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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and development (Hamilton‚ 1998). Inside the uterus‚ the fetus grows into a tiny being capable of survival through the help of the mother. The fetus is fully dependent on the mother’s circulation for oxygen supply and nutrients through the umbilical cord. It is inside the womb that the body receives warmth and protection from the dangers of the outside world. Birth‚ according to Maslow (1998)‚ is associated with most drastic changes that ever befall a human being. In extra uterine life‚ all functions
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Back Injuries in Football Players and Cheerleaders Football and cheerleading rank among the highest in catastrophic injuries when compared to all sports (United States Sports Academy). A growing body of evidence shows that the increasingly popular world of cheerleading has become one of the most dangerous athletic sports among females‚ and football is one of the most violent contact sports. Although head and back injuries‚ as well as concussions associated with football have been well publicized
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Ruth Stanney One of the most difficult tasks for those working within the field of psychology is to define abnormality. However‚ it is possible to try and define abnormality by using a range of models to help us‚ the psychodynamic model being one of them. The term “psychodynamic” refers to a group of explanations that try to account for the dynamics of behaviour‚ or the forces that motivate it.( http://www.depression-guide.com/psychodynamic-theory.htm) Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory
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turn to our bodies. Studies show that football causes severe neurological as well as bone crushing injuries. Making people believe that football has become too dangerous. July 2007 the “American Journal Of Sports Medicine” claimed that football players suffer the most head injuries out of any
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The timing of newborn cord clamping is an area of interest in nursing. For many years Obstetricians have been clamping the umbilical cord as soon as the baby is born; however‚ new evidence is arising showing delayed cord clamping to be beneficial to preterm and term newborns. Evidence has shown that delayed cord clamping has been proven beneficial to newborns‚ but many facilities and practitioners have not successfully adopted it. Studies show that organizations have had little success in changing
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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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Injuries in American football and how to reduce Coll300 Thesis Statement Injuries in American football‚ can some of them be prevented? With the increase in injuries in football coaches are looking for better ways to try and prevent unnecessary injuries. Even though you cannot prevent all the injuries as a coach you want to at least prevent some. I. Explaining the content of paper preparing reader to understand the injuries and the importance of trying to prevent these injuries in American
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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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Tethered cord syndrome Tethered cord syndrome is a stretch-induced functional disorder associated with the fixation (tethering) effect of inelastic tissue on the caudal spinal cord‚ limiting its movement. This abnormal attachment is associated with progressive stretching and increased tension of the spinal cord as a child ages‚ potentially resulting in a variety of neurological and other symptoms. Due to the variation of the growth rate of the spinal cord and the spinal column‚ the progression of
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