Chapter 58 Practice Questions page 755 (652-674) (652) 1. An emergency department nurse is assessing a client who has sustained a blunt injury to the chest wall. Which of these signs would indicate the presence of a pneumothorax in this client? * Diminished breath sounds Rationale: This client has sustained a blunt or a closed chest injury. Basic symptoms of a closed pneumothorax are shortness of breath and chest pain. A larger pneumothorax may cause tachypnea‚ cyanosis‚ diminished breath
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Bacterial diseases: Introduction Bacterial diseases include any type of illness or disease caused by bacteria‚ a type of microbe. Microbes are tiny organisms that cannot be seen without a microscope and include viruses‚ fungi‚ and some parasites as well as bacteria. The vast majority of bacteria do not cause disease‚ and many bacteria are actually helpful and even necessary to good health. Millions of bacteria normally live on the skin and in the intestines and can also be found on the genitalia
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biochemical reaction in which the oxidation of a compound called "Luciferin" and the reaction was catalyzed by an enzyme called "Luciferase". The light generated by this biochemical reaction has been utilized by scientists as a bioindicator for Tuberculosis as well as heavy metals. On going research involving bioluminescence is currently underway in the areas of evolution‚ ecology‚ histology‚ physiology‚ biochemistry‚ and biomedical applications. History of Bioluminescent Fungi The light of luminous
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RNTCP Response to Challenges of Drug resistant TB in India January 2012 (Update) Prevalence of Multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB): MDR-TB is defined as resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampicin (two of the most potent first line anti-TB drugs)‚ with or without resistance to other first-line drugs. MDR TB is important because patients with this type of drug resistance respond extremely poorly to standard anti-TB treatment with first-line drugs. MDR TB requires relatively costly laboratory
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MD‚ Pulmonology Surgeon: Simon Williams‚ MD‚ Pulmonology Preoperative Diagnosis: Recent onset hemoptysis‚ history of tuberculosis. Postoperative Diagnosis: No tuberculosis lesion seen. Name of Procedure: Bronchoscopy Specimens Removed: Blood clots. INDICATIONS: Mr. Barua requires Bronchoscopy‚ because of recent onset hemoptysis and a remote history of tuberculosis. PROCEDURE: The patient was routinely pre-medicated with 25mg of Demerol‚ with 2mg of Versed also used. About 4mL of 4%
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Presentation Securitization In 1983‚ an article published in International Security by Richard Ullman brought a change in security analysis by broadening security’s perspectives. Ullman classified threats to national security as “an action or sequence of events that (1) threatens drastically and over a relatively brief span of time to degrade the quality of life for the inhabitants of a state‚ or (2) threatens significantly to narrow the range of policy choices available to the government of a
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Pulmonology Surgeon: Dr. Simon Williams‚ MD Pulmonology Preoperative Diagnosis: Recent onset hemoptysis‚ history of tuberculosis. Postoperative Diagnosis: No tuberculosis lesions seen. Operative Procedure: Bronchoscopy. Specimens Removed: Blood clots. Indications: Patient requires bronchoscopy because of recent onset hemoptysis and a remote history of tuberculosis. PROCEDURE: Patient was routinely pre-medicated with 25mg of Demerol with 2mg of Versed also used. About 4 milliliters
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You can cure tuberculosis but there is more chance that you die that curing it. Tuberculosis mostly affects young adults. Deaths of tuberculosis increases every year by 1%.Almost 9 million new TB cases occurred in 2004 — 80% of them in 22 countries(WHO). Bibliography Sources (2014). The Bad Bacteria - Bacteria - All About Microbes
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Epidemiological studies A. Descriptive studies 1.) Case Control Study Title: Determinants of Malaria Program Expenditures during Elimination: Case Study Evidence from Select Provinces in the Philippines. Even though eliminating malaria from the endemic margins is a part of the Global Malaria Action Plan‚ little guidance exists on what resources are needed to transition from controlling malaria to eliminating it. Using Philippines as an example‚ this study aimed to (1) estimate the financial
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lifestyle‚ access to plenty of fresh fruit‚ and vegetables‚ and some of the planet’s cleanest air‚ it’s people isn’t as healthy as might be imagined. South Africa major health public concerns are HIV/AIDS‚ malaria‚ smoking related disease‚ and tuberculosis‚ just to name a few of them but all of which affect the non-white population more than the white; apart form these. HIV/AIDS in Africa The rise of sickness in Africa today is mainly caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that
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