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    My heart disease essay is about Coronary artery disease. Coronary heart disease is a disease in a waxy substance called plaque which builds up inside the coronary arteries. The arteries supply oxygen and rich blood to your heart muscle. When plaque builds up in the arteries, the condition is atherosclerosis and the buildup occurs over many years. Coronary heart disease is also a narrowing of the small blood vessels. Coronary artery disease can’t be cured, but treatment may help the disease.…

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    better compared to hospital bed in conducting CPR as they do not require back board, since Back board is essential when performing CPR on soft surface (10).Research has proved that straddling chest compressions performed on a moving stretchers are as effective as on the floor. By performing straddling chest compression on stretchers the time for transporting the patient to get advance life support may be reduced (4).Despite the limitations of stretcher, the handling of stretchers and trolleys…

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    Cultural Context and Meaning of Egyptian Shabtis Huiyun Wu Nov. 30th, 2015 African Art History Shabti, sometimes called Shawabti or Ushabti, is a sort of mummy shape funerary figurine that is designated to serve the deceased in the afterlife in Ancient Egypt from around 2000BC. They are servants that answer “Here I am” when called by the wealthy owner, who continued their afterlife in the netherworld. Placing shabtis in the coffin is a method to indicate the power and wealthiness the departed…

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    Hodgkin Lymphoma Essay

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    the neck, underarms, or groin, intermittent fevers, drenching night sweats, feeling tired all the time, unexplained weight loss, decreased appetite, generalized itching, abdominal pain or swelling, feeling of fullness, coughing, shortness of breath, chest discomfort (Cancer Treatment Centers of America 2015). Hodgkin 's disease is considered one of the most curable forms of cancer, especially if it is diagnosed and treated early. An accurate assessment of the stage of disease in patients with…

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    describes as, “…there was nothing between the top of the suit and the top of her head except her, this clean bare plane of the top of her chest down from the shoulder bones like a dented sheet of metal in the light.” (Updike 178). By using the metaphor of comparing her chest to a dented sheet of metal, Updike utilizes imagery to characterize the girl. Also, describing her chest as a clean bare plane is also a metaphor, which gives a better physical description as opposed to no metaphor.…

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    fatigue, chest pains, anxiety, and migraine headaches. Fatigue is the most frequent complaint. Patients with mitral valve prolapse may have imbalances in their autonomic nervous system, which controls the heart rate and breathing. Such imbalances may cause insufficient blood oxygen delivery to the working muscles during exercise, thus causing fatigue. Palpitations are sensations of a rapid or irregular heartbeat. Most people say they feel as if their heart is doing flips inside their chest. In…

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    option for treatment. Participants in the study were assessed using a manual compression test to determine costal cartilage flexibility of the protrusion area and a chest CT scan was taken to determine the degree of the protrusion. The study…

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    called spirometry. This is a noninvasive procedure. The technician simply asks the patient to blow as hard as possible into the tube while their nose is clipped. The spirometer measures the amount of air expelled. The doctor may also perform a chest X-ray and a chest CT scan to help visually assess the heart, lungs and blood vessels. These pictures can show whether another condition is causing the problems. An arterial blood gas test may also help determine how severe the COPD is. The blood test…

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    talking. I thought we had the best ideas, but our ideas are restricted. It helped me realize that we have ideas that work and we just keep using them and rarely use any new ideas. Being in the room was like having all of the ideas we use in a treasure chest and the room was the key. It helped me realize how much more there is in the way of creativity that we don’t think of because it's not inside our treasure…

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    Cisplatin Case Summary

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    REASON CHIEF COMPLAINT: History of stage IIC pure seminoma status post four cycles of etoposide and cisplatin. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS Mr. Sandoval is a very pleasant 22-year-old gentleman who presents to the oncology clinic for stage IIC pure seminoma status post four cycles of etoposide and cisplatin. The patient presented in 09/2016 with a 10-month history of enlarging right testicular mass and pain. In 09/14/2016, he was sent for ultrasound which revealed a 6.8 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm right…

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