Tag: Medical

Gestational Diabetes Control and Pregnancy Outcomes with Pharmacological Therapy versus Lifestyle Modification
7th Oct 2020
Introduction: Scholarly Synthesis of Gestational Diabetes Control and Pregnancy Outcomes with Pharmacological Therapy versus Lifestyle Modification. ...

Non-ST Segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction: Patient Management and Education
21st Sep 2020
Introduction: Mr Dawkins is a 75-year-old male who had non-ST segment elevated myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and new onset congestive cardiac failure (CCF). He has coronary artery disease (CAD) and underwent coronary artery grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention previously...

Stress, Burnout and Anxiety in Medical Professionals
25th Aug 2020
Introduction: Every day thinking about becoming a doctor trying to save lives and doing surgery is all part of the dream. There are many obstacles a medical student has to face to reach their goals...

Prometra Programmable Infusion Pump System Development
20th Aug 2020
Introduction: Flowonix as a company is involved in the pain management and relief community and provide support to physician education. Flowonix continue to invest in technology to allow patients to live their lives. Flowonix has developed an implantable drug delivery system which is designed to deliver drugs into the spinal cord....

Benefits of Cochlear Implants
17th Aug 2020
Introduction: Hearing impairment or the disability of being deaf is very common today. Most people with this disability rely on cochlear implants to help them with their hearing....

Comparison of Medical Malpractice and Negligence
22nd Jun 2020
Introduction: Medical Malpractice and Negligence Introduction In healthcare, professionals including the physician are usually required to take an oath and swear to handle patient with utmost caution and never to ...

Teaching Plan for Client in Medical-Surgical Unit
22nd Jun 2020
Introduction: Teaching Plan for Client in the Medical-Surgical Unit of MountainView Hospital in Clark County, Nevada Topic for Educational Need The topic of education for this patient is postoperative care for hip ...

Evaluation of CAR T Cell Therapy
22nd Jun 2020
Introduction: CAR T Cell Therapy It is common knowledge that cancer has a major impact on societies around the world. In 2018, it was estimated that a total of 1.7 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the ...

Recurring Pneumothorax and Pleural Effusion: Causes, Effects and Treatments
22nd Jun 2020
Introduction: Talc Pleurodesis: An Overview Introduction While on the pulmonary service this month I encountered several patients with recurrent pleural effusion or pneumothorax. The Pulmonary Group I worked with w...

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis
19th Jun 2020
Introduction: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) is a neuro-inflammatory, chronic condition.  RSD, also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), is characteriz...

Reducing Nursing Medical Errors
18th Jun 2020
Introduction: Reducing Nursing Medical Errors  Medical errors are currently the third leading cause of death in the United States claiming the lives of 250,000 people annually.  When one looks at the Centers for ...

Mitral Valve Regurgitation
17th Jun 2020
Introduction: Mitral Valve Regurgitation This patient is a forty-eight-year-old plumber. His general practitioner referred him following an insurance medical exam during which a systolic murmur was identified. He w...

Consent and Mandatory Reporting for Medical Care of Children and Young Infants
17th Jun 2020
Introduction: Health of Infants, Children and Young People Assessment 1 This essay will consider two important issues, consent and mandatory reporting, as they relate to the medical care of people in their early ...

Clostridium Difficile Infection in Medical ICUs of a Teaching Hospital in Iran
16th Jun 2020
Introduction: INTRODUCTION Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitals (1). CDI has been associated with an increase in morbidity, hospital length of stay, medical exp...

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Syphilis
15th Jun 2020
Introduction: Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Syphilis Syphilis is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection by having sexual intercourses with an infected person. It is caused by a spirochete bacterium called Trep...

Effects of Heroin on the Brain
15th Jun 2020
Introduction: Many people that start to substance use normally start in their adolescence years, and it progresses during their adulthood, but many do not continue during their middle adulthood due to the health ri...

Bubonic Plague: Causes, Effects and Treatments
15th Jun 2020
Introduction: The bubonic plague is one among 3 plagues caused by the bacterium known as Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis is listed as a category A bioterrorism agent, historically being used to infect vast number...

The Medical Benefits of CBD Oil
8th Jun 2020
Introduction:   The Cannabis Sativa (cannabis) is among the earliest known plants to be cultivated by man. The first evidence of the use of cannabis was found in China. Archeological and historical findings in...

Role of Physical Therapy in Medical Treatment.
3rd Jun 2020
Introduction: Role of Physical Therapy in medical treatment. The study of physical therapy is generally termed as physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM). It should be kept in mind that it is a new and developin...

Teaching Session for Basic Chest Radiograph Interpretation
2nd Jun 2020
Introduction: Communication module reflection I created a ten-minute masterclass on interpreting a basic chest radiograph and then provided the teaching session to third year medical students at my local medical sc...

Hepatitis C: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
1st Jun 2020
Introduction: Hepatitis C Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver caused by the blood-borne, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2019a). According to the CDC (2019), the majo...

The Role of Heat Shock and Cold Shock Proteins in Hormesis
1st Jun 2020
Introduction: The Role of Heat Shock and Cold Shock Proteins in Hormesis ­­­ Life is full of good events as well as physically traumatic events. In addition to major accidents such as injuries, there are enviro...

A Multidimensional Approach to Combating Chronic Pain and Opioid Crisis
1st Jun 2020
Introduction: A Multidimensional Approach to Combating Chronic Pain and Opioid Crisis Opioids are a class of drugs that involve masking pain as they work by blocking the signal that let the brain know that a painf...

Benefits of Diversity in Medical Students
29th May 2020
Introduction: ”For the past few decades, medical education’s definition of “diversity” has largely remained the same, as has the social mandate to increase it”.(Mark and Attiah, 2014, p1475) but n...

Teaching Plan for a Medical-Surgical Patient
28th May 2020
Introduction: This paper aims to apply the nursing process in developing a teaching plan for a 92-year old female patient admitted at Mountainview Hospital on September 23, 2019 with right lower quadrant pain. Pati...