EVALUATION OF ANAEMIA IN THE GHANAIAN CHILD. GROUP B2. MEMBERS • • • • • CEPHAS AVOKA CHRISTIANA BAFFOUR AWUAH IBIRONKE AZEEZAT AKUA ADOBEA AYISI KWAKU AYISI-TETE Aim & Objectives Aim: Increase knowledge of students on evaluation of anemia Objectives: 1.Understand the various definitions‚ classifications and aetiology of anaemia 2.Easily identify a child with anaemia 3.To interpret haematological results 4.Successfully treat anaemia 5.Identify with the causes‚ diagnosis
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and guarding in the epigastrium‚ and right upper quadrant. No other mass‚ hepatosplenomegaly‚ or hernias noted. Pelvic and rectal‚ unremarkable. DIAGNOSTIC DATA: White blood cell count 10.1 with 79% segs. PTT is normal. SMA shows elevated bilirubin at 1.54 with alkaline phosphatase at 442. Sonography reveals multiple gallstones with a stone in the common bile duct. These were reviewed by Dr. Singh‚ radiologist. Chest x-ray was unremarkable. IMPRESSION: Cholelithiasis‚ choledocholithiasis
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substances and toxins can back up inside our body. This waste when left in our body can lead to very serious problems like colon cancer to upset stomach. Remember that the liver is responsible for eradicating dangerous chemicals such as ammonia and bilirubin from the body. With such weighty functions of the two organs‚ it is vital to keep them healthy and clean. Liver detoxification Doctors recommend that you split your liver cleansing into 2 phases. Phase one of liver detoxification involves the organ
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Case Study 43 Choledocholithiasis Scenario T.B. is a 65-year-old retiree who is admitted to your unit from the emergency department (ED). On arrival you note that he is trembling and nearly doubled over with severe abdominal pain. T.B. indicates that he has severe pain in the right upper quadrant (RUQ) of his abdomen that radiates through to his mid-back as a deep‚ sharp boring pain. He is more comfortable walking or sitting bent forward rather than lying flat in bed. He admits to having had several
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SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA Sickle cell anemia is an inherited condition. People with sickle cell anemia inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene‚ one from each parent. The sickle cell gene makes abnormal hemoglobin called Hemoglobin-S. The sickle cell gene is a trait due to a change in ONE nucleotide in the DNA sequence that leads to a change in ONE amino acid that changes how the hemoglobin protein folds. This change in the structure of the hemoglobin protein leads to a change in the shape of
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d-orbitals in chlorophyll and the colour of amethyst is due to F-center}. A common motif in biochemistry is chromophores consisting of four pyrrole rings. These come in two types: * the pyrroles form an open chain‚ no metal: phytochrome‚ phycobilin‚ bilirubin * the pyrroles form a ring (porphyrin)‚ with a metal in the center: heme‚ chlorophyll ------------------------------------------------- [edit]Auxochrome An
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Pancreatic Cancer: The Facts Megan R. Smith HS200‚ Diseases of the Human Body Unit 4 Capstone Project: Pancreatic Cancer Kaplan University August 23‚ 2014 You may be asking yourself‚ “What is pancreatic cancer?” Pancreatic cancer is a disease caused by malignant (cancer) exocrine cells in the head of the pancreas. (National Cancer Institute). The exocrine cells make up about ninety-five percent of all the cells in the pancreas. (American Cancer Society‚ 2014). Pancreatic cancer is
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(*) Tests|Patient Results &Date|Patient Results & Date|Normal|Possible causes for out of range result| Coagulation Tests:||||| Activated partial Thromboplastin time (PTT)|25.7||22.2-39.5|| Prothrombin time (PT)|11.6||9.9-14.7|| International Normalized Ratio (INR)|||1.0-3.5|| Clotting Factors||||| D-Dimer||||| Drug Therapeutic Levels:||||| Digoxin||||| Theophylline||||| Dilantin||||| Peak and Trough||||| Gentamicin||||| Vancomycin||||| Other||||| Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs):||||RA|
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Features and outcomes of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in Egypt‚ single center experience prospective study Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is the infection of the ascetic fluid that occur in the absence of a visceral perforation and in the absence of an intraabdominal inflammatory focus such as abscess‚ acute pancreatitis or cholecystitis (Guarner C and Soriano G‚ 2007). Since its initial description in 1964‚ research has transformed spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
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was given Color: dark amber in color Appearance: cloudy with sediment Specific gravity 1.025 Glucose Negative Bilirubin Negative Ketones Moderate Leukocyte Esterase +++ Nitrites +++ WBCs/HPF 30 RBCs
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