British Heart Foundation

DOI: 8/28/2014. The patient is a 55-year-old male laborer who sustained injury when he was involved in a vehicle collision while moving his vehicle from one area of parking lot to another. Per OMNI, he was initially diagnosed with sprain at the back, neck, shoulder, bilateral legs and ankle. Based on the acupuncture progress report dated 03/22/16, the patient presents for his 6/8 visit for his cervical and lumbar spine. He reports excellent pain relief with treatment, more tolerable pain levels…

DOI: 11/1/2000. The patient is a 60-year-old male sales representative who sustained injury while he was grabbing a ladder to get samples and felt pain in his back. Patient is status post L5-S1 intradiscal electrothermal therapy procedure and L5-S1 fusion on 04/30/13. Urine drug screen obtained on 03/16/15 showed positive for hydrocodone, hydromorphone, dihydrocodeine, norhydrocodone, carisoprodol and meprobamate. As per progress report dated 6/8/2016, patient’s medications include Pulmicort,…

First tarnscatheter closure of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) was carried out in 1979. Since then, a tremendous advance in PDA devices, sheaths and innovation of low profile delivery systems has been occurred. Nowadays, transcatheter closure of the PDA is a standard of care beyond neonatal period. In addition, it can be done safely as an alternative for surgery even in very small infants.1 Comparing to surgical approach, transcatheter PDA closure is associated with lower risk and fewer adverse…

of the heart and blood vessels. The heart is the strongest pumping muscle in the body. Important mechanics of the heart allows the heart to properly do its job The heart is responsible for intrinsic cardiac conduction, the cardiac cycle, and cardiac output. The blood vessels in the cardiovascular system are just as important. The blood vessels aid in blood flowing to body tissue, maintaining blood pressure, and controlling blood volume using resistance. A special characteristic of the heart is…

mouth. You should only give enough air to make the chest rise, don't give to much air, you don't want to over-expand the dogs lungs. Circulation: To check a dogs heart is working properly you need to feel for a heartbeat or pulse, to do this you can place your hand in the armpit of the dog and feel its chest; you should be able to feel the heart beating. CPR Cardiopulmonary…

It is common sense to know that every sport has a specific shoe designed only for that sport. The shoe may help enhance performance or help in preventing injuries. Whatever it is, a professional will always make sure he has the right shoe for the task assigned to him. But most people do not think that weightlifting shoes are required when lifting free weights. This is a very common error and most people wear other shoes to the gym, just making sure they are comfortable. Weightlifting shoes are…

Digestive desease are not spoken about often in public because most people don't have them . There are many types of digestive desease, some of them are colitis, peptic ulcers and more. The desese that I will descuse is the gallstones desease. Gallstones is a small, hard crystalline mass formed abnormally in the gallbladder or bile ducts from bile pigments, cholesterol, and calcium salts. Signs And Syptoms Of Gallstones The majority of people with gallstones have no signs or…

Cardiomyopathy is the disease of the heart in which the muscles of the heart are affected to an extent that they become stiff or of an irregular size, the effect it has on the heart classifies the type of disorder it is. It can take up many forms, the most common of these are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy and Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. As cardiomyopathy begins to become more severe, the overall health of the heart deteriorates;…

skeletal system to perform many key motor functions. It aids in digestion and allows the heart to work. Some muscles are autonomous, or work by themselves, while others are controlled by the nervous system. Four tissues/organs of the muscular system are cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and the heart. Cardiac muscle is they type of muscle that makes up the heart and is autonomous. The heart is a muscle that is crucial to survival. Smooth muscle lines the inner digestive tract.…

An 18-year-old male is brought to the emergency department after suffering from yet another headache. The headaches are abrupt in onset, last for about an hour or so, and then subside for some time before the next episode occurs. The patient has had about three to five episodes per day for the past week and describes the pain as a 10/10 that localizes to either side of his head during an episode but never is felt on both sides at the same time. Associated symptoms during these episodes include a…