Disorders of Consciousness. Main psychopathological syndromes. BRAIN, MIND AND SOUL. A continuing debate in psychology and philosophy has centered on the relationship between mind and body, or between the physical brain and the ephemeral mind. Dualism considers them separate. Monism postulates they are one. The emergentinteraction approach offers a
ADRENAL GLANDS AND DIFFUSE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM. SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES. Using lectures (on the web-page of the department posted the presentation text and lectures), books, additional literature and other sources, students must to prepare the following theoretical questions: 1. Describe the cortex and medulla of the adrenals in
Practical lesson 1 Theme: Thermal injury. Main principles of diagnostic and treatment. PLAN 1. Types of burns 2. Estimation of the lesions’ area 3. Estimation of burn’s depth 4. Methods of determination of burn depth 5. Prediction of burn’s severity 6. Formulation of the diagnosis in case of burns 7.
BIOSYNTHESIS OF GLUCOSE – GLUCONEOGENESIS GLUCONEOGENESIS In order to provide glucose for vital functions such as the metabolism of RBC’s and the CNS during periods of fasting (greater than about 8 hrs after food absorption in humans), the body needs a way to synthesis glucose from precursors such as pyruvate and
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING PRACTICUM Family Assessment: Family Health Assessment. Guidelines for Family Health Assessment DEFINITION OF THE FAMILY The family, despite its changing and increasingly diverse nature, remains the basic social unit. Two ways that nurses identify families have been described by Gilliss (1993). The first views
Medical drugs, derivatives of aliphatic cyclic compounds. Derivatives of adamantane: influence of the functional groups on the pharmacological action. Terpenoids: general characteristic, sources of obtaining, methods of analysis, storage and usage. Derivatives of alicyclic compounds include polymethylene hydrocarbones, which have cyclic structure and their chemical properties similar to alkanes. From
CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING PRACTICE, NURSING ASSESSMENT, NURSING DIAGNOSIS, PLANNING NURSING CARE NURSING ASSESSMENT Assessment is the first step in the nursing process and includes systematic collection, verification, organization, interpretation, and documentation of data for use by health care professionals. The accompanying display presents the essential elements of the
Management of patients with non- ischemic heart diseases Myocarditis Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium with a wide range of clinical presentations, from subtle to devastating. More specifically, it is described as “an inflammatory infiltrate of the myocardium with necrosis and/or degeneration of adjacent myocytes.” Myocarditis usually
Pediatric fractures of the shoulder girdle and upper extremity. Features of diagnosis and treatment. Main principles of no operative and operative treatment in children depending on age. Principles of rehabilitation. . Pediatric Shoulder PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURES Epidemiology These account for <5% of fractures in children. Incidence ranges
