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    1.Introduction COPD is the common chronic disease with the high rate of morbidity and mortality. It is estimated that COPD will become the third leading cause of death in 2020.1 The most noticeable symptoms of this disease are productive cough, shortness of breath and limited exercise capacity. While the main obvious pathophysiological hallmark of COPD is Expiratory Flow limitation which causes acute dynamic lung hyperinflation, dyspnea is increasingly implicated as the primary symptom causes…

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    Obesity In Urban Areas

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    Obesity is a chronic disease that is excess body fat that has a major impact on a person’s health. Obesity is associated with many chronic conditions like cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes, osteoarthritis, and cancers. Over sixty percent of adults are considered overweight or obese. Obesity is attributed to an estimate 34,000 new cases of cancer. Obesity is not being talk enough about. People are still eating less fruits and vegetables. People are going to fast food restaurants eating…

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    mobility for postoperative patients, common severe complications include; pneumonia, a lobular collapse, pneumonitis and respiratory insufficiency (Bergin et al., 2014). To help prevent these complication and achieve effective inspiration an incentive spirometry deceive should be given to Mr Simons and the nurse should educate him how and why to use it when he is in a pain…

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    Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are among the most common and prevalent diseases in the world (Raadhika and Shanthi, 2012; Rao and Kulkarni , 2012). Salbutamol sulphate (SS) is a short-acting β2-adrenergic receptor agonist used for the relief of bronchospasm (Sharma et al., 2015). Salbutamol sulphate is readily absorbed from the gastro intestinal tract following oral administration, and it undergoes the first pass metabolism in the liver. It requires multiple dosing a day…

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    Preoperative Evaluation

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    Preoperative evaluation Cardiac surgery, including coronary artery bypass grafting and surgery for valvular disease, represents one of the most common classes of surgical procedures performed worldwide. Advances in the percutaneous management of coronary artery disease as well as in cardiac surgical techniques have led to improved outcomes with consequent longer life expectancy for patients. Greater numbers of patients with depressed left ventricular function, multiple comorbidities, failed…

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    Whistleblower I am Waylon Park I’m an investigative journalist from Denver, Colorado. I have received an email from Miles Upshur a software engineer who works at the Mount Massive Asylum he has been telling me about inhumane experiments being conducted at the asylum. Well that’s why I am here to expose the Murkoff Corporation patients are being hurt and Murkoff is making money off of it this needs to stop. I’m in front of the gates that lead to the Asylum…

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    Pros and cons towards Improving the Pre Preparation for Exercise Stress Test in Ischemic Heart Disease Patient. Option B: Practice Based Reflective Account. There is pro and cons towards improving the pre preparation for exercise stress test in Ischemic Heart Disease patient whether is necessary for them or not. Pros and cons is an arguments in favour and against certain decision, motion or course of action of the patients examiners. The pros and cons will determine the critical routine before…

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