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What can occur following lateral displacement or compression?
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Fracture of the vertebrae
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What is a flail chest?
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When 3 or more adjacent ribs are fractured, each in two places, the segment of the chest wall between the fractures becomes a free-floating segment.
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Why is flail chest a particularly dangerous injury?
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The underlying lungs may be damaged.
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How is flail chest treated?
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Bandaging the injured side to provide firm support to the damaged area.
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Where do fracture of the ribs most commonly occur?
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Between ribs 3-10.
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What is spina bifida?
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A congenital defect of the vertebral column resulting from a failure of the laminae of vetebrae to fuse, exposing the meninges, spinal cord, or both.
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What area on the vertebral column is mainly affected?
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the lumbar area.
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What percentage of spina bifida could be prevented and how?
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If mothers would take folic acid, over 50% can be prevented.
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What is a sign that an infant may have spina bifida?
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A little tuft of hair
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(the article)
pl fem acc object that receives action |
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What is anencephaly and how can it be prevented?
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The baby is born with all or part of its brain missing, it can be treated by taking folic acid.
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If a baby has spina bifida, where is the resulting paralysis?
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lifelong paralysis of defect distal.
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How much folic acid should women of childbearing age in the United States consume?
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.4 milligrams per day
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In what foods can you find folic acid?
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low fat milk, yogurt, and cottage cheese, whole wheat, 2-4 eggs per week, orange/grapefruit juice, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, strawberries or rasberries, liver, raw veggies: spinach, bok choy, broccoli, cauliflower, dandelion greens and escarole, cooked veggies: corn, asparagus, spinach, collard greens. Have beans instead of meat occasionally.
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