Thrombosis

Approach to Care: Cancer Name Institution Approach to Care: Cancer Receiving news of cancer commonly spark devastation and fear of the known. Annually, more than one million people are diagnosed with cancer based on the estimates that the American Cancer Association provides. Upon receiving a cancer diagnosis for the first time, clients and their loved ones usually do not understand the information that follow the diagnosis. Each case of cancer is presented based on the biopsy of the site,…

Heart Association, ischemic strokes are “caused by narrowed or clogged blood vessels in the brain that cut off the blood flow to the brain cells”("Stroke and High Blood Pressure," 2016, p. 1). The following are the main causes of ischemic stroke: • Thrombosis: An obstruction of a blood vessel leading to localized occlusion. A common cause is atherosclerosis, which can lead to narrowing of the diseased blood vessel. Blood flow may be restricted as platelets adhere to atherosclerotic plaque…

The occlusion can either be is in the form of a thrombosis or emboli. The thrombotic stroke occurs when a blood clot is formed in the carotid arteries. This can be caused by the build-up of fat deposits that stick on the walls of the arteries, thereby promoting atherosclerotic activity (Moustafa & Baron…

Potter (2001) mentioned that C. perfringens spores may contaminate meat and meat products either before processing and survive cooking or after processing due to unhygienic handling of prepared food. Adak et al. (2002) reported that deaths due to C. perfringens (type A) food poisoning are rare but may occur in the elderly and debilitated. It is estimated to kill seven people in the USA, and between 50 and 100 people in UK yearly. Asha and Wilcox (2002) reported that the first C. perfringens…

Cardiovascular System Have you ever felt your heart racing before a big exam? How about after running a marathon? That fast, steady pace, making you breathe heavily. This is part of your cardiovascular system. A larger system made up of your heart system and circulatory system. The heart works to push out about 5 liters, on average, of blood every minute, to the organs, tissues and cells of the human body. This hard working organ, fully matured is only about the size of your clenched fist. Each…

ETHICS IN AVIATION INDUSTRY What is ethics? Ethics is study of moral issues. It is a system or code of morals of an entity, whether individual or organization. Ethics should not be confused with legal issues Author Bruce Weinstein describes the five principles of ethics: Do no harm, make things better, respect others, be fair, and be loving. Ethical decisions include privacy, confidentiality, honesty, and fairness. The actions we should take encompass taking responsibility, meeting obligations,…

Lolita, the novel that recounts the “intense and obsessive involvement of a middle-aged man with a sexually precocious young girl.” (Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia. "Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich.") In the present-day, Lolita is considered Vladimir Nabokov’s most famous and controversial novel that implies obsessive desires, heartbreak, and transformation among other sensitive subjects. However, the Russian’s masterpiece was not always categorized as a favorite. The book itself had a resilient…

Sickle Cell Disease Throughout the world, approximately 300 million individuals are heterozygous for a mutation in the β-globin gene, meaning they carry the sickle cell trait (Key, Connes, & Derebail, 2015). Of those 300 million individuals, 100,000 Americans are affected by sickle cell disease, making it the most common inherited blood disorder. Every single cell in our body needs oxygen to function efficiently, and the role of hemoglobin in red blood cells is to transport oxygen from the lungs…

While no official laws regarding the use of physical restraints in nursing homes and assisted living facilities exist, many elderly care facilities tend to have their own policies regarding the use of physical restraints. Most facilities are against the use of physical restraints because it conflicts with elderly care facility’s purpose of keeping a resident’s dignity intact. It is difficult to ensure the legal security of people with dementia because while they have protected rights and freedom…

There have been discoveries of haplotypes for distinct region specific mutations of the HbS genes. The four African Haplotypes include the Senegal, Benin, Bantu, and Cameroon haplotypes. There has also been one discovery of an Asian haplotype referred to as the Arab-Indian haplotype [1]. The occurrence of these haplotypes indicates that the increase in sickle cell anemia is related to the incidence of malaria in the surrounding regions [8]. Evidence that supports the link between the…