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| Medical Surgical Nursing: Sjögren's syndrome | | 2008-06-29 17:43:00 | | Sjögren's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder in which immune cells attack and destroy the exocrine glands that produce tears and saliva. It is named after Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren (1899-1986), who first described it. Sjögren's syndrome is also associated with rheumatic disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, and it is rheumatoid factor positive in 90 percent of cases. The hallmark
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| Medical Surgical Nursing: Kawasaki Disease | | 2008-06-23 11:10:00 | | First identified in Japan in 1967, Kawasaki disease (also called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) affects young children, usually under the age of 5. It is believed to be caused by a noncontagious infection, although scientists are unsure of the exact cause.
Kawasaki disease is an illness that involves the skin, mouth, and lymph nodes, and most often affects kids under age 5. The cause is
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| Medical Surgical Nursing: Understanding Hemophilia | | 2008-06-20 17:28:00 | | What Is Hemophilia?
Hemophilia (heem-o-FILL-ee-ah) is a rare, inherited bleeding disorder in which your blood doesn’t clot normally. If you have hemophilia, you may bleed for a longer time than others after an injury. You also may bleed internally, especially in your knees, ankles, and elbows. This bleeding can damage your organs or tissues and, sometimes, be fatal.
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| Six Surgical Miracles | | 2008-06-17 00:03:27 | | A 6-year-old Texas girl had the entire right half of her brain removed to stop devastating seizures; amazingly, her memory and personality are expected to remain intact. But this is just one of many incredibly delicate and difficult surgeries performed in recent history. From a doctor who operated on himself to surgeons who execute complicated procedures on the tiniest fetuses while they are still in the womb, here are six of the most unusual surgical miracles in modern history.1. Surgery to Remove Half a Child's Brain. On June 11, 6-year-old Jessie Hall of Aledo, Texas, had the entire right side of her brain removed by neurosurgeon Ben Carson at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore. The rare procedure is called a hemispherectomy, and though drastic, it was considered the best possible treatment for Jessie, who suffers from Rasmussen's encephalitis, a progressive degeneration of the cerebral cortex that causes uncontrollable seizures. Though doctors do not fully understand how, | | By: Blog Inspiration | | |
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| Brow Lift Surgery Alert – New Surgical Adhesive Approved | | 2008-06-12 05:35:00 | | Surgical wounds and scars warrant a lot of care on part of the plastic surgeon and the patient and hence suturing the wounds properly is a very important part of the operation process. If the scars are in proximity to the visible parts of the face in any face surgery procedure, it becomes crucial that the sutures used to hold the wound are quickly dissolvable and less prominent. For an eyelid surgery procedure like brow lift or a browplasty, the scars are generally placed in the hairline of t | | By: Eyelid Surgery Beverly Hills | | |
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| Non Surgical Spa | | 2008-05-13 11:41:49 | | I get a little bit older every single day. Every day I look in the mirror and see the effects of gravity. My skin is not as elastic as it used to be and I see small signs of wrinkles. My double chin is more pronounced than it used to be to [...] | | By: Quietly Into the Night | | |
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| What to Do When Surgical Procedures Are Uncomfortable | | 2008-04-30 21:27:29 | | Cardiovascular disease from cholesterol, impacted wisdom teeth and hemorrhoids, are but three conditions that can send you off to a surgeon, but if the surgeon isn't the right one for you, the results could be disasterous. A surgery going wrong has to be one of the worst medical nightmares most people will ever see. The bare possibility of this happening is enough to frighten anyone. Therefore it helps to understand precisely what is going on, and to understand exactly what your rights are in any given medical situation. Most surgical theaters in the world have a patient's bill of rights. Always check to see if any given hospital has a patient's bill of rights and, if they do, ask for a copy. If they don't have one, find a new hospital. As long as the hospital has this standard in place, they hold all of their doctors to it, so your surgeon will be bound by it. If, however, your surgeon operates out of an independent office, ask for the bill of rights directly from his or her office st | | By: Health Care Guide | | |
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| surgical weight loss | | 2008-03-20 16:14:49 | | If you’ve struggled with your weight and no amount of dieting and exercise has worked, the LAP-BAND® System from JourneyLite may be for you. The LAP-BAND System is the safest, proven weight-loss surgery available today and it is the only weight-loss surgery that is completely reversible and adjustable – for life. Check out their website lap-band houston for more information. | | By: Life's Journey | | |
