Negative pressure wound therapy

British civil servants, discovering that men in lowest-level jobs had an increase risk of death due to heart problems in comparison to men in more profitable positions. Research shows that even with the removal of extra factors such as high blood pressure, amount of exercise, and time for leisure activity, men in the lowest level jobs were more than three times as likely to die due to heart problems. When women were added to the Whitehall Study, it was…

vulnificus, how is it transmitted, what are the symptoms, and how can we prevents them? What exactly is this bacterium that lives in our Florida beaches? What is Vibrio vulnificus Vibrio vulnificus is a pathogenic bacteria. It belongs to the Gram negative bacteria species, its motile, curved, rod-shaped (Bacillus). Vibrio vulnificus was first discovered in 1976 in Atlanta from a series of blood culture samples submitted to the Centers for Disease Control. It was first named Beneckea…

Proficient healthcare is practiced in organizations such as hospitals and clinics. These systems (healthcare, policy, and service) are an important part of healthcare organizations. They have the ability to create a proficient system or an ineffective system. Resistance to change can present barriers to the successfully implementation of any new practice changes. With the use of theoretical change models, a researcher can determine if the organization is ready, implement the new change, and…

Ever since I began weightlifting this past year, I have always been curious about anabolic steroids and what effects they might have combined with my weightlifting. Despite looking at the negative side of anabolic steroids, I figured I would do some research to find out what could possibly happen to my body if I ever took them. All I knew about them prior to this research was the external effects they had on the human body such as increased muscle growth and acne. Upon my research, I found that…

Pathophysiology Dr. Isabelle Tardif July 17, 2015 Abstract The case identifies the type of shock that CC encountered right after his traumatic accident. He was experiencing hypovolemic shock as evidenced by low blood pressure and increased heart rate. To increase his cardiac output, fluid therapy was initiated. However, due to CC’s multiple abrasions sustained from the accident, and invasive lines attached to him, it placed him at risk for sepsis. Sepsis is a systemic response to…

UROLOGY With arrival of Dr. Kittles in 2014 and new Urology Chief, Dr. Lee in 2016, the division of Urology is undergoing a renaissance and expansion of existing programs and the development of new research and academic endeavors. The Division is focusing on a number of new projects such as: Renal Cell Carcinoma, Prostate Cancer, Pelvic Floor and Holmium laser prostatectomy outcomes. At the recent American Urological Association-Western Section meeting in Kauai, Hawaii October…

Surgery with Professor Davis Cooke and Roy Calhoun. I helped maintain the research on the thoracic surgery database and I am actively participating in a study on how an academic center can move from open lobectomy to VATS lobectomy as an up-front therapy for early stage lung cancer, and maintain a quality resident operative education. Prior to this I was a Teaching Assistant at the University of Misrata from April 2008 to January 2010 where I prepared lectures for third year medical students…

the projects activities, characteristics, and outcomes. The purpose of this process is to see if the outcomes will improve the proposed problem. The following paper will discuss the evaluation plan of the practice project to implement negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) on a unit at UF Health. The evaluation plan includes methods used in collecting the outcome data, how the outcome measures will…

on non-conventional medicine, including herbs, aromatherapy, acupuncture or hand healing. Music therapy is an exception. It is widely used in surgery and treating serious diseases. What result can be expected from just listening to music? A wound may heal much quicker, the blood pressure goes down or a level of stress dropped? It is not the end of the list. More and more hospitals offer music therapy, especially in cancer, pediatric and psychiatric hospitals units due to its calming and…

Gestational hypertension, mild pre-eclampsia, severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are four types of PIH. PIH is diagnosed when blood pressure reading are higher than 140/90 mmHg in a female who had normal blood pressure prior to 20 weeks. Increased blood pressure, rapid weight gain, oedema, blurred vision, nausea and vomiting are common symptoms of pregnancy-induced hypertension. The pathophysiology of gestational hypertension is unknown, and yet…