Hyperthermia

lysosomes, plasma membrane and nuclei then leads to cell death and tumor destruction (Dougherty, Gomer et al. 1998, Brown, Brown et al. 2004). Different from photodynamic therapy, PAT therapy is based on conversion of absorbed energy in thermal (hyperthermia) to damage the tumor tissue while leave the neighboring cells intact (Kelkar and Reineke 2011). To help overcoming the limitation of the conventional treatment, thermal ablation therapy, which can ablate cancer cells at high temperatures…

read the book for introduction to agriculture education last year. It is a book that has haunted me since and until this class I was determined not to ever read it again. This is because the images of charred corpses and the retelling of death by hyperthermia left a knot in my stomach ever since I first read the book. However, rereading it I was able to better examine the elements that left my pained my heart and chilled my soul for greater meaning. By rereading…

Depolarizing relaxants are associated with life threatening hyperkalemia and non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs may lead to a prolonged effect (3). Some controversy about the use of volatile anesthetics and their potential to cause a malignant hyperthermia-like syndrome or rhabdomyolysis exists (4). Therefore, regional anesthesia may offer advantages for avoiding many of these problems with reduced drug doses, avoidance of tracheal intubation and decreased postoperative opioid…

During my Pediatric clinical, I had the pleasure of assisting with the care of a nine year old female. Her primary reason for hospitalization was hyperthermia, nausea and vomiting. However, the primary reason for the hyperthermia, nausea and vomiting, was still unknown on the day of my clinical. Diabetes mellitus was the only diagnosis in her family history. The patient did not have any known diseases and the doctors following her case had ran multiple diagnostic test that did not show any…

no evidence to recommend hypothermic treatment in paediatrics, (Scholefield et al, 2013), (Yuknis et al, 2016). Interestingly, the Cool Kids Trial comparing hypothermic versus normothermic treatment was aborted due to futility (Adelson, 2013). Hyperthermia, conversely, has been shown to have disastrous consequences on neurological recovery (Bembea, 2010, as cited in Scholefield et al, 2013), and Yuknis et al (2016) found strategic temperature management after cardiac arrest reduced pyrexias more…

reach the Mexican-US border, they traveled through the Devil’s Highway. Metaphorically, the title is a representation of how these men went through Hell on earth to get to where they needed to go. These men experienced dehydration, heatstroke, hyperthermia, and even death. Not to mention, as soon as they came close to the border US border patrol took the survivors into their custody and drove them straight to the hospital where the men were left to worry about what would happen to them next.…

the metabolic precursor of uric acid, xanthine is the first indicator of an abnormal purine profile and can serve as a marker of many diseases including hyperuricemia[3], gout[4], xanthinuria[5], perinatal asphyxia[6], cerebral ischemia[7], tumor hyperthermia[8] and pre-eclampsia[9]. Uric acid is typically present at serum concentrations of ∼200−400 μM and is by far the dominant purine of this class in biological fluids [10-15]. Hypoxanthine is the precursor to xanthine and is typically present…

where ex-marine Jerome Murdough was affected by schizophrenia and arrested then charged with a $2,500 bail. He could not post bail which landed him in an isolated cell in Riker’s facility. He died with a body temperature of 103 degrees due to hyperthermia. This was considered cruel and unusual because the state locked him up in an isolated cell that trapped heat which resulted in Jerome’s death.. The press announced that Jerome Murdough was “baked to death”. (Cruel and Usual Punishment in…

People who undergo gastric bypass surgery are at risk for: CX Pouch stretching, Band erosion, Breakdown of staple lines, Leakage of stomach contents into the abdomen, and Nutritional deficiencies causing health problems. Gastric bypass surgery also may cause dumping syndrome symptoms include nausea, weakness, sweating, faintness, may cause diarrhea after eating, gallstones, anemia, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. The more extensive the gastric bypass surgery, the greater the risk for…

•Hydatidiform mole also known as molar pregnancy, a benign tumor that develops in the uterus. A molar pregnancy starts when an egg is fertilized, but instead of a normal, viable pregnancy resulting. The placenta develops into an abnormal mass of cysts. •The cause of a hydatidiform mole is from a low protein intake. Contributing factors of molar pregnancy are caused by an abnormally fertilized egg. Risk factors that are associated with molar pregnancy are maternal age, more likely a woman older…