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| What’s New At PSI, The Advanced Surgical Institute This Spring: | | 2008-03-20 06:47:00 | | SF Gate had this to report last week, “ An employee of a Mountain View company has been indicted on federal wire-fraud charges for allegedly embezzling more than $240,000 by using a company's credit card to buy cars and to pay for cosmetic surgery, vacations and a kitchen countertop.” Wow, talk about desperation! Fortunately, at the Plastic Surgery Institute of California you don’t need to steal from your workplace to finance your cosmetic surgery procedure. With the new spring offers at our advanced surgical institute located in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Orange County, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Pasadena, getting a plastic surgery should not be a financial compromise. For one, we are discounting $1200 off any one procedure of your choice, with fabulous discounts on multiple procedures as well! So you can take your pick from breast surgery, liposuction, abdominoplasty, rhinoplasty and even laser treatments. Our facilities are outfitted with the latest in laser tech | | By: Plastic Surgery Institute Of California | | |
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| STAAR Surgical’s Collamer | | 2008-03-17 02:30:00 | | STAAR Surgical Company , a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products, today announced that the Afinity Collamer® Aspheric foldable intraocular lens Model CQ2015A has been designated as a New Technology Intraocular Lens by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Related Posts‘Drastic’ procedure got nurse off cycle of...FBI Investigating Clinic in Las [...] | | By: A Medicare News Blog - Care About Medicare | | |
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| Extreme Surgical Makeovers | | 2008-03-04 07:39:00 | | When we say surgery it’s a medical treatment that involves operations on or manipulations of the patient’s body and usually the crucial part, cutting the body to perform surgical procedure. I’ve been watching before, The Swan a US reality television program. Where in average-looking women where given extreme makeovers that included some forms of plastic surgery. These contestants experienced adversity to their selves, to be The Swan.I found out that in Beverly Hills or Los Angeles they have their Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery the answer of your problem. They have their best plastic surgeons and well train staff to anticipate your needs. Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery specialize tummy tuck, they have been highlighted in many national and international media outlets. In liposuction they examine first your body type, fat distribution, skin type and quality and then determine the best approach to give you great results. Their approach to breast augmentation is that to create a natu | | By: My Expedition in Life | | |
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| News Update – Evicel™ Approval For Surgical Sealant Use: | | 2008-01-28 01:26:00 | | Blood, blood loss, blood clotting, etc. are accepted outcomes of any surgery. A surgeon can at best have everything at hand to minimize the loss of blood and mitigate any complications that may arise from the same. Cosmetic surgery, just like other forms of surgery also involves blood loss and clotting. To control blood clotting that results from an inability by the plastic surgeon to tamp the same through standard surgical means, the FDA has approved the sue of Evicel™, a fibrin sealant in liquid form. This protein sealant met with success when it was initially used for controlling clotting in various liver and vascular procedures. With its benefits widely realized and approved by the medical community, its use in general surgery including plastic surgery, is opportune. Evicel™ is available in frozen liquid form and requires hardly a minute of preparation after thawing. It is either sprayed or dripped on the blood vessels that are bleeding, immediately forming a layer | | By: Plastic Surgery Institute Of California | | |
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| Surgical operation Lasik for ? | | 2007-11-27 10:39:00 | | LASIK surgery allows the complete cure of some regular eye conditions which many of us face.Many of us suffer from the problem of being unable to read things at a distance. Medically such a condition would be termed as myopia. The only option till recently was to wear glasses. The worse your eyes were, the thicker your glasses got. But those days are over now. You now have the option to rectify the condition and see things normally without the aid of glasses and contact lens.There are many who suffer from the problem of farsightedness of hyperopia. The problem is most visible in people who are around forty. Due to this condition a person would not be able to see what is close to his eyes. So reading from a book or a computer screen becomes very difficult if not impossible without the aid of reading glasses. At the same time since this condition generally happens pretty late in life it becomes kind of difficult for many to shift to reading glasses. In such cases LASIK proves to be the b | | By: LASIK. | | |
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| Pre-surgical Preparation and its Effect on Recovery After Prostate Cancer Surgery | | 2007-11-25 04:05:00 | | Even though the prostate is notoriously difficult to remove, there are some things you can do beforehand to speed up recovery after prostate cancer surgery. Over the years, doctors have come to recommend these preparations more and more. If your doctor does not discuss these things with you, it is still important to ask about them.
