Wea`am Mohammad Al-jarie Dr. mokhleed zaza physics Medical applications of x-ray Introduction: X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers‚ corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz (3×1016 Hz to 3×1019 Hz) X-rays up to about 10 keV (10 to 0.10 nm wavelength) are classified as "soft" X-rays‚ and from about 10 to 120 keV (0.10 to 0.01 nm wavelength) as "hard" X-rays‚ due
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TEST ONE 1. A 75-year-old man with a 40-pack-year history of smoking and hypercholesterolemia is diagnosed with severe atherosclerosis. Atherosclerotic occlusion of which the following arteries would result in insufficient perfusion of the urinary bladder? (A) external iliac (B) Inferior epigastric (C) Internal iliac (D) Internal pudendal (E) Lateral sacral 2. A 36-year-old woman is hospitalized for treatment of a stomach ulcer has been progressively worse over several months. Radiographic
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Medical Surgical Nursing 2 Date: November 6‚ 2012 Name: Judine Douglas ID#: 3111-0427 Respiratory System The primary function of the respiratory system is to supply the blood with oxygen in order for the blood to deliver oxygen to all parts of the body. The respiratory system does this through breathing. When we breathe‚ we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. This exchange of gases is the respiratory system’s means of getting oxygen to the blood. What makes up the Respiratory System
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Uses of echocardiography Echocardiography (echo) can be used to evaluate your cardiac performance‚ the function of your heart valves‚ the thickness and motion of your heart walls‚ and the size of your heart chambers. An echo can help diagnose many heart conditions. Cardiac performance An echocardiogram can show how well your heart pumps blood (cardiac performance). To evaluate your cardiac performance‚ your doctor will mainly be interested in: • Your left ventricle‚ which pumps oxygen-rich
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Introduction The medical home is a team based health care delivery model led by a physician or nurse practitioner that provides comprehensive and continuous medical care to patients with the goal of obtaining maximized health outcomes. It is an approach to providing comprehensive primary care for children‚ youth and adults. Several key foci are important in understanding the overall concept of the medical home. First‚ the concept of the medical home dates back to the 1960’s and has evolved since
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Psychological and Social Development (LG0901G) STUDENT ID: 0905405/0901361 Critically evaluate the Medical Model and the Social Model of Disability‚ as applied to people with learning difficulties/disabilities. Your answer should address how these models have developed over time. Within the essay consideration should be given to the place of intelligence and labelling within each model. Also discuss how each model affects the possibilities for inclusion amongst people with learning difficulties/disabilities
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Robotics Within the Medical Field Healthcare has come a long way during the past 10 years in the sense that people can be helped more accurately and precisely. Robotics has stormed the medical scene and is now starting to be implemented in a vast amount cases and studies. While they are not common they are certainly being tested more now in the attempts to better serve every single patient. They have robotics that allow for the doctor to use a surrogate around the hospital‚ robots that
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#1 OPERATIVE REPORT Patient Name: Rebecca Boleware Patient ID: 6996438 Date of Admission: May 15‚ 2013 SURGEON: Robert Aultman PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Large cell on differentiate carcinoma of the right lung. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Large cell on differentiate carcinoma of the right lung. PROCEDURE: Insertion of double ended gross on catheter via left subclavian vein. ANSETHSIA: Local‚ 1% Xylocaine. PROCEDURE IN DETAIL: With the patient in the supine position after adequate prepping and draping
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Have you ever gone to the hospitals and seen the heart monitors and question yourself‚ what does those line mean? How can the doctor tell what type of rhythm your heart gives? How do they know the rate at which your heart is beating? What is all this fancy wording mean when they go in and explain what you have? To the patient it may seem like a foreign language yet to many doctors it becomes a second nature. The process to learning all of this is not easy and as one becomes a student the realization
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Interventions used to achieve goals Joining and Accommodating In an attempt to disarm family members who may be suspicious or fearful of being challenged or blamed‚ structuralists typically begin by adjusting to the family’s affective style. The therapist shows respect for the family hierarchy by asking first for the parents’observations. Nonthreatening‚ friendly‚ ready to help without being pushy‚ the structural therapist is at the same time adapting to the family organization‚ assimilating
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