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Nurses are involved daily in the emergency care of people who have strokes and head injuries. Later these same people and others may require nursing of a different kind if they suffer from dysphagia or swallowing difficulty. This programme outlines the causes of dysphagia and examines feeding techniques which can help to overcome swallowing difficulties. The nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation is explained in relation...
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A thorough physical assessment is necessary for all clients whether in long term care, acute care or home health. Our focus is to take the professional through a comprehensive physical assessment, divided into upper body and lower body components. Includes proper documentation guidelines.
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How Patients Think. At age twenty-one, Chloë Atkins began suffering from a mysterious illness, the symptoms of which rapidly worsened. Paralyzed for months at a time, she frequently required intubation and life support. She eventually became quadriplegic, dependent both on a wheelchair and on health professionals who refused to believe there was anything physically wrong with her. When test after test returned inconclusive results, Atkins's doctors...
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Aborda las distintas especialidades médicas involucradas en el diagnóstico y seguimiento de la Neurofibromatosis Tipo 1.
Es un pequeño libro que muestra todas las formas de presentación de esta condición genética multifacética con manifestaciones a nivel de piel, ojos, huesos y predisposición a la formación de tumores en el sistema nervioso central y periférico. A pesar de presentar las típicas manchas café con leche en la piel desde la...
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En este libro de verdad impresionante, Héctor Luis Castillo despeja todas las dudas en torno a esos cinco litros de líquido rojo que recorren sin parar todos los recovecos de nuestro cuerpo para llevar ayuda, recibir quejas y ser el mensajero de los dioses: ¿dónde se forma la sangre? ¿Para qué sirve? ¿Cómo hace para moverse libremente a través de los vasos? ¿Qué relación tienen el aumento o la disminución de glóbulos blancos con el estrés,...
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Are you fearful or surrounded by people who are fearful of so many things-terrorists, bullies, losing your job, and more? Are you tired of letting your emotions dictate how you behave, sometimes, hurting other people? Are you tired of being angry because certain people are trying to hurt you? The key to ridding ourselves of destructive emotions and maintaining positive emotions, in spite of our surroundings, is emotional intelligence.
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Dermatology Essentials for Medical Assistants is a must-read for anyone wanting a head start in dermatology. This easy-reading guide will allow any medical assistant to hit the ground running in a new office. The book contains information on basic dermatology terms, clinic flow, procedure set up and break down, and everything else you need to know to walk in and contribute to the medical team on day one.
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Defining mental disorders is easy but to actually diagnose a patient needs a lot of hard work and proper information. You need to be able to classify the symptoms in order to narrow down to the right diagnosis. A wrong diagnosis could lead to more serious problems later on. This quick DSM-5 study guide helps you begin with the right treatment for the right patient.
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El tratamiento clínico de las conjuntivitis alérgicas es un reto diario de los profesionales de salud visual y ocular, no solo por la alta prevalencia de la alergia ocular, sino por la gran necesidad de controlar las manifestaciones inflamatorias de estas conjuntivitis. Diversas expresiones de la patología alérgica se encuentran principalmente en la población pediátrica, desencadenando síntomas molestos y procesos inflamatorios perjudiciales...
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Drugs have played a major role in treatment for thousands of years. Most of us have taken, or will take, medicines at some time in our lives to cure, prevent, delay or mask the symptoms of ill health. Prescription Medicines is the perfect practical companion, providing a clear picture of which drugs are best for which conditions, what they do and what the possible side effects are. It also indicates how effective prescription remedies may be in treating...
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¿Sabías que puedes realizar una consulta médica a través de tu smartphone y desde la comodidad de tu propia casa? Imagina poder hablar con un médico bien formado y con experiencia sobre cualquier tema que te preocupe y desde cualquier lugar del mundo. Gracias a un joven emprendedor llamado Jeffery Khoury, ahora puedes disponer de los consejos de un equipo de especialistas médicos sin esperas, sin tener que coger el coche y sin necesidad de exponerte...
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The world of health is undergoing a significant evolution. There is a tangible sense of urgency and great expectation that affects everyone: patients, healthcare organisations, doctors and companies.
Pharmaceutical Resilience offers us a compass to orient ourselves in this growing complexity, indicating the cardinal points and helping us find a path to follow in this historic moment, which is the result of the convergence of at least three macrophenomena...
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Embark on a journey into the world of feline well-being with "Feline Thyroid Wellness: A Comprehensive Guide for Cat Lovers." This indispensable guide unravels the mysteries surrounding your cat's thyroid health, offering a wealth of knowledge for cat owners who seek to provide the best care for their beloved feline companions. Dive into a comprehensive exploration of thyroid-related issues, from understanding the intricacies of hyperthyroidism to...
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"There's a running joke among radiologists: finding a tumor in a mammogram is akin to finding a snowball in a blizzard. A bit of medical gallows humor, this simile illustrates the difficulties of finding signals (the snowball) against a background of noise (the blizzard). Doctors are faced with similar difficulties every day when sifting through piles of data from blood tests to X-rays to endless lists of patient symptoms. Diagnoses are often just...
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Este texto proporciona la fundamentación y los aspectos generales a tener en cuenta en la valoración de enfermería desde los dominios de salud. Consta de dos unidades que brindan una perspectiva del proceso de enfermería frente a la valoración por dominios con herramientas útiles para ser tenidas en cuenta en la práctica como ejercicios de autoevaluación permanente. Este ejercicio académico se configura como un aporte al desarrollo del conocimiento...
20) Easy Colposcopy
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This practical atlas presents colposcopy in detail. It offers an innovative but extremely ex planatory approach, to the benefit of space given to numerous didactic diagrams made with computer graphics and about 500 colpophotographs whose quality has received enthusiastic acclaim from the most authoritative international experts of Colposcopy.
The author includes extremely clear images of squamous metaplasia's maturation phases, dysplastic lesions,...
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