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Uses of Echocardiography
Cardiovascular system
Circulatory system
Heart
Human Anatomy
Medicine
Myocardial infarction
Physiology
Echocardiography (echo) can be used to evaluate your cardiac performance, the function of your heart valves, the thickness and motion of your heart walls, and the size of your heart chambers. An echo can help diagnose many heart conditions. Cardiac performance An echocardiogram can show how well your heart pumps blood (cardiac performance). To evaluate…
The Medicalisation of Death
Death
Medicine
In order to illustrate the predominance of medical explanations, a definition of the medicalisation thesis will be given and illustrated by the case of the treatment of terminally ill patients. The medicalisation of death and dying will be highlighted by a review of sociological literature from both feminist and non-feminist perspectives. The limits of medicalisation…
Augustine Medical, Inc. Analysis
Augustine
Medicine
Dr. Scott Augustine, an anesthesiologist from Minnesota, founded Augustine Medical, Inc. in 1987 with the goal of developing and marketing products for hospital operating rooms and recovery rooms. One area of focus for the company is finding solutions for postoperative hypothermia, a condition that affects a large percentage of recovery room patients (60-80%). Hypothermia occurs…
Death With Dignity Research Paper Death
Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia
Medicine
Death With Dignity Essay, Research Paper Death With Dignity Euthanasia is a controversial topic that has been a longstanding and many-sided argument. The statement over patient rights and doctors duties has been on traveling since the 1950 ’ s. Suicide is a legal act that is theoretically available to all, nevertheless many people think that…
Aqua Bounty: Case Analysis
Biology
biotechnology
Food and Drug Administration
Genetic Engineering
Medicine
Virus
Although it made progress in entering Chilean market in that year, this firm soon became controversial because Of the property Of genetically modification. This technique had not been embraced in animal cultivation by mainstream ideas, despite of its amazing efficacy in raising production of commercial fish. The pivotal approval by FDA was expected to come…
Lassa Virus: Fever
Biology
Medicine
Public Health
The Lassa virus is a vulgar virus with a high mortality rate and an expensive cure. Lassa was strange to me because I have never heard of the virus before. As I was reading in my research, I began to realize the risk the virus has on people. Lassa was first discovered, in humans, in…
Australian Aboriginal traditional health care versus Western medicine
Australia
Health Care
Medicine
Tradition
Introduction Western medicine is poorly compatible with the beliefs of Australian Aboriginal health beliefs. In specific, Western medicine lays more emphasis on treating diseases contrary to Aboriginal traditional medicine which details the cause of the disease as well as responding to issues related to the disease at “personal, family and community” level (Maher, 1999,…
Problem of Antibiotic Resistance and Ways to Overcome It
Biology
Health Care
Medicine
Antibiotic Resistance Ever since the advent of penicillin by Alexander Fleming, antibiotics have played a pivotal role in combating against the various bacterial infections which affect the human race (Lewis, 1995). Most of the World War 2 veterans owe their lives to the timely use of antibiotics. These antibiotics have revamped the way medicine is…
Pleural-Thoracic Empyema Essay Example
epidemiology
health sciences
Medicine
Physiology
Pneumonia
Empyema is a disease causing pus and fluid, from the infected tissue, to collect in a body cavity. The word Empyema is derived from the Greek word empyein, which means pus-producing (suppurate). Empyema is commonly used to refer to pus collection around the lung (pleural cavity), known as Empyema Thoracic. However, similar collection can also…
Argumentative Essay – Getting Older
Health Care
Medicine
Argumentative Essay Getting Older A lot of people say that getting older is sad and difficult for old people which is true but at the same time they have lots of opportunities to enjoy this stage of life. That is why there are some advantages and disadvantages that needs to be discussed. On the plus…