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    Initial Evaluation Super

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    Written Report: Prolonged Immobilization I. A. Definition Defined as prolonged inactivity‚ bed rest and immobilization were widely used in the early days of rehabilitative science in the management of trauma and acute and chronic illness‚ before the physiologic effects were well understood. It was generally assumed that rest fostered healing of the affected part of the body. However‚ while it has beneficial effects to soft tissue healing and to bone healing after fractures among a myriad of other

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    cause and effect AIDs

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    human body in many ways. AIDS reduces the ability of the infected person to fight other diseases. HIV infection causes AIDS as well as a number of health problems. HIV infection affects many organs of the body‚ including those within the immune‚ gastrointestinal‚ mucosal‚ respiratory and neurological systems. First of all‚ HIV virus affects the immune system as the virus attacks lymphocytes called T cells. These T cells also called as CD4 are essential for fighting disease causing

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    EGD Esophagogastroduodenoscopy‚ or EGD‚ is an endoscopic examination of the esophagus‚ stomach and duodenum (the uppermost part of the small intestine) for hiatal hernias‚ ulcers‚ bleeding sources‚ tumors or other problems. The procedure can also offer a number of therapeutic interventions such as control of bleeding‚ manometry‚ or dilation. The procedure’s medical name is actually a combination of the names of three different procedures that are usually performed collectively: Esophagoscopy—looking

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    ‘Enteral nutrition (EN) refers to nutrients given via the gastrointestinal tract’ (GIT) (Crisp and Taylor 2009 pp.1154). EN is considered when an individual is not safe for oral intake or when oral intake is not adequate to meet nutrient requirements‚ for example when a patient is unable to swallow. Enteral feeding tubes may enter the body at a number of different sites‚ the choice of enteral feeding route depends on several factors such as the intended duration of the nutrition support‚ the patients

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    Hookworm Research Paper

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    Ancylostoma ceylanicum worms are known to invade cats. Hookworms are fairly common‚ infecting an estimated 10 to 60 percent of all cats at some point in their lives. Hookworms can cause anemia‚ small intestine inflammation‚ internal blood loss and bleeding at the site of the bite. Because of this‚ hookworms can be fatal if left untreated. Fatalities are most common in young kittens. Symptoms of Hookworms in Cats Symptoms are often mild in older cats and more pronounced in younger cats. These symptoms

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    Ameoba

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    surrounding the nucleus. The amoeba genus has over 290 million species. The amoeba cell is described as riged with extending pseudopods located at the anterior side of the cell. The pseudopods are used to move the cell around. It also has extensions on the upper side. The pseudopods also are used ingest or even lure food in. Part of the outer layer of the pseudopods is a hyaline layer. This layer has the thickness of the enamel on a human tooth. The outer layer of the amoeba is referred to as the plasma lemma

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    Assessment of Haemostasis

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    ASSESSMENT OF PRIMARY HEMOSTASIS 1.BLEEDING TIME Bleeding time is used to measure the duration of bleeding after a measured skin incision. Bleeding time may be measured by one of three methods: template‚ Ivy‚ or Duke. The template method is the most commonly used and the most accurate because the incision size is standardized. Bleeding time depends on the elasticity of the blood vessel wall and on the number and functional capacity of platelets. Although this test is usually performed on

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    Case Study

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    A Case of Iron Deficiency Anemia Jennifer Brown‚ Clara Ozoigbo‚ Shanahan Arisa‚ Ndidi Uchegbu March 22‚ 2015 Anatomy and Physiology II 2402- 43002 Eastfield Community College Abstract Delores Welborn is a 28-year-old attorney living in Portland‚ Oregon. Delores is in the second trimester of pregnancy with her first child‚ and though her pregnancy had been progressing normally‚ recently she has noticed that she tires very easily and is short of breath from even the slightest exertion. She also

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    Ebola Virus Ebola virus (EBOV) is considered to be one of the most belligerent contagious agents and has an ability to cause highly fatal hemorrhagic fever syndrome that results in human and non-human primate’s death (NHPs) during the days of exposure. The first notification of the virus was mentioned in the Ebola River valley in Zaire for the time of an outburst in 1976. Moreover‚ the outbursts have appeared in Africa over the following 27 years‚ with death rates that differ from 50 to 90%. In

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    Choriocarcinoma: Not a Death Sentence Renee Oliver-Evers COM/156 March 25‚ 2012 Raymond Gentry Choriocarcinoma: Not a Death Sentence Choriocarcinoma‚ or also known as Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD)‚ is a very rare and malignant type of tumor. According to Spickler and Oberleitner (2011)‚ Choriocarcinoma develops from genetically deformed germ cells which usually produce sperm or eggs (pp.1012-1014)

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