Coagulation

Introduction Influenza A virus is a respiratory pathogen that seasonally causes approximately 200,000 hospitalizations every year in US alone and affects human health worldwide extensively [1]. Seasonal viruses circulating in the human population cause annual epidemics with about 500,000 deaths per year. Furthermore, novel strains of influenza A virus without pre-existing immunity could cause a global pandemic with a high fatality rate; the 2009 H1N1 pandemic caused 151,700–575,400 deaths in…

Title: What Your Blood Type Says About You Category: (AD) Tags: ketsueki-gata, blood type Teaser: If you’re blood type is A, then you just might be a hothead. Article: If you don’t know your blood type, maybe it’s time you found out. Your blood could offer some important insights on your health like your susceptibility to disease, how you handle stress, how well you’ll age and much more. It can even tell you a little about your personality traits. So, read on and see what your blood type…

Case study on: Drug interaction between St. John Wort (Hypericum Perforatum) extract and Ibuprofen as a possible cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Author: Fabrizio Codebo’ Free Lance Remote Healthcare Provider HCPC Registered Paramedic PA34987 65 Federation Road Plymouth PL3 6BR UK Email address (preferred contact): fabrizio.codebo@yahoo.co.uk Correspondence address: C/o A. Codebo’ Via Della Costa 20 E Alpignano (To) Italy. Box 1 Description of the Event The case refers…

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide, and accounts for nearly one-quarter of all maternal deaths (World Health Organization, 2012). Unfortunately, resulting in the most significant birth complications, and research has found that incidences are increasing (Ford, Shand, & Roberts, 2013). A major cause of PPH is uterine atony and the prolongation of third stage (Kashanian, Fekrat, Masoomi, & Ansari, 2010). Consequentially, active…

Cardiovascular System Have you ever felt your heart racing before a big exam? How about after running a marathon? That fast, steady pace, making you breathe heavily. This is part of your cardiovascular system. A larger system made up of your heart system and circulatory system. The heart works to push out about 5 liters, on average, of blood every minute, to the organs, tissues and cells of the human body. This hard working organ, fully matured is only about the size of your clenched fist. Each…

The focus of this lab was to identify an unknown organism based on its characteristics and the results from each of the tests. There will be various of test to choose from in order to identify the unknown organism, which will eliminate numerous possibilities and narrow it down to one. All the fundamental skills that we have learned and practiced in the lab will be used to perform on our unknown such as aseptic technique, microscopic examination, the use of differential media, and determining if…

Introduction Upper gastrointestinal bleeding can be manifested with hematemesis, melena or hematochezia. Acute bleeding due to gastroesophageal varices in cirrhotic patients is associated with higher morbidity, mortality rates as well as development of life-threatening complications. This bleeding significantly increase protein concentration in the bowel which results in increased ammonia production by colonic bacteria and precipitation of development of hepatic encephalopathy [1].…

Dexmedetomidine versus Granisetron for the management of post spinal shivering Abstract Background: Shivering is one of the most stressful complications for patient and surgeon during spinal anesthesia. In this prospective, randomized, double blinded study we compared the efficacy of Dexmedetomidine versus Granisetron for control of post spinal shivering. Methods: study was conducted on 120 patients, ASA I-III, of either sex, aged 18–60 years, scheduled for elective lower abdominal and lower…

According to “Essentials of Pathophysiology” by Carol Porth, “sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder in which abnormal hemoglobin (hemoglobin S [HbS]) leads to chronic hemolytic anemia, pain, and organ failure”. The recessive gene is inherited and appears as the sickle cell trait if heterozygous or sickle cell disease if homozygous with two HbS genes. The amount of hemoglobin that is affected by the gene depends on if they are heterozygous or homozygous, and therefore affects the gravity…

Blood is everywhere, in everyone, in all living animals. The type of blood and what makes it look how it does is all based on its composition. The uses of it are vital to all animals survival as it is the key component to living. Unknown to most, but the blood's composition must be kept at near perfect balance at all time for it to perform all its functions. Blood is a crucial part of an animal's existence. Without it, it could not survive. Blood has numerous types as well as appearances, and…