abortions happened to be an unhealthy or unsafe abortion “Unsafe abortions constitute a major threat to the health and lives of women” (Sarala Gopalan). The result of an unsafe abortion can end up with terrible outcomes such as incomplete abortion‚ sepsis‚ haemorrhage‚ and damage to internal organs. The most major result of an unsafe abortion can result in the person receiving the abortion to
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inpatient costs (Syndor & Perl‚ 2011). Intensive care units (ICUs) are associated with greater risk for infection because the patient population is so critically ill and vulnerable. The leading cause of death in non-cardiac ICUs is infection and sepsis with mortality rates reaching as high as 60% (Vincent et al.‚ 2009). Mortality among patients
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are frequent. Almost everyone has experienced an ear infection or a sinus infection. These common illnesses cause pain and discomfort to millions of people around the world every year. In addition‚ infections can be life-threatening. For example‚ sepsis‚ a dangerous infection of the blood‚ is responsible for one out of every one hundred hospitalizations. The antibiotics are important is that they stop an infection from spreading to others. Infectious diseases can quickly travel from person to person
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with severe sipsis‚ Eli Lilly should consider increasing the price of their drug to reap back their high cost of investments. Secondly‚ it can allow them to re-explore their distribution channels. A significant percentage of patients who died from sepsis did so within a week of contracting the disease. As such‚ demands for the drug are likely to be urgent. As such‚ they may consider using Syncor‚ which is an emergency-response delivery service. In addition‚ this can reduce the need for hospitals to
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Introduction ‘Penetrating and blunt abdominal trauma’ is an article published in Critical Care Nursing Quarterly in the January to March‚ 2005 issue‚ written by Kristine L. Eckert. In this article‚ Kristine Eckert provides an overview of abdominal trauma related to penetrating and blunt mechanisms of injury. There are different case studies provided to illustrate interventions and treatments of different types of trauma. This article also provides an overview of the anatomy and physiology
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property‚ as its source of value including 35 patents developing drug or already issued in the purine field‚ is a essential part to maintain Purines’s viability. Specifically‚ Purinex have launched two promising program for the treatment of diabetes and sepsis. For the diabetes program‚ Purinex had a patent on the use of any purine antagonist ofr the treatment of diabetes and its related conditions within the U.S. The company had also developed a series of proprietary antagonist molecules that showed
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Green-top Guideline No. 7 October 2010 Antenatal Corticosteroids to Reduce Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality Antenatal Corticosteroids to Reduce Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality This is the fourth edition of this guideline‚ which was previously published in April 1996‚ December 1999 and February 2004.The previous guideline was entitled Antenatal Corticosteroids to Prevent Respiratory Distress Syndrome. 1. Purpose and scope The aim of this guideline is to provide up-to-date information
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ups in the blood stream faster than it can be removed. Lactic acid is produced when oxygen levels in the body drop. Causes Causes The most common cause is intense exercise. However‚ it can also be caused by certain diseases‚ such as sepsis‚ respiratory failure‚ cardiac failure‚ AIDS‚ cancer‚ and kidney failure. Metformin‚ a common medicine used to treat diabetes‚ can also cause lactic acidosis. People taking this medicine should have their electrolyte levels checked 1 - 2 weeks after
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ASEPTIC TECHNIQUES AND CELL COUNTING INTRODUCTION:- Microbes are single celled organisms and are so small that we cannot see with our naked eyes‚ microbes can only seen under microscopes .Microbes are the one of the oldest living form on earth‚ fossils of microbes were found which are said to be 3.5 billion years old . Microbe world: what is a microbe [online].[Accessed 9 April 2013].Available from: world wide web:‚microbes are found everywhere in rocks‚air‚water some of the microbes are even
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Impact of a standardized hand hygiene program on the incidence of nosocomial infection in very low birth weight infants Maria Grazia Capretti‚ MD‚a Fabrizio Sandri‚ MD‚a Elisabetta Tridapalli‚ MD‚a Silvia Galletti‚ MD‚a Elisabetta Petracci‚ MD‚b and Giacomo Faldella‚ PhDa Bologna‚ Italy Background: This study examined the effects of a standardized hand hygiene program on the rate of nosocomial infection (NI) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (birth weight ‚ 1500 g) admitted to our neonatal
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