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| I have surgical eyes laser beam operation LASIK . | | 2007-11-17 12:48:00 | | There are many reasons why you might want to consider LASIK laser eye surgery. To start with, it is a known truth that putting on glasses and contacts every day is troublesome. It is a pain to wake up and require to employ something so as to see the world better, and it is also a hassle to have to depend on something so as to see the world around us. Glasses and contacts can be costly, and it is often something that we misplace, lose track of, or simply forget to take with us. Wearing glasses and contacts also means that we are depending on something that can be broken or lost for our daily functioning. In addition, they cost money that some of us don't want to have to spend each year. Besides all these reasons, it is often in our best concern to fix something that is wrong with us, such as our eyesight. Some people get headaches and have other problems because they can't see properly, so getting laser eye surgery is a very good idea because it will give them much more freedom in the | | By: LASIK. | | |
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| Nursing Reference: Surgical Nursing Tools | | 2007-11-06 20:49:00 | | | View | Upload your own
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Slide 1: Surgical Nursing & Anesthesia Equipment
Slide 2: Towel Clamps *Backhaus Roeder Lorna Jones
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Slide 4: Roeder
Slide 5: Lorna aka Edna (nonpenetrating)
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Slide 7: Scissors Iris Lister bandage Metzenbaum Mayo (dissecting) Wire cutting
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| Surgical Treatment for Obesity | | 2007-10-20 08:08:38 | | Many people are tempted by delicious foods & tend to have problems with overeating. Some people realize their excessive eating habits & exercise or diet to lose the extra weight. However some people just keep on gaining weight. Up to a point the problem of obesity arises. People experiencing an obesity problem may want to try gastric banding to surgically limit their food intake.JourneyLite specializes in Bariatric medicine which is the surgical treatment for obesity. JourneyLite's experienced surgeons are trained to perform Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding also known as LAGB or the LAP-BAND® System procedure which is absolutely reversible. Furthermore, the surgeons at JourneyLite have achieved LAP-BAND® System surgeon certification & trained others in the procedure too.JourneyLite.com sponsored post. | | By: internet executive log | | |
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| SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | | 2007-09-05 11:06:00 | | A surgical instrument is a specially designed tool or device for performing specific actions of carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access or viewing it. Over time, many different kinds of surgical instruments and tools have been invented. Some surgical instruments are designed for general use in surgery, while others are designed for a specific procedure or surgery. Accordingly, the nomenclature of surgical instruments follows certain patterns, such as a description of the action it performs (for example, scalpel, hemostat), the name of its inventor(s) (for example, the Kocher forceps), or a compound scientific name related to the kind of surgery (for example, atracheotome is a tool used to perform a tracheotomy).The expression surgical instrumentation is somewhat interchangeably used with surgical instruments, but its meaning in medical jargon is really the activity of providing assistance to a surgeon with the proper handling of surgical instruments during an operation, by a specialized professional, usually a nurse.CLASSIFICATION There are several classes of surgical instruments:Graspers, especially tweezers and forcepsClamps and occluders for blood vessels and other organsRetractors, used to spread open skin, ribs and other tissueDistractors, positioners and stereotactic devicesMechanical cutters (scalpels, lancets, drill bits, rasps, trocars, etc.)Dilators and specula, for access to narrow passages or incisionsSuction tips and tubes, for removal of bodily fluidsIrrigation and injection needles, tips and tubes, for introducing fluidTyndallers, to help "wedge" open damaged tissues in the brain.Powered devices, such as drills, dermatomesScopes and probes, including fiber optic endoscopes and tactile probesCarriers and appliers for optical, electronic and mechanical devicesUltrasound tissue disruptors, cryotomes and cutting laser guidesMeasurement devices, such as rulers and calipersAn impo | | By: BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING | | |
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| Surgical Steel Flat Band with Dragon Pattern | | 2007-08-31 07:54:00 | | A special gift for your special loved one. This Quality Stainless Steel Band is made of Low Nickel 316L Hypo Allergenic Surgical Steel and is no different than the ones you pay for $60.00 to $200.00 each. It is about 5/16" (8mm) Wide. It is a Flat Band with Dragon Design and a combination of polished and brushed satin finish to create a very nice look. Available from sizes 8 to 14. | | By: Jewelry For Less | | |
