First Blood

The inflammation and Cholesterol containing deposits (plaque) in your arteries are usually to blame for coronary artery disease. These building up of plaques, start narrowing coronary arteries and decreasing blood flow to the heart. Eventually, this decreased blood flow may cause chest pain (angina), shortness of breath, or other diseases associated with coronary artery. A complete blockage can cause a heart attack. ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME (ACS): Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) can…

TBIs is vehicular accidents. Subsequent to Oliver’s neurological surgery, invasive measures are to be applied in monitoring intracranial pressure (ICP). An elevated ICP causes a critical reduction in cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) and cerebral blood flow (CBF), which can lead to secondary ischaemic cerebral injury. Intracranial hypertension should not be prolonged, a number of studies show that an increase in ICP is strongly…

The knee is made up of four main things: bones, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. The knee is a ball in socket and the elbow is a relatively simple hinge joint which only allows flexion and extension. The radius is smaller of the two forearm bones and sits on the outside of the joint.As spoken about before the cruciate ligaments are made up of two types of ligaments, the anterior and the posterior. They are often referred to the ‘crucial’ ligaments because it is important that the help the knee…

Orbital Cellulitis Orbital cellulitis is an infection in the eye socket (orbit) and the tissues that surround the eye. The infection can spread to the eyelids, eyebrow area, and cheek. It can also cause a pocket of pus to develop around the eye (orbital abscess). In severe cases, the infection can spread to the brain. Orbital cellulitis is a medical emergency. CAUSES The most common cause of this condition is a bacterial infection. The infection usually spreads to the eye socket from…

pump machine, such as the neurocognitive impairment, the systematic inflammation, the long recovery time, and the high operation cost of the heart-lung machine, drove the development of off pump coronary artery bypass (Rose, 2003). The first successful Off-pump CABG was performed in the 1964 by Kolsov (Olearchyk, 1988). It involved placing bypass graft that provided…

As the pregnancy progressed the situation stated to get worst because the pregnancy, as the blood volume expanded and the heart’s pumping ability had to double Dicken’s heart could not tolerate this. Instead of cutting open her chest, cardiologist decided to use a minimally invasive procedure. Five months after the procedure, Jasha was born without complications. It was a first in the northwest and perhaps in the U.S. The hospital says the procedures is rarely performed on pregnant…

1. What clinical findings support a diagnosis of ARDS? There are a number of findings supporting a diagnosis of ARDS. Through physical examination, labs, and diagnostics including the patient's inability to breathe on her own, alteration in perfusion, and end-organ dysfunction (Urden, Stacy, & Lough, 2014, p. 522). There are multiple findings supporting a diagnosing of progressing ARDS to include the patient’s condition has worsened. The patient is sinus tachy with a heart rate of 120 BPM and…

than 1% of all congenital heart diseases and occurs in 1 in 210,000 live births (theheart.org). The condition is defined by a malformation of the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve which results in weakening of the heart and regurgitation of blood back into…

It is known to be a self – perpetuating inflammation of an unknown cause hepatitis, and this then goes to the liver associating with autoantibodies. (Friedman 70) There are known to be two types of autoimmune hepatitis. The first type of autoimmune hepatitis is characterized by SMA, it’s the most common type in the U.S. Now, the second type of autoimmune hepatitis is very well commonly affected to children. Autoimmune hepatitis usually has basic diagnostic tests. This disease…

Although my eyes were swollen and I can barely see, I still had a vision that the doctor was a beautiful white tall young lady. The other doctors came in to try and help my situation. They started sucking on my blood and spitting to remove the poison. My body couldn’t handle the loss of blood. I was getting into a coma, and there was no way…