Hernia

water resources, or even medical supplies because of resources available to them from the country. One example of the suffering of others photos’ is given in the text where a child standing holding up his/her shirt and they have the “an umbilical hernia, distended belly, and a pair of too-big underwear” and showing through their hair the malnutrition that has happened. Self-directed Samaritan is when the pictures taken are intended for their friends to see how they are the protagonist in the…

the operation, and the procedure takes between 2 to 3 hours for completion. The patient will remain in the hospital for several days following surgery. Open Fundoplication: The surgeon makes one long incision in the abdomen. If there it is a hernia, it is repaired first with stitches to tighten the diaphragm and stop the upward bulging of the stomach. Then, the top portion of the stomach is wrapped around and stitched to the end of the esophagus to prevent acid, fluids, and food from…

Paramedics are similar to EMTs where they both are quick responders to the sick and injured in emergencies. While responding, paramedics are able to bandage a wound, asses a patient’s condition and identify the path of treatment needed, provide first-aid and life support treatment, transport patients in an ambulance to a hospital, and report knowledge of the patient to the staff at the hospital. Some paramedics are able to work on a helicopter or airplane with the proper training and equipment.…

The GERD-HRQL is a nine-item, Likert-type questionnaire that measures the severity of heartburn, heartburn lying down, heartburn standing up, heartburn after meals, change of diet, nocturnal heartburn, dysphagia, odynophagia, and effects of medications (Table I). The GERD- HRQL score is derived from simply adding the scores from each of the nine items. The best possible score is zero (i.e, asymptomatic in each item) and the worst possible score is 45 (incapacitated in each item).1 3.0…

or both into the esophagus and past the lower esophageal sphincter, without associated belching or vomiting. The reflux of gastric contents causes acute epigastric pain, usually after a meal. Common causes are: food, alcohol, or cigarettes, hiatal hernia, increased abdominal pressure (such as with obesity or pregnancy), medications, nasogastric intubation for more than four days, and a weakened esophageal sphincter. Typically, the LES maintains enough pressure around the lower end of the…

induction in children. The use of anaesthetic drugs may prolong the QTc interval of the ECG and this might also result in arrhythmias which may be fatal to the patient. In the study, the author recruited twenty children who are going to undergo inguinal hernia repair sugery, who do not have previous medical condition with normal QTc interval and no cardiac arrhythmias. Eleven of the patients were administered…

AP is an active and pleasant 12 months old infant, who is well dressed and appears to be clean. He plays with variety of toys at home. He seems very closely bonded with his mother. He sits in her lap for comfort. His mother is relaxed and have no complaints. Vital Signs: HR 105 regular, RR 30 breath per minute, BP 92/60mmHg. Temperature is 99.4 F. He is 31 inches tall (90.3 percentile). He weighs 22.5 lbs. (72.6 percentile). Head circumference is 43.5 cm (61.8 percentile). BMI is 16.5. No…

control of it it will have its problems. Stating that medicine has to be practiced a bunch of times before someone can become specialist in a certain category of medicine. There was this one story that he told, where these doctors only operated on hernia patients and no one else. He found out that the more you work at something the better you will be. These doctors were excellent at their jobs and they were better at their jobs than the doctors that had a lot more experience then them but in…

In our study, intraoperative complications occurred in only 1 (2.7%) patient in the form of liver tear which was managed by compression. On the other hand, in open RYGB Luján et al. (27) reported 3 (6%) cases of splenic injuries that leaded to splenectomies while in open classical D.S, Hess and Hess (13) reported splenic injury and splenectomy in 4 (0.9%) patients In our study, Hematemesis occurred only in 1(2.7%) non compliant patient due to stomal ulceration following administration of…

created the position to improve surgical exposure of the pelvic organs during surgery ("What Is Trendelenburg Position And Reverse Trendelenburg Position?" n.d.). Trendelenburg position it is used to complete surgeries for patients with abdominal hernias. Lithotomy position requires the patient to lie on his back, the legs are flexed in the hip and abducted in the hip. The knees are bent and the lower legs are supported on padded leg shells. The lithotomy position of the patient is needed for…