Palliative care and health breakdown
Chapter 17 Palliative Care and Health Breakdown Amanda Johnson, Kathleen Harrison, David Currow, Megan Luhr-Taylor, Robert Johnson LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to…
Chapter 17 Palliative Care and Health Breakdown Amanda Johnson, Kathleen Harrison, David Currow, Megan Luhr-Taylor, Robert Johnson LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to…
Chapter 16 Mental Health Breakdown Louise O’Brien, Scott Fanker LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to • Identify the epidemiology and clinical features of…
Chapter 4 Disorders of the Endocrine System Kathleen Dixon, Yenna Salamonson LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to • Describe the function of the…
Chapter 1 Health and Illness Esther Chang, Karen Hancock, Ana Smith LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have completed this chapter you will be able to explain • The concepts of health…
Between days 21 and 28 the primitive heart tube elongates, thickens and twists to the right. This is referred to as dextral or D looping and results in the correct…
Brief Overview of Respiratory Physiology The Role of Surfactant Pulmonary surfactant is a mixture of phospholipids produced by type 2 alveolar pneumocytes from around week 36 of gestational age. The…
Pronephroi Appear ∼21 days Located in cervical region.Non-functioning, main structures degenerate by day 25 but ducts remain to be utilised by mesonephroi. Stage 2Mesonephroi Appear ∼28 days Elongated structures that…
Case study 1 A 5-year-old girl was admitted to PICU following cardiac surgery. Her condition deteriorated over a number of days despite maximum ventilatory, fluid and inotropic support. During the…
Electrical interference from patient movement, infusion pumps or other equipment (e.g. HFOV) Move electrodes over bone rather than muscle (normally the reverse applies).Ensure the lower electrode is placed well below…