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| MEDICAL SURGICAL NCLEX QUESTIONS | | 2007-07-28 17:33:00 | | Article copyright philippinenurses.blogspot.com - #1 source of information to update filipino nurses. All rights reserved. No part of an article may be reproduced without the prior permission.RESPIRATORY – 5 items 1. Mr. A., a patient with status asthmaticus, becomes less responsive. Arterial blood gas analysis reveals a partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood (PaCO2) of 60mmHg and PaO2 of 55mmHg. The data most likely indicate acute:A. PneumonitisB. Respiratory failureC. Pulmonary edemaD. Pulmonary embolismRationale:B. A patient with status asthmaticus occasionally develops acute respiratory failure late in attack. This may occur with infections or pulmonary air leak, but it commonly occurs without evident complications. Exhaustion, coma, and deteriorating pulmonary function indicate a lack of response to therapy or deterioration. ; altered arterial blood gas levels ( partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood [PaCO2] below 50mmHg, partial pressure of oxygen i | | By: Philippine Nurses - Board Exam Results NLE - Nurse | | |
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| Medical Surgical Nursing Test | | 2007-07-28 14:10:00 | | SITUATION : Arthur, A registered nurse, witnessed an old woman hit by a motorcycle while crossing a train railway. The old woman fell at the railway. Arthur rushed at the scene.1. As a registered nurse, Arthur knew that the first thing that he will do at the scene is A. Stay with the person, Encourage her to remain still and Immobilize the leg whileWhile waiting for the ambulance.B. Leave the person for a few moments to call for help.C. Reduce the fracture manually.D. Move the person to a safer place.2. Arthur suspects a hip fracture when he noticed that the old woman’s leg is A. Lengthened, Abducted and Internally Rotated.B. Shortened, Abducted and Externally Rotated.C. Shortened, Adducted and Internally Rotated.D. Shortened, Adducted and Externally Rotated.3. The old woman complains of pain. John noticed that the knee is reddened, warm to touch and swollen. John interprets that this signs and symptoms are likely related to A. InfectionC. ThrombophlebitisB. InflammationD. Degenerati | | By: Philippine Nurses - Board Exam Results NLE - Nurse | | |
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| Medical Surgical Nursing : Musculoskeletal Examination | | 2007-07-21 09:20:00 | | 1. A client is 1 day postoperative after a total hip replacement. The client should be placed in which of the following position?a. Supineb. Semi Fowler'sc. Orthopneicd. Trendelenburg2. A client who has had a plaster of Paris cast applied to his forearm is receiving pain medication. To detect early manifestations of compartment syndrome, which of these assessments should the nurse make?a. Observe the color of the fingersb. Palpate the radial pulse under the castc. Check the cast for odor and drainaged. Evaluate the response to analgesics3. After a computer tomography scan with intravenous contrast medium, a client returns to the unit complaining of shortness of breath and itching. The nurse should be prepared to treat the client for:a. An anaphylactic reaction to the dyeb. Inflammation from the extravasation of fluid during injection.c. Fluid overload from the volume of the infusionsd. A normal reaction to the stress of the diagnostic procedure.4. While caring for a client with a newl | | By: Philippine Nurses - Board Exam Results NLE - Nurse | | |
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| Another AL All Star Game Win......"Surgical Procedure" For Papi? | | 2007-07-11 12:21:00 | | As in recent years, the AL continued their decade long mastery of the All Star Game with a 5-4 victory over the NL, assuring the AL team that makes it to the World Series the home team advantage. Papi and Manny went hitless and Mike Lowell contributed a single. The winning pitcher was none other than our very own Josh Beckett. Paps pitched a scoreless 8th and Oki Doke did not play. I'm sure he was honored to be there.....he sure looked happy! Baseball 2007 resumes tomorrow evening with a 4 game set against the always tough, at least for the last couple of years, Toronto Blue Jays.In other news, I came across an article in this morning's Globe that mentioned the possibility of surgery (gulp!) for Big Papi in the off-season. At first I was mortified, but after reading the piece, I feel much better. Here it is, in its entirety.........."Red Sox DH David Ortiz privately mentioned last weekend the possibility he might require a surgical procedure on his right knee, but because of the unce | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
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| Surgical Innovations of Abbott Krieger, MD | | 2007-04-01 13:02:48 | | For patients left paralyzed from a spinal cord injury in the cervical or neck area, breathing is a constant challenge that threatens one’s independence, emotional well being and health. For the first time, a procedure is available to regenerate the damaged phrenic nerve, which cues the diaphragm to move the lungs.
Abbott Krieger, MD, a neurosurgeon [...] | | By: Plastic Surgery Blog | | |
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