Pulmonology

than 1,500 babies a year. However, MWH is not just for women and infants the hospital offers a full-service emergency department and services that include imaging, cardiology, orthopaedic, surgery, lupus, gastro-enterology, colorectal surgery, pulmonology, urology, and bariatric surgery. Not only does MWH serve the patients within the hospital, the facility also serves the community as an avid proponent of community health…

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Birthday of an Attack I was only five years old when the towers fell. My mother refused to let me outside and she cancelled my pulmonology appointment I had. Just like my mother, America was frightened by this violence. Though fourteen years later we celebrate the birthday of the attack. Morning news channels reflect on the event and reshow the first tower going down, then the second. The horror, shocking the people wrestling to fish out a camera to capture the event as it happens. The lurch in…

Additionally, ancillary services including: biomedical engineering, dentistry, genetics, neurology, otolaryngology, pulmonology, radiology, and social services are also integrated into the patient’s care as needed (Miller et al., 2001). The primary role of the IFT SLP is to evaluate oral motor and feeding skills. This is commonly done through a clinical evaluation and the administration of videofluoroscopic and fiberoptic endoscopic evaluations of swallowing. After conducting these assessments,…

Damir Secic, Dzenana Husremovic, Eldan Kapur, Zaim Jatic, Nina Hadziahmetovic, Benjamin Vojnikovic, Almir Fajkic, Amir Meholjic, LejlaBradic, Amila Hadzic. Medical students versus family physicians assessment of practical and logical values of pathophysiology multiple choice questions.Testing strategies can have a very strong, positive or negative effect on the learning process. The aim of this study was to examine the degree of consistency in evaluating the practicality and logic of the…

I discovered research during my last year at medical school at University of San Martin de Porres in Lima, Peru. I was very interested in Tuberculosis (TB) treatment in children and I prepared my first research project to evaluate effects of therapy in children TB positive born from TB infected mothers. I was captivated by research since then. After graduation, my eager to learn more about research motivated me to accepted a position as a study research coordinator in Cardiology and Heart…

The Six minute walk test ( 6 MWT ) evaluates the integrated responses of respiratory system, cardiovascular system, blood and neuromusculoskeletal system .1 The ability to walk for a distance is a quick and inexpensive measure of physical function and an important component of quality of life, since it reflects the capacity to undertake day to day activities.2 The six minute walk test is the most frequently used exercise capacity assessment for patients with chronic lung diseases.3 The…

be required to work any shift or day of the week to meet the needs of the hospital and the patients. New England Physician Recruitment Center - Billerica, MA. Salary: $185,000 - $210,000 a year, Specialty consultation available (endocrinology, pulmonology, respiratory therapy, neurology, etc.) on-site. Western State Hospital- Staunton, VA 24401. Salary: $93,013 a year. WSH maintains collaboration with UVA, training residents/medical students and recruiting psychiatrists into public…

Lancaster County is known for having beautiful farmland and a large Amish population. Many Lancaster County drivers share the road with Amish horse and buggies. This often causes a lot of frustration and chaos on the roads. Drivers usually cross the double yellows to get around the buggies but sometimes drivers are not paying attention or cross at an unsafe time and an accident occurs. When those accidents occur, people may be injured and need to go to the hospital. Within the borders of the…

When I think of the vulnerable population, the thought of children and the elderly comes to mind. In today’s vastly diverse society, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are many others that fall into this population. The CDC defines these other group as follow: “vulnerable populations as defined by race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, geography, gender, age, disability status, risk status related to sex and gender, and among other populations identified…