Main image ©Muratseyit/istockphoto Pathogenesis and diagnosis of bronchiectasis Educational aims To describe the important factors involved in the pathogenesis of bronchiectasis. To define how a diagnosis of bronchiectasis is made. P.T. King1 E. Daviskas2 1 Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine/Dept of Medicine‚ Monash Medical Centre‚ Melbourne‚ and 2Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine‚ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital‚ Sydney‚ Australia. Summary Bronchiectasis is an important
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INTRODUCTION Dengue Fever is caused by one of the four closely related‚ but antigenically distinct‚ virus serotypes Dengue type 1‚ Dengue type 2‚ Dengue type 3‚ and Dengue type 4 of the genus Flavivirus and Chikungunya virus. Infection with one of these serotype provides immunity to only that serotype of life‚ to a person living in a Dengue-endemic area can have more than one Dengue infection during their lifetime. Dengue fever through the four different Dengue serotypes are maintained in the
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Yogurt Etymology and Spelling * The word is derived from Turkish: yoğurt‚ and is related to the obsolete verb yoğmak "to be curdled or coagulated; to thicken". The letter ğ was traditionally rendered as "gh" in transliterations of Turkish prior to 1928. In older Turkish‚ the letter denoted a voiced velar fricative /ɣ/‚ but this sound is elided between back vowels in modern Turkish‚ in which the word is pronounced [joˈuɾt]. * In English‚ there are several variations of the spelling of the
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Abdominal Infection Case Study This case relates to an abdominal infection; therefore‚ purposefully look into the medication use and vocabulary as they relate to abdominal infections. Vocabulary: Before attempting to work the case study‚ define each of the vocabulary words. Although the words may have several subheadings‚ it will give you a place to begin your inquiry. When reviewing the vocabulary words‚ you might want to ask several questions: who‚ what‚ where‚ when‚ why and how. This should
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SAINT PETER’S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING NU 304 NX FINAL EXAMINATION SPRING 2014 1. When the immunoglobulin crosses the placenta‚ what type of immunity does the fetus receive? a. Active b. Passive c. Innate d. Cell-mediated 2. The predominant antibody of a typical primary immune response is: a. IgG b. IgM c. IgA d. IgE 3. While planning care‚ a nurse recalls seasonal allergic rhinitis is expressed through: a. IgE-mediated reactions b. Tissue-specific reactions c. Antigen-antibody
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w Cambridge Pre-U Teacher Guide Cambridge International Level 3 Pre-U Certificate in BIOLOGY Available for teaching from September 2011 w w e tr .X m eP e ap .c rs om Cambridge Pre-U Teacher Guide University of Cambridge International Examinations retains the copyright on all its publications. Registered Centres are permitted to copy material from this booklet for their own internal use. However‚ we cannot give permission to Centres to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a
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Nutrition Assessment ● Which of the following diets have the potential to meet all the pt. nutrient needs? → soft + full ● Mid-arm muscle circumference provides information about → somatic protein status ● Purpose of nutritional screening → ID pts. at nutritional risk. ● Nut. screening should be done (H) within ??? after admittance → 24 hours ● Limitations to 24h recall → not representative‚ reliance on memory ● Which of the following can be used for assessing bone mineral density + fat
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Week #1 -autotrophs are organisms that harvest light or chemical energy in organic compounds. They self nutrition -heterotrophs are organisms that get complex nutrients from the environment (by eating other organisms) -Fungi are heterotrophs or predators because they are parasitic. Bread mold secretes digestive enzymes to enter the membrane. Same as foot fungus‚ it extends hyphae (fungal branches) into the cells to absorbs nutrients -One fungus makes traps for nematode worms while another fungus
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Chapter 1 Cardiovascular Disorders I. Normal cardiac anatomy‚ physiology‚ and function A. Cardiac and coronary artery anatomy (see Figure 1-1) The left anterior descending artery is the most common site of coronary artery occlusion. B. Cardiac cycle (see Figure 1-2) In 10% of patients‚ the posterior descending artery derives from the left coronary artery. C. Cardiac output (CO) 1. Heart rate (HR) a. Number of cardiac contractions per unit time; commonly expressed as beats per minute (bpm)
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1) When monitoring patients on immunosuppressant therapy‚ the nurse must keep in mind that the major risk for patients taking these drugs is which condition? - increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections 2) A patient is experiencing rejection of a transplanted organ. The nurse expects which drug to be given to manage this? - muromonab- CD-3 (Orthoclone OKT3) 3) A patient who is taking cyclosporine (Sandimmune) calls the office to say that he has heard that some food or beverages can
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