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very contagious and lasts from six to ten weeks; antibiotics may reduce this time. Pertussis can cause violent and rapid coughing until the air is gone from the lungs. When there is not any more air in the lungs, you inhale a loud whooping sound (Medline Plus, 2017). Although cases of pertussis have dropped in the United States since the introduction of the pertussis vaccine, the disease has caused widespread outbreaks in recent years. Consequently, there were 348 cases reported this year,…

diagnosis. Some of the questions which they might ask the mother might include which drugs did she take while pregnant and how often she did so. In addition, medical professionals might conduct a urine test to test for drugs. The medical encyclopedia Medline Plus explains further how neonatal abstinence syndrome is diagnosed by stating the following: Tests that may be done to help diagnose withdrawal in a newborn…

One of the greatest dreams for the majority of women is to become, at some point in their life, a mother. Other women become mothers at an early stage in their lives, while others later on in life. Having a child is one of the greatest gifts that any woman can receive. As some people have planned pregnancies, others do not. Which is perhaps the reason in which some of the babies are born with birth defects, as some women do not know they are pregnant and do not take care of themselves. While…

birth control pill that contains only progestin, no estrogen” (medlineplus.com). Side effects of “the pill” include: nausea, migraines, changes in menstrual cycles. Strokes, heart attacks, and blood clots are very rare and dangerous side effects. Medline Plus says, “Birth control pills without estrogen are much less likely to cause these problems. The risk is higher for women who smoke or have a history of high blood pressure, clotting disorders, or unhealthy cholesterol levels.” Using hormones,…

Outline of Case and Objectives  43 year old male  Previous laparotomy about 10 years ago due to gunshot abdomen  Presenting now with a single stab wound to the right epigastric region, pericardial effusion confirmed by ultrasound. Explorative laparotomy done- patient has right ventricular injury and right sided diaphragmatic injury  The patient was intubated and ventilated  The patient had the following devices in place: o Right Intercostal Chest Drain (ICD) for a haemothorax which drained…

Obesity is a chronic disease that carries a devastating health and socioeconomic impact. Primary care providers must have adequate knowledge of the condition, its management, and when a referral for specialized care is warranted. Existing challenges are time constraints on practitioners to implement these tasks and overcome the barriers they face in doing so. Behavioral change counseling methods provide a framework for supporting patients to lose weight. These models can help practitioners to…

How effective are interventions in reducing burnout in health care workers? Tirajeh Zohourian 1. Asuero AM, Queralto JM, Pujol-Ribera E, Berenguera A, Rodriguez-Blanco T, Epstein RM. Effectiveness of a mindfulness education program in primary health care professionals: a pragmatic controlled trial. J Contin Educ Health Prof. Winter 2014;34(1):4-12. A pragmatic randomized controlled study of 68 health care workers (43 intervention, 25 control) in Spain. The article conducted pre- and…

affected, each child has a 50/50 chance of inheriting this disorder. The genetic defect is on chromosome 4 and causes the DNA sequence CAG trinucleotide to repeat more than it should. So instead of repeating 10 to 28 times, it repeats 36-120 times (Medline Plus, 2016).…

motor cortex area to have decrease activity because of the increase inhibition from the thalamus causing decrease activity to the lateral corticalspinal and rubrospinal tracts. The result of this change is impairment of voluntary movement creating symptoms of such as akinesia and bradykinesia. The next part of the motor loop to be affected is the increase inhibition pedunculopontine nucleus causing disinhibition of the reticulospinal tract causing rigidity of postural and girdle…

There are quite a few special circumstances that phlebotomists need to take into consideration when collecting a specimen because not every specimen is treated the same. Such as the bilirubin test for example; “When obtaining the specimen for this testing, it is important for the phlebotomist to recognize the effect of light on the specimen” (LabCE, 2017, para 1). Light can greatly impact the results of the test and could cause a lower bilirubin level than what is actually present in the…