distressed with the high rate of post- operative mortality and unwilling to accept death as a likely outcome of surgery. He was a fan and follower of the value of antisepsis advocated by Joseph Lister. Ogston abandoned the contemporary teaching that pus formation was a necessary stage in wound healing. He then adopted the antiseptic techniques of Lister, siting him for transforming the future of surgery from a “hazardous lottery into a safe and soundly based science”. The more he meditated on…
Uterine fibroids are one of the most common causes of abnormal vaginal bleeding in women. These benign tumors are composed of smooth muscle and connective tissue. The ultrasound appearance of fibroids varies and depends on their size, location and type of degeneration they may be under-going. In most cases they are asymptomatic but if they grow large can cause symptoms including abnormal and/or heavy bleeding, painful menses, abdominal discomfort, back ache, constipation, and infertility.…
WFH has various approaches towards clotting factor replacement therapy in hemophilia. Episodic treatment is the treatment given at the time of clinically evident bleeding. Primary prophylaxis is the regular continuous treatment initiated in the absence of documented bone changes in the joints, determined by physical examination and/or imaging studies, and started before the second clinically evident large joint bleed and age of three years. Secondary prophylaxis is the regular continuous…
This weeks discussing provides the opportunity to identify medical specialists in medical terms, describe their specialty, and list details of the type work they do. In the medical field, there are specialist who specialize in a specific function in the diagnosis and medical treatment for patients. "Medical specialists are doctors who have completed advanced education and clinical training in a specific area of medicine (their specialty area) (Webmdcom, 2015)." For example: "A patient…
The Posterior wall acetabulum fractures are the most common acetabulum fracture. Most of this fracture requires surgical intervention. Less invasion treatment planning, choice of suitable surgical approach, minimal injury to the soft tissue, muscles, nerves and blood vessels, anatomical reduction maneuvers and surgical fixations are most important for best surgical reconstruction. The aim of our study is less invasive posterior approach, small incision, minimal bluntly splitting of gluteus…
Clinical Condition and Description of Clinical Presentation (Marchevsky and Richardson 1999): A Rottweiler, 8 years of age, reported with ataxia in the hindlimbs, in addition to patellar hyperreflexia together with deficits in proprioception and posture. Neck pain was also presented. Although some mild ataxia was reportedly seen in the forelimbs, proprioception and reflexes were normal. This was enough evidence to suggest a cervical spinal cord lesion. Radiographs obtained under sedation,…
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ERAS Society In 2010, the study group created a not-for-profit international medical society called the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society for Perioperative Care—otherwise known as the ERAS Society. The ERAS Society is a collaborative society with the ultimate goal of improving perioperative care thorough efforts in research and education; however, the society is also interested in implementation of best practices. The society’s vision is to make ERAS not just a term for a protocol but a…
Johnson et al. (2016) state that the guidelines set out in the NEXUS criteria and The Canadian C-spine Rule do not always fit into a prehospital context. As a result of this ambulance services created their own guidelines to follow based upon the Canadian C-Spine Rule and the NEXUS criteria. An example of these is the cervical spine immobilisation procedure from Wellington Free Ambulance. This set of guidelines is based off the NEXUS criteria with influences from the Canadian C-spine rule and…
The ethical values in medicine are ultimately the same. Veterinarians must take the same precautions as Doctors when it come to their patients. Doctor had to uphold the same code of ethic when it come to the safety and protection of their patients. Veterinarians and their staff are morally obligated to protect patient confidentiality because even animals have rights. The moral obligation of a veterinarian is to abide by patient confidentiality. All patient informant is to be kept completely…