Debridement

Service learning is a reciprocal relationship between students and communities1; the focus is on enhancing the learning of all involved: the student, the teacher and the community, all of whom learn something from each other2. Students’ exposure to real life situations outside the classroom allows for application of theory as well as a prime opportunity for the student to work one on one in settings that are non contrived. This allows the student to develop and hone problem solving and critical…

Abstract: Dens evaginatus is an uncommon developmental anomaly of human dentition characterized by the presence of tubercle on the occlusal surface of mandibular premolars and lingual surface of anterior teeth. Due to occlusal trauma this tubercle tends to fracture thus exposing the pathway to the pulp chamber of teeth. This case report is about the presentation of dens evaginatus in mandibular premolars bilaterally, among them tooth 44 was associated with chronic apical periodontitis. Fractured…

Imagine you have just received your very first session of liposuction. You are smiling, wearing belly shirts and prouder than ever of your new, slim figure. But suddenly you wake up one morning and far from looking like the cover of People magazine, your stomach seems red, swollen and is warm to the touch near the sites where your liposuction occurred. Remembering the doctor said something about side effects, you shrug it off and assume it will go away on its own. As the days…

Wound assessment and management Initial assessment of patient - The antibiotics patient is having for her chest infection. Anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the inflammatory response which necessary to prepare wound bed for granulations and affect the function of normal cells. - A right stroke which leads to the blood supply of lower limb not circulates. - Obesity. Excessive fat accumulation is one of the factors that make pressure injury become more serious and it decreases tissue perfusion. -…

The state of nature is a theory used in moral and political philosophy, belief, social contract theories and universal law in order to specify the estimated circumstances regarding what humanity was like before societies came into existence. Locke and Hobbes were both social contract theorists and shared a similarity of both being interested in natural law. Natural law theorists anticipated that under natures circumstances, man was measured as a social animal. However, Hobbes differed from the…

Step 1: Review the ED physician record. Note presenting signs and symptoms, lab values, medical history, and the ED physician’s impression, as well as the reason why the patient is being admitted. Note any diagnostics or procedures performed in the ED. Don’t forget this part of the admission, because you might be using the ED record as the basis for an attending query, such as acute respiratory failure for a dyspneic patient intubated in the ED. Step 2: Look for the physician’s document of the…

“confirmed type I or type II diabetes with a hemoglobin A1c12%, patients aged 18 or older, presence of a full-thickness neuropathic ulcer located distal to the malleolus, study ulcer duration greater than 30 days, ulcer area between 1 and 12 cm2 post-debridement, and adequate vascular perfusion as defined by ankle-brachial index 0.65 and 1.2 or toe pressure >50 mmHg or TcPO2 >40 mmHg or Doppler ultrasound consistent with adequate blood flow to the affected extremity” (Driver et al 892).…

Pineapple contains the enzyme bromelain (protease) which has several therapeutic properties including malignant cell growth, thrombus formation, inflammation, control of diarrhoea, dermatological and skin debridement (Tochi et al., 2008). According to Tochi et al, available evidence indicates bromelain is well absorbed orally with its therapeutic effects being enhanced in a dose dependent manner and if successfully incorporated in foods, it could become more…

Medicine is an important part of the world we live in, but where did modern medicine come from? Over many years medicine got better, not instantly. The basics of modern medicine can subjectively be traced back to World War I. While World War I was not the first time medicine and medical treatments were used, it was a time of great and very important developments. Medicine change to fit the world that was changing around it. World War I’s weapons and previous methods of medical care made way…

The human body is easily affected by bacteria from the outside world. Although the skin provides a protective barrier between the complex system of the human body and the bacteria from the external harmful sphere, once this barrier is broken the body is easily infected by dangerous bacterias and infections. These infections can be devastating to the human body. One of the diseases that can be contracted by puncture wounds to the human flesh is tetanus, commonly known to the public as lockjaw.…