Blood Transfusions A blood transfusion is a safe‚ common procedure in which blood is given to you through an intravenous (IV) line in one of your blood vessels. Blood transfusions are done to replace blood lost during surgery or due to a serious injury. A transfusion also may be done if your body can’t make blood properly because of an illness. During a blood transfusion‚ a small needle is used to insert an IV line into one of your blood vessels. Through this line‚ you receive healthy blood. The
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References: Biology Junction . (n.d) . Example of AP Lab 9 Transpiration . Retrieve from http://www.biologyjunction.com/lab_9_transpiration_example_2_ap.htm
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Blood Clots What are blood clots? Blood is a liquid that flows within blood vessels. It is constantly in motion as the heart pumps blood through arteries to the different organs and cells of the body. The blood is returned back to the heart by the veins. Veins are squeezed when muscles in the body contract and push the blood back to the heart. Blood clotting is an important mechanism to help the body repair injured blood vessels. Blood consists of: · red blood cells containing hemoglobin that
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alcohol means in taking of toxins. Liver tries to get rid of these toxins by breaking them but the liver turns out fatty. Alcohol results in an increase in the fibrous tissue that prevents the blood to reach the cells in the liver. All this result the liver to die because it doesn’t get appropriate amount of blood to survive. * Kidneys: Alcohol can damage the kidneys too. * Stomach: Alcohol use causes irritation in the stomach by increasing the amount of the HCl that result in damaging
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Introduction When the heart beats‚ it pumps blood round the body to give it the energy and oxygen it needs. As the blood moves‚ it pushes against the sides of the blood vessels. The strength of this pushing is your blood pressure. If the blood pressure is too high‚ it puts extra strain on your arteries (and your heart) and this may lead to heart attacks and strokes. Having high blood pressure (hypertension) is not usually something that you feel or notice. It does not tend to produce obvious signs
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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Circulatory Disease Thyroiditis is the inflammation of the thyroid gland. It has many causes‚ Hashimoto’s thyroiditis being the most common of them. There are also Subacute Thyroiditis and "Silent" thyroiditis‚ which occur less frequently than Hashimoto’s. Abnormal blood antibodies and white blood cells attacking and damaging thyroid cells cause this Auto Immune disorder. This is normally considered a chronic inflammatory disorder of the thyroid gland. In the end
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Khrushchev loosened the restrictions on art‚ literature and cinema - allowing‚ among others‚ the (very) critical novel Dr Zhivago to be published. He also did away with arbitrary state terror - lessening the excesses of Stalinism. He also continued the massive apartment building programme begun to house the people and to help alleviate the hardship caused by the war. For the religious‚ however‚ he undertook a massive clampdown on the church. People were required to register to attend‚ and church-going
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Blood Transfusion is commonly being ordered to patients who lost a great deal of blood due to a diseasecondition or an accident. It can also be ordered by the physician if the patient is to undergo an operation that would involve considerable blood loss. The following is a step-by-step checklist of things to do and other responsibilities to ensure proper blood transfusion and prevent any unwanted reactions and errors. 1. Verify the physician’s written order and make a treatment card according
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SC/BIOL 2020.03 Biochemistry Midterm #1 Name: Student ID: Feb 7th‚ 2013 Time: 1 hr and 15 min This test has multiple choice: 24 Marks. Fill in the blanks: 10 Marks Peptide structure: 6 Marks There are a total of 10 pages of this exam. You are allowed to use a non-programmable calculator. For multiple choice: Choose the BEST answer and indicate your choice on the scantron. Please use a pencil. 1 1. Which of the following weak interactions is NOT due to differences in electrical
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Blood for Sale Case Study Blood for Sale Ethics Phil-245 I found the article called Blood for Sale very intriguing. Many questions arose from this on my mind. The most obvious is‚ how ethical is it to sell blood to people who need it? The other issue that bothered me is‚ how ethical is it to underpay and overcharge for that blood? My initial reaction to this was complete disbelief. I found it hard to understand how anyone could do some of the things mentioned until I reread the article
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