Cardiothoracic surgery

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    They have to live in the hospitals and with care and stuff like that. Whenever they visit a doctor they have to get surgery to remove some of the tumors and try to get there overgrown body parts to go back to a normal size. About 3,000 people are diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis every year. This disease will have a negative effect on you because it effects the chance of…

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    of things that have happened in my life that I don’t remember, or can vaguely recall, but I remember every detail from that surgery. I was born with Arnold Chiari Malformation, a congenital defect in the back of the head where the brain and spinal cord connect. It affects one in a thousand people. The doctors diagnosed my condition when I was two, and I’ve had seven surgeries attempting to fix the problem. Unfortunately, none of them have worked, but I’m lucky enough to continue on with daily…

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    I chose cardiac cath lab as my elective rotation, and it did not disappoint. I observed a quick and simple coronary catheterization that took all of five minutes, and the rest of my time was spent watching a complicated angioplasty. An x-ray technician pointed out what the cardiologist was looking at on the screen as he explained the anatomy and physiology I was observing. The progress of the angioplasty was slow and steady, but as one of the nurses was removing the wires and preparing to close…

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    consciousness during surgery, it’s necessary for them to go through all four phases of general anesthesia. The induction phase is important to get things started, because it’s when the patient losses consciousness with the aid of anesthetic agents. After that the maintenance phase occurs, which is a very dynamic phase in regards to the anesthetic agents being induced, it’s where a lot of maintenance of the patient is required since the surgery is taking place. Following the surgery the patient…

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    Informative Speech Video Assessment. The content in the speaker’s introduction was good in the following aspects. First, it ideally described the challenging work of a surgeon, in doing a kidney transplant. Secondly, It painted a picture of how the medical robot can be a great step forward in modern medicine. The content also helped the audience to imagine themselves witnessing a kidney transplant process so the audience is able to follow along in the course of the speech. The speaker also…

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    teacher called an ambulance. They told me that I have fractured two bones in my leg. The ambulance took me to a hospital. I was told that I needed a surgery. I was really scared because I never had a surgery before because all I see in the media is that the doctors could mess up if they do surgeries. They told me to calm down, and so I did. The surgery went really well. They put some rods so they could correct my two broken bones, and that took a long time. I stayed in the hospital few days…

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    healing, there'll not be complications arising from antibodies reacting. PRP seems to be useful in system treatment of the body in places like the knee, shoulders, spine and hip. It's a non-surgical treatment that carries a way lower risk that standard surgery. Plasma made protoplasm medical aid could be a non-surgical choice which implies that the danger is very low. in addition, it uses the patient's own cells to assist within the healing method, reducing any risk of foreign antibodies…

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    Lewis was born with the condition of pectus excavatum, which causes a crease in the chest cavity. He has lived many years with this condition but decided to have elective surgery at the University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital, since there was potential to cause respiratory problems if not corrected. Once Lewis’ elective surgery was completed, his life came to an end five frightful days after, due to septic shock. His mother Helen found many errors that occurred to Lewis and their stay…

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    Introduction Neurosurgeons diagnose and treat patients that need surgical operations involving the brain, spine, and nerves. Neurosurgery has been traced to the Stone Age. Remains from the Stone Age were uncovered in France that showed evidence of brain surgery. However, major advancements in neurosurgery didn’t begin until the 1950’s. The advance in neurosurgery started with neurosurgical techniques such as stereotactic radiosurgery, a treatment that focuses high amounts of energy on a single…

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    Is a Chiropractor a "Real Doctor?" Some people say that the definition of a doctor is a simple idea; either you are or you are not a doctor. In all truth being a doctor is something that one should take a tremendous amount of pride in for that accomplishment. This is because not only does it take a good amount of schooling, but also it comes with a great amount of responsibility. I perceive the definition of a doctor to be someone who has reached the highest level of learning in a particular…

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