Cyril MIller Per.6 Spinal Muscular Atrophy Spinal muscular atrophy is a group of inherited diseases that cause muscle damage and weakness‚ which get worse over time and eventually lead to death. Causes: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a collection of different muscle diseases. Grouped together‚ it is the second leading cause of hereditary neuromuscular disease‚ after Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Most of the time‚ a person must get the defective gene from both parents to be affected. About 4
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Spinal anaesthesia is a routinely used anaesthetic technique in patients undergoing operations involving the lower limbs‚ lower abdomen‚ pelvis and the perineum[1‚2‚3]. Spinal anaesthesia has several advantages over general anaesthesia including stable haemodynamic variables‚ less blood loss‚ less post-operative pain‚ faster recovery time and less post-operative confusion It involves the use of small amounts of local anesthetic injected into the subarachnoid space to produce a reversible loss of
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Regional anesthesia has several benefits over general anesthesia for orthopedic surgery [1]. Continuous spinal anesthesia (CSA) is the procedure of providing and maintaining spinal anesthesia by small doses of local anesthetic which are injected repeatedly as needed into the subarachnoid space through an indwelling catheter [2].Continuous spinal anesthesia (CSA) has been accepted as a reliable method for high-risk patients‚ it provides a higher control of local anesthetic spread over both loading
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OB PROJECT (WEEK 4) Definition: Spinal Bifida- congenital neural tube defect in which the vertebral spaces fail to close‚ allowing a herniation of the spinal contents into a sac. There are three types of spinal bifida: spinal bifida occulta‚ meningocele‚ and myelomeningocele. Cause: In spinal bifida‚ the vertebral spaces do not close‚ which allows herniation of the spinal contents into a sac. Risk factors include: • Genetic problems • Infection • Children born into lower socioeconomic families
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The Matter of Whiteness 1 Running head: White Privilege The Matter of Whiteness Spacemantj The Matter of Whiteness Richard Dyer said “racial imagery is central to the organization of the modern world” because he felt most decisions that represent the practices of the world are based on white man’s ideologies and images in western culture. White people remain a large category that has not been examined in contrast to the many studies of images on African Americans
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Matter is a poorly-defined term in science (see below). The term has often been used in reference to a substance (often a particle) that has rest mass. Matter is also used loosely as a general term for the substance that makes up all observable physical objects.[1][2] All objects we see with the naked eye are composed of atoms. This atomic matter is in turn made up of interacting subatomic particles—usually a nucleus of protons and neutrons‚ and a cloud of orbiting electrons.[3][4] Typically‚ science
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empirically treated for spinal gout and review of relevant literature. that presented with lower extremity weakness Results: A 77 year old male presented with new onset paraparesis that developed over 3 days. CT and MRI imaging was suggestive of spinal gout but patient refused a spinal biopsy. He was empirically treated with high dose steroids and his lower extremity weakness started improving in 3 days. Conclusion: Although gout is common‚ spinal gout is extremely rare. ….. Keywords: Spinal gout‚ paraparesis
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expansion and contraction of matter B6D7E1 1. Knowledge of the principles of expansion and contraction of matter are used widely in our daily lives. Explain with examples of various uses such principles in daily life. Information can be obtained from the internet‚ magazines‚ newspapers and other sources. Present your work in class. ================================================================== The expansion and contraction of matter can produce very strong
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This Is Spinal Tap Film Review The film This Is Spinal Tap was Directed by Rob Reiner and starred Christopher Guest‚ Michael McKean‚ and Harry Shearer who were in the band Spinal Tap. This is Spinal Tap was released in 1984. The storyline of this film follows the rock and roll band Spinal Tap across their North America tour. This film depicted the glam rock and roll style of music that was popular during the 1980’s. Some of the bands that were in this genre of music included; Poison‚ Motley
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Case Study Spinal disorder Ryan Allen Institute of Technology Abstract 45 year old patient at a health care facility is being treated for a spinal disorder with non-opioid medications but is still complaining of pain. Doctors are not completing spinal surgery. The patient stated being overwhelmed with helplessness during the assessment. Spinal Disorder Overview Myelopathy is a degenerative disease of the spinal cord that is a result of the spinal cord Compression
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