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Laparoscopic use of Palmer's Point
Laparoscopic use of Palmer's Point samer kareem 5,717 Views • 2 years ago

Laparoscopic use of Palmer's Point

Shoulder pain and exercises Milwaukee WI
Shoulder pain and exercises Milwaukee WI samer kareem 7,880 Views • 2 years ago

Shoulder pain and exercises Milwaukee WI

Glucagonoma
Glucagonoma samer kareem 7,976 Views • 2 years ago

A glucagonoma is a rare tumor of the alpha cells of the pancreas that results in the overproduction of the hormone glucagon. Alpha cell tumors are commonly associated with glucagonoma syndrome, though similar symptoms are present in cases of pseudoglucagonoma syndrome in the absence of a glucagon-secreting tumor.

Thyroid Problems and How They Affect Fertility
Thyroid Problems and How They Affect Fertility samer kareem 4,291 Views • 2 years ago

If your levels are too low, you have hypothyroidism and may not be ovulating as you should. Taking the right dose of thyroxine, the hormone you lack, can restore your fertility. You may have discovered your underactive thyroid as a result of trying to get pregnant.

Diabetes and Heart Disease
Diabetes and Heart Disease samer kareem 6,446 Views • 2 years ago

As a result, the amount of glucose in the blood increases while the cells are starved of energy. Over time, high blood glucose levels damage nerves and blood vessels, leading to complications such as heart disease and stroke, the leading causes of death among people with diabetes.

Diabetes & Associated Complications
Diabetes & Associated Complications samer kareem 17,208 Views • 2 years ago

Possible complications include: Cardiovascular disease. ... Nerve damage (neuropathy). ... Kidney damage (nephropathy). ... Eye damage (retinopathy). ... Foot damage. ... Skin conditions. ... Hearing impairment. ... Alzheimer's disease.

Insulin, Glucose and you
Insulin, Glucose and you samer kareem 2,592 Views • 2 years ago

Insulin is a hormone made naturally in the pancreas that helps move sugar into the cells of your body. Your cells use the sugar as fuel to make energy. Without enough insulin, sugar stays in your bloodstream, raising your blood sugar. High blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, can lead to the signs and symptoms of diabetes:

blood transfusion performance
blood transfusion performance samer kareem 7,319 Views • 2 years ago

blood transfusion performance

Blood Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases (Part 2)
Blood Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases (Part 2) samer kareem 1,530 Views • 2 years ago

Blood Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases

Migraines
Migraines samer kareem 2,509 Views • 2 years ago

Migraine headaches are recurrent throbbing or pulsatile headaches often associated with a prodrome, nausea, vomiting, photophobia, and phonophobia. When they occur, the prodromes are characterized by visual scintillations, scotomas, dizziness, or tinnitus

How HIV Causes Disease
How HIV Causes Disease samer kareem 13,649 Views • 2 years ago

CD4 T-cells (a type of white blood cell) are important to your body's defence against infections. This animation describes how your immune system is weakened by the HIV virus, which targets CD4 T-cells and leads to their gradual decline in number. Low to very low levels of CD4 cells put you at risk for 'opportunistic infections' that take advantage of the body's weakened immune system.

How is HIV Transmitted?
How is HIV Transmitted? samer kareem 1,513 Views • 2 years ago

-Almost all the cases of occupational transmission of HIV have been due to transmission via exposure to blood and certain body fluids. The body fluids wherein standard precautions have been recommended include semen, vaginal secretions, and any other body fluid containing visible blood. Other standard precautions, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), also apply to cerebrospinal, peritoneal, pleural, pericardia!, synovial fluid, or any other tissue, even though the epidemiologic data regarding the risk of HIV transmission from these fluids is insufficient. Standard precautions do not apply to urine, sweat, tears, sputum, vomitus, and nasal secretions or feces, as long as there is no gross visible blood. The occupational transmission of HIV has never been documented from the above sources.

Tympanocentesis in Children
Tympanocentesis in Children samer kareem 5,878 Views • 2 years ago

This is a Video in Clinical Medicine from the New England Journal of Medicine. Tympanocentesis in Children with Acute Otitis Media Overview Tympanocentesis is defined as needle aspiration of fluid from the middle ear. In children with acute otitis media, drainage of pus from the middle ear results in a rapid and marked improvement in symptoms and enables the clinician to prescribe tailored antimicrobial therapy. This video will demonstrate the technique of tympanocentesis. Indications Tympanocentesis is recommended in children with refractory acute otitis media, in immunocompromised children with otitis media, and in children with suppurative complications of acute otitis media, . . . .

Vegetarian or Vegan? Can I recover?
Vegetarian or Vegan? Can I recover? samer kareem 3,200 Views • 2 years ago

Vegetarian or Vegan? Can I recover?

Valsalva Maneuver Uses
Valsalva Maneuver Uses samer kareem 12,627 Views • 2 years ago

The maneuver is commonly used during some activities: Straining to have a bowel movement Blowing a stuffy nose Certain medical tests or exams As a pressure equalization technique by scuba divers, sky divers and airplane passengers The effect of the Valsalva Maneuver is a drastic increase in the pressure within the thoracic cavity.

Cerebellum Examination
Cerebellum Examination samer kareem 14,618 Views • 2 years ago

Definition. The principal signs of cerebellar dysfunction are the following: Ataxia: unsteadiness or incoordination of limbs, posture, and gait. A disorder of the control of force and timing of movements leading to abnormalities of speed, range, rhythm, starting, and stopping.

Transporting a beating heart for transplant
Transporting a beating heart for transplant samer kareem 5,600 Views • 2 years ago

TransMedics’ proprietary Organ Care System (OCS) is the first commercial and portable warm blood perfusion organ transport system. With the OCS, doctors are able to perform “living organ transplants,” where organs are kept warm and functioning in a controlled environment from the time they are recovered to the moment they are placed in the recipient’s body.

Lithium
Lithium samer kareem 6,915 Views • 2 years ago

Lithium, a mood stabilizer used in bipolar disorder, has a narrow therapeutic index (small difference between therapeutic and toxic levels}. This patient's gradual onset of neurologic symptoms (slurred speech, confusion, tremors, and ataxia) is consistent with chronic lithium toxicity. Therapeutic lithium levels are 0.8- 1.2 mEq/L. Serum lithium levels >1.5 mEq/L confirm toxicity, and levels ;::2 .5 mEq/L require emergency management.

Large Facial Tumor Removal, Parotid Gland
Large Facial Tumor Removal, Parotid Gland samer kareem 8,536 Views • 2 years ago

Large Facial Tumor Removal, Parotid Gland

How to Know if You Have an STD
How to Know if You Have an STD samer kareem 5,248 Views • 2 years ago

How do you know if you have an STD? There’s only one way — you have to get tested. How do they test for STDs? Here’s the good news: STD testing is usually quick and painless. Get answers to all your questions about how to get tested for STDs.

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