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According to NICE (2010) “A UK survey suggested that 71% of patients assessed to be at medium or high risk of developing deep vein thrombosis did not receive any form of mechanical or pharmacological VTE prophylaxis”. The guideline emphasized the need for mechanical or chemical prophylaxis especially for post-surgical patients because these are the patients who have significant…

them that their safety is my concern. However, I will reassure my patients also that they can have a shower as soon as they become stable because immobility can also be another risk factor for complications after surgery such as bed pressures, deep vein thrombosis and chest infection. Assessing the situation properly will give me valid and justifiable rationale whether it is time to mobilize the patient after surgery to prevent complication due to immobility and hasten their independence for…

Taking an evidence-based approach to deep venous thrombosis research studies reveals the clinical practice guidelines are a valuable tool to improve clinical practice and patient outcome. Preventing deep vein thrombosis in the inpatient hospital setting is important to reduce the risk of fatal and non-fatal pulmonary embolism and post-thrombotic complications. Proximal deep venous thrombosis (DVT) can cause post-thrombotic syndrome and can develop into life-threatening pulmonary embolism…

throughout the body. It is composed of three layers the pericardium (around or outside of the heart), the myocardium (middle layer of the heart), and the endocardium (the inside of the heart). The blood vessels consist of arteries, capillaries, and veins. They help to transport blood throughout the body and also carry blood away or…

body. Capillaries carry blood very close to the cells of the tissues of the body in order to exchange gases, nutrients, and waste products. The final type of blood vessels are the veins. Veins are seen as the counter part of the arteries ad their job is to pump blood back to the heart from the outer parts of the body. Veins rely on gravity, inertia, and the force of skeletal muscle contractions to help push blood back to the heart because of the fact that once the blood reaches them the blood…

needed for clotting in the body and the plasma is a liquid in which the other components float in (Next slide). Some common problems that can occur in the Cardiovascular System is an Aneurysm and Varicose Veins. Aneurysms occur when there is a weak spot in the wall of an artery. Varicose veins, is quite common, it is when there are problems with valves and therefore prevent blood from returning back to the heart. This can be shown by the pictures shown on the presentation. (Marieb 8th Edition,…

It is my great pleasure to write this supporting letter for Dr. Tomokazu Amano’s application for an assistant professor position. Currently, I am the Principle Investigator (Title: Senior Research Fellow) in the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, UK. The interests of my laboratory are to understand the epigenetic reprogramming that occurs during the oocyte-to-zygote transition, pre-implantation stages and the establishment of totipotency/pluripotency. I have known…

Introduction: The heart plays a crucial role in the human circulatory system. The large organ pumps the blood through arteries, veins, and capillaries to distribute oxygen and nutrients to the body. The circulatory system also plays a part in removing our waste products. Humans have double circulation, meaning the blood passes through the heart twice before completing one round; this allows for the blood to be “re-pressurized”. Once the right side of the heart receives blood from the body,…

Thank you for contacting us. We're currently working with Dr. Stacy Johnson to automate the process of identifying PE and DVT patient cohort. For the PE task, we want to determine whether a patient has PE or not, if so, whether the PE is acute or chronic and its artery level. For the DVT task, we want to determine whether a patient has VT or not, superficial or deep, proximal or distal, acute or chronic, left or right, upper limbs or lower limbs. For both tasks, we also want to determine if the…

American Society vs. Brave New World Society There is a plethora of things that differentiate American society from that of the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. One of them is the quote “everyone belongs to everyone” (Huxley) which, in one sense, may mean that everyone in the society is equal, but in another sense, may mean that there are no relationships and everybody has sex with everybody like hippies in the 1960s. In American society, there are some people that enjoy having sexual…