In the short story‚ “Fiesta”‚ Junot Diaz characterizes the main character‚ Yunior‚ as a child we should feel sorry for. Much sorrow is felt for Yunior due to him going hungry‚ his uncontrolled vomiting‚ and him sacrificing his social life just to keep his family together. He withholds his father’s deepest‚ darkest secret from his mother‚ but his father still treats him as if he was not his son. Readers sympathize with Yunior because of the many tribulations his father puts him through. Yunior
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THE ULTIMATE PRE REG BNF NOTES IMPORTANT MONITORING DRUGS 1. AMIODARONE Treatment of arrhythmias Loading Dose: 200mg tds for 7 days‚ then 200mg bd for 7 days then 200mg daily maintenance. Important side effects: Nausea‚ Vomiting‚ Taste disturbance‚ Pulmonary toxicity‚ Reversible corneal micro-deposits‚ Phototoxicity‚ Slate grey discolouration‚ Tremor‚ Sleep disorder‚ Hypo/hyperthyroidism‚ Jaundice. Monitoring: LFTs‚ Thyroid function tests required before treatment‚ then every 6 months. Measure
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one percent of adolescents girls develop anorexia nervosa‚ a dangerous condition in which they can literally starve themselves to death. Another two to three percent develop bulimia nervosa‚ a destructive pattern of excessive overeating followed by vomiting or other " purging " behaviors to control their weight. These eating disorders also occur in men and older women ‚ but much less frequently. The consequences of eating disorders can be severe. For example‚ one in ten anorexia nervosa leads to death
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Neoplastic diseases are the result of an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells subsequently forming a tissue mass. Mammary gland tumors are neoplastic tumors of the mammary glands. These tumors are more common in canine and feline female animals and rarely occur in large domestic animals. Mice are also affected by mammary gland tumors. Although the incidence of mammary gland tumors are more often seen in female canines than female felines‚ the malignancy rate is higher in felines. The cause of mammary
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A. The Patient with A Disturbance in Oxygenation Objectives: At the end of this unit the student will be able to: 1. Identify the natural defense mechanisms of the respiratory system‚ and correlate changes in these defense mechanisms with respiratory dysfunction. 2. Describe effects of aging on the respiratory system. 3. Identify significant assessment data that should be obtained from a patient. 4. Describe pH and the mechanisms that regulate acid-base balance. 5. Describe the common
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cholerae. It has a short incubation period‚ from less than one day to five days‚ and produces an enterotoxin that causes a copious‚ painless‚ watery diarrhoea that can quickly lead to severe dehydration and death if treatment is not promptly given. Vomiting also occurs in most patients. Symptoms and diagnosis Rapid heart rate.Loss of skin elasticity (the ability to return to original position quickly
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The Separation of a Liquid Mixture by Simple Distillation Objective The purpose of doing this experiment is to separate two miscible liquids samples of cyclohexane and toluene using simple distillation. The objectives will be to record boiling range and volumes (mL) of distillates that are attained during the process of distillation. Background Distillation is a frequently used technique for separating mixtures based on differences in the boiling points of components in the mixture. The
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around 1:30 pm when I messaged Tutor Support on Skype that I have to cancel my lessons for the rest of the day and the day after (January 24‚ 2017). I was advised by my pediatrician to rush my daughter to the hospital due to the fact that she has been vomiting and suffering from severe diarrhea. On the 25th of January‚ we were still confined in the hospital but was later released at 8:30 pm in the evening. On the 26th of January 2017‚ I reconfirmed the 208’s I have incurred resulting to the opening
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infected person‚ touching contaminated surfaces and contaminated food and water. It causes your intestines or stomach to get inflamed. Its symptoms include diarrhea‚ vomiting‚ nausea and stomach pain. There is no medicine to treat this virus. You just need to drink plenty of fluids so that you won’t be dehydrated‚ which caused by vomiting and
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a job to many of the competitor because it promotes obesity and it puts the eaters life at risk. The first reason to ban competitive eating is unhealthy and you can put your live at risk.“If competitive eaters are vomiting regularly‚ that could cause problems.Protracted vomiting can increase the chances of aspiration...food getting into the lungs rathers than the esophagus”(Sine 2). Sine acknowledges that every time a competitor eats in a competition they are putting their health and their life
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