to Peitzman et al.‚ 2008‚ a plain-film radiograph (i.e.‚ skull x-ray studies) has limited indications in patients with blunt head injury. Plain films are sometimes indicated for penetrating injuries of the skull to determinate the course‚ location‚ or a number of gunshots or foreign body fragment‚ as well as possible depressed skull fragment. Patient with a significant head injury‚ history of loss of consciousness (LOC)‚ or postconcussive sequelae required immediate evaluation by CT scan. CT scan
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Head injury Any trauma to the scalp‚ skull or brain‚ TBI. Head trauma includes an alteration in consciousness‚ no matter how brief. Common causes: motor vehicle crashes and falls. Firearm‚ assaults‚ sports-related injuries‚ recreational accidents. Deaths occur at three points in time after injury: 1) Immediately 2) within 2 hours 3) 3 weeks after the injury GCS on arrival is also a strong predictor of survival: GCS < 8 30% to 70% chance of survival. GCS > 8 indicating >90% survival. Neurological
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you lose your self confidence. There are many reasons to get a bald head such as heredity‚ unhealthy food habits‚ pollution‚ stress and much more. Whatever‚ the reason once you lose your hair it is tough to get it back. But you must thankful to the surgeons and the cosmetologists who are helping people with their hair plant surgeries to build more confidence. Hair plantation is the only way to change your bald head to full head of hair. But‚ before that there are few things you need to know about
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Good morning‚ my name is ... and I have been entrusted the responsibility of leading the school as the HEAD GIRL for the year 2012-13 by my teachers. Today I take this opportunity to thank all my teachers for having faith in my abilities‚ I assure you all that I will live up to your expectations. I joined ... last year and the most remarkable thing about this school is the warmth and feeling of belonging that I felt the moment I walked through the gates. So to my friends here I would like to say
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Grief is a range of emotions and behaviours shown by people when confronted with a sudden loss. This range is divided up into a number of stages‚ or a process of grief. Doctor Granger Westburg developed 10 stages that illustrated these emotions linked with behaviour and then was followed by a number of people who developed another process of several stages based on this original theory. <br> <br>Doctor Westburg discovered that grief is a process‚ not a state‚ after observing these faced with loss
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Have You Lost Your Nut Graph? If you have‚ then I know a way you can get it back. On the other hand‚ if you don’t know what a nut graf is‚ you wouldn’t know that you had never had it in the first place‚ right? A nut graf‚ is a concise‚ catchy‚ sharp‚ and highly targeted opening sentence‚ designed to grab your readers’ attention instantly and to hook them to your post. In journalism this first‚ catchy‚ highly targeted opening sentence is called a nut graf (graph)‚ and is a summary of‚ or the
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My Little Bit of Country Every person has a special connection to the place he or she grew up. In addition‚ all people are wonderfully different‚ so everyone has different opinions about where they would rather grow up. For Susan Cheever‚ this was in New York near Central Park. “My Little Bit of Country” is an essay from 2012 written by Susan Cheever‚ where she writes about her life from her childhood until she had kids herself who also grew up. In western culture‚ industrialization was the main
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prescriptions‚ referrals‚ and patient education. At the McAllen and Weslaco NPI clinics‚ Ms. Rossow allowed me to participate in the care of each patient. Initially‚ she supervised my head to toe assessment‚ then helped me to formulate a plan of care for each patient. After assessing my competence‚ she allowed me to perform each head to toe assessment before her evaluation‚ share my abnormal findings with her‚ and my clinical decisions for each patient. Ms. Rossow would
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1869 Polo‚ Bulacan‚ Philippines Died April 6‚ 1956 (aged 86) Polo‚ Bulacan‚ Philippines Spouse(s) Marciana Castro Profession Doctor of Medicine Religion Roman Catholic Pío Valenzuela (July 11‚ 1869–April 6‚ 1956) was a Filipino physician and patriot who was among the leaders of the Katipunan that started the Philippine Revolution against Spain. Valenzuela City in northern Metro Manila was named after him. He wrote his memoirs of the Philippine Revolution in the 1920s‚ but historians have since
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Caselet1 Cool Heads Cool Heads was established in 1985 to manufacture‚ distribute and market pharmaceutical soft drinks. It was purely an Indian company and had to face tough competition from multinational companies during the initial years. The company in last decade‚ with the help of effective market strategies‚ has set up a place for itself‚ amongst leading pharmaceutical companies in the country. In 1995‚ the managing director of the company stressed the need for diversification and
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