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or treatment. When Tan 's mother wants to get her "CAT scan of brain tumors" from the hospital, the doctors refused to give her the "scan" and did not even try to apologize. Also, they "would not give any information"(Tan) even though Tan 's mother told them that she is afraid because some of her family died by "brain tumors". After a while, they decided to call Tan, and with her flawless English they eventually promised to give her the "scan" on the next…

Immunizations are also important because of the concern with live virus vaccines and immunosuppression. Children receiving chemotherapy drugs for cancer should not receive live vaccines. Although inactivated vaccines can be given to the child with a compromised immune system delaying the vaccination is usually recommended. Family Education The nurse caring for the child with cancer has a significant supportive role in helping the family understand the different therapies, preventing or managing…

My ideal chosen career for the future is to be a radiologic technologist. According to the occupational outlook handbook, a radiologic technologist is an individual who executes diagnostic imaging examinations. In 2012 there were around 199,200 individuals working as radiologic technologists. Typically, radiologic technologists work in health care facilities, roughly 55% of them being employed by general medical and surgical hospitals that are state hospitals, local hospitals, or private…

told us that when it hurts more after releasing pressure it called rebound tenderness and it is a symptom of an appendicitis. He said they were going to run some tests including a CT scan. My mom wasn't to happy about the CT because of the radiation. She tried to compromise with him but it did not work out. The CT scan showed that my appendix was inflamed and told me I was going to need surgery. The surgeon came in and talked to us. They did the surgery laparoscopically. Through 3 small…

Skeleton study reveals Romans racked by joint problems and gout A groundbreaking study of 2,000 ancient Roman skeletons has shed new light on the harsh realities of life in imperial Rome. The multi/disciplinary study was carried out on skeletons unearthed in the Roman suburbs during the last 15 years, during building work to construct a new high speed railway between Rome and Naples. The study saw each of the skeletons scanned with modern imaging techniques and the results of which were…

realize what had happened. By chance a policeman was given a ticket to another driver and he saw everything that happen. The drunk driver was arrested immediately. The girl was taken to the Children Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). They make Cat Scans and X-ray to all her body. In the first round of tests, her left arm shows to be broken. Specialist seeing in the X-ray that the left arm was broken…

Teens convicted of murder should be able charged as juveniles because their brain has not yet finished being developed and they may still have a chance of turning their life around by being rehabilitated. teenagers are still at an early point in their life and it is very possible that they will rehabilitate and become better people. Impulse control, according to Laura Sanders, is the “ability to overcome our emotions so that we don’t react in ways we shouldn’t” (Fear Prompts Teens to Act…

Rhabdomyosarcoma, also know as RMS, is a type of sarcoma in which cancer cells form a muscle tissue. There are three main types this disease has, Embryonal, Alveolar, and Anaplastic. There is also stage I, stage II, stage III, and stage IV. There are treatments for RMS but it's all depending on the area, type, and stage of the cancer, survival rates will also fall under that. As far as symptoms, it can be very difficult to find early stages, since RMS mostly diagnosed in children younger than 5…

Introduction Amnioinfusion is a procedure in which a germ-free (sterile) saline solution is added into the uterus. This may be done for various reasons, including: To increase the amount of amniotic fluid around the baby when there is not enough (oligohydramnios). Amnioinfusion may be done before an ultrasound test so that the ultrasound pictures provide a better view of the baby. It may also be used to help provide better care for the baby if certain kinds of problems are found with its lungs,…

In my perspective, I found the book Mind Wide Open to be very useful. It was a great book to read, it had numerous of strengths. The main strength of the book was Johnson’s writing style. It was simple and it can be understandable by anyone who lacks the fundamental background to understand brain science books, in which leads the reader to increase his/her awareness about how the brain work in action. His language made me feel like I was sitting next to a close friend and having a warm…