Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Since neurologic status may be compromised perioperatively and/or postoperatively, carotid ultrasound should be performed on all patients, and combined endarterectomy/ CABG should be considered in those individuals with a history of prior stroke, severe bilateral stenoses, or contralateral occlusion and in patients with a history of neurologic symptoms that could represent cerebral…

has suggested that subpar housing environments increases the risk of developing chronic diseases. Specifically, these studies suggested that cold, damp and mould within houses is very strongly associated with asthma, cancer as well as other severe respiratory diseases (Krieger & Higgins, 2002). One of the key factors contributing to the cold, damp and mouldy conditions within houses is water intrusion. More than over 11 million occupied homes in America were reported to have interior and…

Background: Francisella tularensis (F.tularensis) is the etiological microorganism for tularemia. There are different forms of tularemia such as respiratory tularemia. Respiratory tularemia is the most severe form of tularemia with a high rate of mortality; if not treated. Therefore, traditional microbiological tools and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) are not useful for a rapid, reliable, accurate, sensitive and specific diagnosis. But, DNA microarray technology does. DNA microarray technology…

ABSTRACT Introduction There are different types of pneumonia, whereby Hospital Acquired Pneumonia is one of them. It is a disease that is contracted in a hospital normally after 48 hours of admission. This is dangerous, normally bacterial, disease. What make the disease so dangerous is that the patients who contract the Hospital Acquired Pneumonia immune system are low as they are already critically ill. The germs in the hospital are also more dangerous than that in the community. Case…

definition of sepsis is the presence of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) criteria in the patients with a suspected or diagnosed new infection. Clinically, the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) is identified by two or more symptoms including fever or hypothermia, tachycardia, tachypnoea and change in blood leucocyte count (Comstedt et al, 2009). When sepsis affects one or more organs this defines severe sepsis (Surviving Sepsis Campaign, 2013). The most common cause of…

Kelsey Crooks OB Project Week 3 CLTCC-Alexandria  Index Spontaneous Abortion Umbilical Cord Compression Premature Rupture of Membranes Uterine Inversion Uterine Rupture Hematoma of Episiotomy Meconium Aspiration Syndrome Infant of a Diabetic Mother Spontaneous Abortion Define Loss of the fetus in uterus before 20 weeks of pregnancy (Spontaneous Abortion: Medline Plus) Cause. Risk Factors. According to Medline Plus: Chromosomal problems which stops fetus from fully developing Drug & alcohol…

All patients who display respiratory symptoms, have visible external signs of thoracic trauma, have a tympanic membrane rupture, or have abnormal findings when listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or other organs should have chest radiographs performed (Pennardt, 2016). When…

1.2.7 RABIES (Hydrophobia) IN MAN Clinical features Once the incubation period is competed and the virus begins to multiply in the central nervous system. Clinical signs appear. It should be noted that once clinical signs of rabies begin, there is no treatment available that will cure the poor victim. Only symptomatic therapy will be done. Death is virtually inevitable. Two major clinical patterns of rabies can be distinguished. One is the furious type and other is dump type. The majority of…

According to Lewis, Dirksen, Heitkemper, Bucher, and Camera (2014), pyelonephritis is defined as inflammation of the renal parenchyma, collecting system, and renal pelvis. Pyelonephritis can be categorized as acute or chronic. Acute pyelonephritis, the more common type, usually results from colonization and infection of the lower urinary tract that if left untreated can ascend through the urethral route and infect the kidneys (Lewis et al., 2014). Chronic pyelonephritis occurs when the kidneys…

from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/risk.html WHO. (2015a). Frequently Asked Questions on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Retrieved from World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/faq/en/ WHO. (2015b). Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)- Republic of Korea. Retrieved from World Health Organization:…