The Life Cycle of the Sperm and Egg From Beginning to End When asked how did I get pregnant? It seems like a rhetorical question. Of course many would say well you had sex Watson
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Where Do You Feel Contractions? During labor‚ your uterus contracts its powerful muscles and your cervix softens and widens to allow the birth of your child. Where do you feel contractions? You feel the tightening of your uterine muscles as the uterus pulls upward and pushes your baby down your birth canal. These contractions‚ which consist of shortening and tightening of the muscles at the top of the uterus can cause a lot of pain and discomfort. Each mother-to be may experience pain differently
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Julius Caesar The play Julius Caesar is strewn with power hungry capitalist‚ that manipulate their way to the top through betrayal and death. Shakespeare’s problem that he reveals in the play Julius Caesar is the need and want for power that ultimately leads to corruption. Corruption is exemplified in different levels of society from the beginning of the play to the end of the play in different significant scenes. The opening scene of the play is the first indicator of corruption already
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Crohn’s Disease Introduction Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory condition of idiopathic etiology that can affect portions of the gastrointestinal tract ranging from the mouth to the perianal area. It is transmural in that it affects the entire thickness of the bowel wall. It is believed to be the result of multiple factors‚ including genetic susceptibility‚ luminal antigenic drive and environmental triggers. Canada has the highest incidence rates of Crohn’s disease in the world. According to Statistics
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Introduction The case scenario selected for discussion is about Jeremy Kayton‚ 18 year old male student who moved to America when he was 17 year old. He was recently diagnosed with a case of type I diabetes mellitus‚ went through a break up and he had to work long hours to support himself. He was probably under a lot of psychological and emotional stress‚ suffering from ’tension headache’ and took an over dose of Panadol or acetaminophen with alcohol. According to food and drug agency (2009)‚ a combination
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