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    Joints and Body Movements Laszlo Vass‚ Ed.D. Version 42-0014-00-01 Lab RepoRt assistant This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions‚ diagrams if needed‚ and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be sent to an instructor. Purpose: What is the

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    Case Study 2 Glossary 0.5% Marcaine – dictated “half percent”; brand name for local anesthetic 19-French – French is a scale used to denote catheter sizes and other tubular instruments; each unit is approximately 0.33 mm in diameter; 19-French indicates a diameter of approximately 6.2 mm. 89% shift – “shift to the left” on CBC differential indicates an increase in the number of band cells or band; 89% represents the percentage of band cells compared to the total number of white cells counted;

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    Gastrointestinal Bleeds

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    CASE SENARIO Victor Newton is a 51-year-old known alcoholic who was admitted to ICU via A&E with a three week history of malaena‚ recent large volume haematemesis that morning and severe epigastric pain. He had previous episodes of malaena and haematemesis over the Christmas holiday season and was awaiting an out patient endoscopy appointment. Q.1 List the nursing priorities when preparing for and admitting a patient with an emergency GI bleed. Include resources needed such as equipment‚ drugs

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    Gastrointestinal Bleeding By Paul M Choi | Submitted On November 15‚ 2012 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Paul M Choi Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a very common condition that occurs

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    differential diagnosis of an outbreak of acute gastrointestinal illnesses. The broad categories of diseases that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of an outbreak of acute gastrointestinal illness are Infections‚ preformed toxin‚ and psychogenic illness. However‚ only two of the broad categories (infection and preformed toxin) are most relevant to an outbreak of acute gastrointestinal illness differential diagnosis. Infection Acute gastrointestinal illness of infectious origin results from

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    A 56-year-old woman with a history of gastric adenocarcinoma comes to the emergency department with a history of abdominal and pelvic pain‚ along with bloating for the past 3 weeks. Five months ago she received a cycle of epirubicin‚ cisplatin‚ and 5-fluorouracil. This was her fourth cycle of chemotherapy‚ and her oncologist advised her that her follow-up CT scan showed no reduction in the size of her tumor after treatment. She feels tired and bloated currently. Her temperature is 37.5°C (99.5ºF)

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    Generalized juvenile polyposis‚ also called juvenile intestinal polyposis‚ causes noncancerous polyps to grow in the digestive tract. Polyps usually appear before the second decade of life‚ can grow throughout the digestive system and elevate gastrointestinal cancer risk. Definition & Facts Though the disorder appears before the age of 20‚ the word “juvenile” describes the nature of the polyp’s tissues. There are three types of the syndrome with juvenile polyposis of infancy being the most severe

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    Stomach Cancer in China Stomach Cancer can also be known as gastric cancer‚ but this is a type of cancer that starts in the stomach. There are about four different types of stomach cancer‚ Adenocarcinoma‚ Lymphoma‚ Gastrointestinal stromal tumor‚ and Carcinoid tumor. The most common kind of stomach cancer is Adenocarcinoma. Stomach cancer mostly affects older males. According to Luan in his article “China’s gastric cancer cases on rise”‚ about two-thirds of people diagnosed with stomach cancer

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    Physiology University of Phoenix SCI/230 7/5/2013 Instructor Nancie Harris There are currently 33 diverse species of dolphin that exist in lakes (freshwater) and oceans (saltwater) of the world. Each species of dolphin‚ whether marine or river‚ has an anatomy which allows them to thrive in certain conditions. The anatomy of the dolphin has been enhanced throughout the years in order for them to continue to adjust to their domain. This paper will break down the adaptions in the anatomy of one

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    created to explore and observe the gastrointestinal tract and other orifices. After many attempts and a century later‚ medical advances in technology has improved the upper gastrointestinal endoscopy procedure where little discomfort is experienced and the procedure is non-invasive. When performing a gastrointestinal endoscopy the following are taken into consideration: preparation for the exam‚ reasons for the exam‚ and risk factors of the exam. All upper gastrointestinal endoscopy exams are normally

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