Nursing and Healthcare Essays

Peritonsilar Abscess: Differential Diagnosis of Croup and Epiglottitis
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Introduction: Croup, with an incidence of about 5-6 cases per 100 toddlers incidence peaking in the second year of life1; a viral infection of the upper airway found most commonly in children aged 6 months to ...

Anatomical Features of Teeth and Their Development
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Introduction: DENTITION INTRODUCTION Throughout this essay, information regarding the formation, types of teeth, importance, practices, and disorders affecting dentition will be discussed. ...

Brown’s Syndrome and Duane’s Syndrome: Features, Diagnosis and Mangement
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Introduction: NTRODUCTION Brown’s syndrome and Duane’s syndrome are mechanical eye disorders and common forms of noncomitant strabismus in children. They have been classified by Brown in 1950 as t...

Marijuana Use, Pregnancy, and Birth Outcome: Is There a Correlation?
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Introduction: Introduction With the increase in legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational use birth centers are seeing an increase in infants born to mothers who have used marijuana durin...

Comparison between Dementia and Delirium
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Introduction: Presentation: Dementia and delirium are two common neurological conditions with varying similarities and differences. Dementia is a neurodegenerative condition with a slow onset ( Fong,...

Hysterosalpingograms (HSG): Patient Preparation and Protocals
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Introduction: Hysterosalpingograms (HSG): Patient Preparation and Protocals  Abstract  Infertility is defined as when after a year of trying without the use of birth control, a coup...

Using CHG Wipes among ICU Patients to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infection
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Introduction: Abstract Clinical Problem: Patients in Intensive Care Units (ICU) that acquire healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are associated with increased length of stay in the hospital, rates...

Why Aspirin is Not Beneficial in Non-Diabetic Patients
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Introduction: Understanding the serious threat that cardiovascular disease poses and the various risk factors for developing this disease is fundamental to a patient’s health. Risks for cardiovascular diseas...

Acute Effects of Mobile Phone Radiation on Nerve cells and Sleep Quality
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Introduction: Mobile phones have become an essential tool for us in everyday life but its rapid growth in popularity since the 2000s has sparked many concerns of its safety. Its emittance of radio frequencies ...

Effects of Physical Activity on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms
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Introduction: Abstract This paper is an attempt to explore there is a relationship between physical activity and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adolescent sample population. It reviews s...

Pathophysiology of Metabolic Diseases: Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Introduction: Epidemiology/Etiology Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic chronic autoimmune (AI) disease, that causes chronic inflammation to joints. It is an inflammation arthritis, that affects...

Ethical Dilemma in the Use of Nonbeneficial Treatment at End of Life
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Introduction: “Medical futility” is the phrase used to describe the situation in which continued treatment is not beneficial to the patient and, therefore, should not be used. However, because what is cons...

Sickle-Cell Disease: Causes, Effects and Treatments
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Introduction: The Sickle-Cell disease is a broad topic and it’s the most common blood disease in the U.S. It’s an Autosomal recessive Mandilion genetic Disorder. There are many ways people refer to it, som...

Role of Auditory Training for Hearing Loss
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Introduction: Beyond hearing aids, is there a role for Auditory Training? – A Systematic Review   Hearing loss has been described as an invisible disability and currently affects over ...

The Rise of Antibiotic Resistance
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Introduction: Abstract The discovery of antibiotics was one of the most groundbreaking innovations of medicine. This healthcare staple, responsible for treating diseases that once were incurable, is n...

Rheumatic Heart Disease: Prevention Techniques
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Introduction: Rheumatic Heart Disease: Introduction Considered by most in developed countries as a historical condition, rheumatic heart disease (RHD) still holds prevalence in modern day medicine, al...

Treatment of Severe Idiopathic Mixed Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
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Introduction: SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF SEVERE IDIOPATHIC MIXED AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA WITH BORTEZOMIB AND INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN ABSTRACT Introduction Autoimmune hemolytic an...

Strategy to Decrease Rates of Hospital Acquired Infections
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Introduction: Imagine entering the hospital for a minor illness or a simple procedure and ending up in a critical care unit fighting for your life. That can easily happen to a patient if they develop a hospita...

Benefits of Melatonin as a Sleep Aid for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Introduction: This paper examines the prevalence of poor sleep latency, duration, and fragmentation in children diagnosed with autism. It explains the possible causes of sleep disturbances, and its effects on ...

Implementation of a Tool to Identify Early Sepsis by Nurses
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Introduction: ABSTRACT Sepsis is defined as the immune system’s overwhelming response to infection that results in life-threating organ dysfunction (Singer et al., 2016). In the United States sepsis...

Impact of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnant Hispanic Women
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Introduction: Diabetes has been one of the top three death causes among Hispanics according to World Health Organization (WHO). Due to the lack of poor nutrition and physical activity, Hispanics are suffering ...

Clinical Significance of Vagotomy and Vagus Nerve Anatomy to Modern Clinical Medicine
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Introduction: Overview of Vagus nerve anatomy: Cranial nerve ten (CN X), the vagus nerve, is a functionally diverse yet critical mediator of assorted modalities of innervation. The vagus nerve has the...

Cirrhosis: Prevalence, Etiology and Treatments
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Introduction: Cirrhosis: A Closer Look I. Prevalence of Cirrhosis and Risk Factors Cirrhosis is a slowly progressing, irreversible disease of the liver where healthy liver tissue is damaged a...

Quantitative Analysis of Compliance Rates: Oral Versus Long-acting Injectable Medication
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Introduction: Background Medication compliance is an issue that revolves around many disciplines and specialties in healthcare. A great public concern in the community is the consequences of medicati...

Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Early Asymptomatic HIV Infection
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Introduction: Introduction: In the previous randomized control study, they calculated the risk probabilities and benefits chances of beginning antiretroviral in HIV-positive patients whom they have CD...