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Assessing and managing the acutely ill adult surgical patient focuses on major surgical conditions and interventions commonly encountered in District General Hospitals which potentially require intensive monitoring and intervention. It emphasizes the importance of thorough assessment and interpretation of clinical data, and provides the necessary knowledge to help nurses make sense of their findings and to integrate theory and practice in relation to surgical care.

Part one addresses principles of surgical care for all patients undergoing surgery -- including pre-operative assessment and preparation, the peri-operative period and post-operative recovery, post-operative pain management and psychosocial aspects of surgery -- which underpin the knowledge and rationale for practice. Part two considers specific surgical conditions and interventions, organised according to surgical specialities. Each chapter considers the underlying patho-physiology, investigation and diagnosis, assessment, monitoring and management of common acute surgical conditions within that specialty..
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This digital document is an article from Quick Frozen Foods International, published by E.W. Williams Publications, Inc. on January 1, 1989. The length of the article is 2126 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: International ocean environment watch: the Baltic - an acutely critical period.
Author: Charles Ferro
Publication:Quick Frozen Foods International (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1989
Publisher: E.W. Williams Publications, Inc.
Volume: v30 Issue: n3 Page: p94(4)

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Severe liver dysfunction results in massive physiologic derangement and high mortality A concerted multidisciplinary effort is needed to support patients with severe acute liver failure (SALF) and treat them appropriately. This requires mobilization of significant resources. There is a need to put in place clinical teams to provide comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic plants and to critically assess emerging technologic advances. In addition to clinical expertise, there is a need for an appropriate scholarly, scientific environment that can allow meaningful experimental studies to be carried out to advance knowledge in the field. Five years go, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Liver Support Unit (SU) was established to meet these needs. In this book, members of the LSU present the most current understanding of the pathophysiology of liver failure and how its various forms and manifestations are classified, and summarize the state of the art in the diagnosis and management of the disease..
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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on May 1, 2005. The length of the article is 457 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: DVT prophylaxis underused in acutely ill patients, study finds.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(deep vein thrombosis )
Author: Doug Brunk
Publication:Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2005
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 35 Issue: 10 Page: 20(1)

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This digital document is a journal article from Hormones and Behavior, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), a synthetic progestin commonly used in contraception and hormone replacement therapy, appears to inhibit libido in women, but little is known about the mechanisms through which it may exert this effect. We compared the acute and sequential actions of MPA and natural progesterone (P4) on sexual behavior in female rats to test the hypothesis that MPA inhibits sexual behavior, at least in part, by acting as a potent progesterone receptor (PR) agonist. Ovariectomized females were placed in one of three dose groups (high, mid, or low), and each subject was tested under three different conditions (MPA, P4, and vehicle). The order of progestin treatment was balanced among subjects, and within each dose group equimolar quantities of MPA and P4 were administered. During each trial, females were injected with estradiol benzoate (EB, 4 @mg) followed by one of three progestin treatments (MPA, P4, or vehicle) at +44 h, and behavioral testing at +48 h. On the next day, all females were given a standard 500-@mg injection of P4 at +68 h and were tested again for sexual behavior at +72 h. On the first day of behavioral testing, both MPA and P4 induced a pronounced rise in receptive and proceptive behavior at the mid and high doses, but at the lowest dose MPA had a much greater effect in comparison to P4. On the second day of behavioral testing, MPA attenuated the expression of proceptive and receptive behavior at both the mid and high doses, whereas P4 only attenuated the expression of lordosis and only did so at the highest dose. These findings illustrate that MPA and P4 have a similar impact on sexual behavior in female rats and suggest that the inhibitory effects of MPA may be attributable, at least in part, to its potent effects at the progesterone receptor. .
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