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    IORT Case Study

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    PATIENTS AND METHODS TARGIT-A Trial In the TARGIT-A trial, 3451 patients aged 45 years or older with early-stage breast cancer were randomized to either receive IORT or EBRT after BCT. In the IORT group, patients received a single dose of TARGIT with Intrabeam after tumor excision or in the immediate post-operative period. If upon final pathology, the patient was found to be of higher risk with unsuspected criteria such as lobular pathology or lymphovascular invasion, then she would also undergo

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    “Rapid movement of the brain puts stress on blood vessels in the subarachnoid space, which causes them to rupture. The subarachnoid space, which is normally filled with cerebrospinal fluid, fills with blood. Compared to a subdural hematoma, bleeding in a subarachnoid hemorrhage is spread diffusely through the subarachnoid space, so it does not produce massive pressure on the brain tissue as rapidly.” A secondary factor contributing to the patient’s death by blunt force trauma is

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    The purpose of this study is to determine if the proponents of the Apollo System can successfully evacuating the volume of the hematoma and limiting damage to the brain concurrently comparing the results of a craniotomy.`` I conducted a meta-analysis

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    Experts estimate that hundreds of thousands of Americans risk brain injury every year, and many do not realize it. In addition, a lot of doctors do not know it either. Given the amount of attention that head injuries have received, this can still be somewhat surprising. They even created a movie titled, "Concussion," to bring awareness of head injury to the professional sports industry. That has served as a flash point to help bring public awareness to it so that we can do our best to address the

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    CHAPTER III AIRWAY ASSESMENT IN TRAUMA PATIENTS Identification of the difficult airway before manipulation is the Holy Grail of clinical management. It is the first step in preparing for patient care. Selection of airway devices, techniques, and procedures all pivot on airway evaluation (Carin, 2008). Preoperative examination of the airway is essential. Identification of patients with a potentially difficult airway before anesthesia allows time to plan an appropriate anesthetic technique. Previous

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    The Basic Types Of Tissue

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    Tissue In humans, there are four basic types of tissue: Connective tissue Muscle tissue Nervous tissue Epithelial tissue Epithelial tissue & subtypes The epithelial tissue covers inner and outer layer/surface of the body, e.g. the stomach, or blood lines, vessels and the lung. The epithelium consists of closely packed, flattened cells that make up the inside/ outside lining of body areas. Epithelial tissues that cover/line surfaces are classified by cell shape and by the number of cell layers

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    A review of her medical record indicates that she was admitted to the hospital on 6/8/16 for a fall. She was found to have a displaced impacted sub capital femoral neck facture. During this hospital stay she went into atrial flutter and rapid ventricular response and was seen by cardiologist. At today’s visit she is seen in her room at Tiffany hall SNF where she is a long-term resident. She is awake, alert. She is a poor historian due to her dementia. The staff reports that the patient has had multiple

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    (bleeding): Blood leaking out of blood vessels may be obvious, as from a wound penetrating the skin. Internal bleeding (such as into the intestines, or after a car accident) may not be immediately apparent. Hematoma: A collection of blood inside the body tissues. Internal bleeding often causes a hematoma. Leukemia: A form of blood cancer, in which white blood cells multiply abnormally and circulate through the blood. The excessive large numbers of white cells deposit in the body's tissues, causing damage

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    Many people think that they will never get a concussion because of the common assumption that this type of injury mainly occurs in military personnel and those who play high-impact sports. But that is far from the truth. In reality, anyone of any age or occupation can get a concussion from a car or workplace accident, a bad fall, or being struck in the head from an object or a fist. And this can result in serious health problems. Because of this, it is important that everyone understands the following

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    Phlebotomist Analysis

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    a needle is not fully inserted or if it went entirely through the vein and a hematoma will be the result. (Morgan, 2005) Hematomas are bruises due to the collection of blood from veins or arteries in the surrounding tissues. (Garza, 2010) Sticking a fragile vein, excessive probing of the needle if the vein is initially missed, and failure to remove the tourniquet before removing the needle are some other ways a hematoma can develop during a venipuncture procedure. (Garza, 2010) When needles are

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