Fahad Syed 991541355 Risk Management in Obstetrics Introduction Obstetrics is defined as the branch of medicine which deals with the care of women during pregnancy‚ childbirth‚ and the period during which they recover from childbirth (Agency for healthcare research and quality‚ 2000). The major factor that makes obstetrics a high risk area is expectation. The majority of women who are about to give birth tend to be young and healthy (Clements‚ 2001). Naturally‚ they expect to give birth to
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Chemicals in medicines Rakesh Mohan Hallen The words medicine’ and ’drug’ are often used in our country to mean the same substances: any substance‚ manufactured artificially‚ which can help recovery from sickness‚ relieve symptoms or modify a natural process in the body. A medicine is often a mixture of several chemical compounds. Even if it has only one active component compound often other substances are used as fillers or binders to give it bulk. Chemistry‚ the science related to chemical substances
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Biotechnology Paper Biotechnology products are the yield of engineering labors that process biological material and agents to produce a modified biological substance. Examples of biotechnology drugs are monoclonal antibodies and recombinant DNA. Monoclonal antibodies are important reagents in the treatment and diagnosis of disease. They have been used for diagnosis of pregnancy‚ detection of presence and concentration of drugs in the blood‚ histocompatibility assay‚ and detecting shed tumor antigens
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NUR 471University of PhoenixFemale genital mutilation‚ also referred to as female circumcision‚ has become a controversial issue within the medical‚ legal and women and childrens activists rights groups within the last few years. Exodus of refugees from African countries in which female genital mutilation is currently practiced to the West has created vulnerable populations within the United States in regards to the health concerns that surround female genital mutilation. Using Orems nursing model
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Introduction : Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo‚ resulting in or caused by its death.An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced‚ in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies‚ an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravida (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion‚ while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective abortion
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withdrawal symptoms often complicate the clinical picture. These symptoms‚ which can be seen as early as 6 to 12 hours after the patient’s last drink‚ can range from mild to severe‚ can be mistaken for other serious medical conditions – such as stroke‚ sepsis‚ hypoglycemia and hypoxia – and can increase the associated risk of morbidity and mortality.(2) If left untreated‚ mortality rates from severe alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens (DTs) have been shown to be as high as 20%.(3) If AWS is recognized
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Female Genital Mutilation The History‚ The Laws‚ The Opposition‚ and the Future 10/23/2013 Jyl Female Genital Mutilation: The History‚ The Laws‚ The Opposition‚ and the Future Female genital mutilation includes “all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia‚ or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons” (WHO). The World Health Organization states that 140‚000‚000 girls and women worldwide are currently living
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of thousands of people. Unfortunately‚ there is considerable risk involved. The leading cause of RBC related mortality is transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)‚ ABO and non-ABO haemolytic transfusion reactions (HTR) and transfusion related sepsis (TAS). Inappropriate or incorrect transfusion of RBC is the most frequent cause for HTR. Errors can arise from donor choice‚ laboratory and
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Respiratory problem are often the case in newborns. It accounts for nearly half of neonatal deaths. Research by Kumar & Bhat (1996‚ p.93) states that Respiratory Depression (RD) is a common neonatal problem that generally occurs in preterm infants due to surfactant deficiency which relates to antenatal history of immature lung development and term infants of diabetic mothers. To describe some of the common diagnosis associated with RD are: Transient Tachypnea of the newborn (TTNB) was found
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Case Study 94 (Small cell lung cancer) 1. What is fiberoptic bronchoscopy‚ and what information will fiberoptic bronchoscopy with endobronchial lung biopsy provide? Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows the doctor to directly visualize the interior passageways of the lower respiratory tract through a bronchoscope (a long‚ narrow‚ fiberoptic‚ lighted tube inserted through the nose or mouth). With the bronchoscope‚ the doctor can see the larynx (voice box)‚ trachea (windpipe)‚ bronchi (large airways
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