Coagulation

incorporated the use of the Combat Application Tourniquet. This a small and lightweight one-handed tourniquet extremely effective on extremities in controlling hemorrhage. The U. S. Army developed the Kaolin combat gauze pad dressing that promotes coagulation reducing hemorrhaging. The year the RevMedx Corporation developed the XStat, a pocket-sized injector device that inserts medical sponges that can stop bleeding within15 seconds. The U. S. Army developed the Golden Hour Blood Container…

Polymer - A word, which is connote for large molecules (that a molecule made from simple repeating units called monomers). The monomers are main building block of polymers. Polymers play an essential and ubiquitous role in everyday human life because of the extraordinary range of properties. Polymers are among the most widely used and important type of materials today. Polymers have been with us from the beginning of time; they form the very basis (building blocks) of life. Animals, plants all…

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Introduction: The delivery of safe Anaesthesia to patients today has developed alongside the increasing complex surgeries and operations that are carried out on patients as and when required, either for pre-planned operations or for acute medical emergency and trauma cases. Pre-operative meeting and assessment of the patient by an Anaesthetist (Medical Practitioner) ideally weeks before the planned surgery is essential for safe Anaesthesia to be delivered. Providing an adequate…

An English clergyman in 1908 reasoned that just as a watch is made up of several different parts, “framed and put together for a purpose,”(cit) so too are natural objects--ranging from the minutest antenna and delicate wings to the larger human body--made up of parts that combine to serve a higher function. As a watch is the handiwork of a watchmaker, nature is the product of a designing intelligence, or God. Thus goes William Paley’s ‘Watchmaker analogy’ from his book Natural Theology (cit)…

frequent and potentially fatal complication of patients with COPD. Deep Vein Thrombosis account for many deaths in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Victor F. Trapson, 2005). The potential influence of inflammation on coagulation offers further potential to contribute to thrombogenesis in all smokers. Plasma fibrinogen levels are elevated in smokers and are further elevated during acute COPD exacerbation. Research has also shown that DVT can occur as a result of…

1. INTRODUCTION Warfarin is a most common Anticoagulant in prevention and treatment of thromboembolic events despite the availability of new drugs such as Novel Oral Anticoagulants due to its affordability. The establishment of the International Normalized Ratio (INR) helps to guide the dosing requirement for patients receiving the warfarin therapy. However, over-anticoagulation leads to adverse events such as haemorrhage while thromboembolic events can happen even at a recommended dose.…

So far, I have explained the development of a Newtonian approach to medicine as the result of the combination of a mechanical approach and a strict mathematical treatment of physiology, which ended in Cheyne’s iatromathematics. As Guerrini suggests, this combination is framed in the use of forces between particles as causes for several physiological phenomena and, particularly, those of the secretions. By emphasizing the mathematical elements of the demonstration, the Newtonian physicians…

study called a V/Q scan, which looks for ventilation and perfusion abnormalities in the lung. Your doctor will also likely order blood tests such as an arterial blood gas, CMP (comprehensive metabolic panel), CBC (complete blood cell count), and coagulation studies (PT/INR, PTT). If they think you could have systemic lupus erythematosus they will typically order an antinuclear antibody (ANA) and anti-double-stranded DNA antibody (anti-DS DNA). Your doctor will also usually evaluate for…

A Look Into the World of Forensic Technology Growing up, I was always unsure of the profession I was going to pursue. I went from being a nurse, to a doctor, to being an architect. It wasn’t until my sophomore year of high school when I became interested in science and decided to go into the field of biology, with focus on forensic science. Because of my strong interest in the subject, I was excited when given an opportunity to interview someone in the profession. I had the chance to interview…