The detachment needed to perform invasive procedures on terrified children is something I still struggle with, even though I am now twenty years down the track." The poet is an Australian family physician and the author of three books. She is the editor of an anthology by prominent doctor-...
A lumbar puncture is generally done as an outpatient procedure. You will be able to go home the same day of the procedure. You will, however, need someone to drive you home. The procedure generally takes 45 minutes to complete. Before the procedure, your doctor may Order your blood tests....
Table 3 Acute cancer pain syndromes Pain related to diagnostic approaches • Biopsy (bx)-associated pain like bone marrow bx, transrectal prostate bx, or puncture-associated like lumbar puncture or arterial blood gas sampling, etc • Paracentesis-associated pleurodesis...
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Cordero’s wife, Amanda Kloots, would heartbreakingly document her husband’s struggle—for many, he was an early example of a prominent, healthy young man falling victim to the plague. “Our property became ground zero for Amanda,” says Braff when I speak to him over Zoom from his ...
With few exceptions in extremely rare circumstances, such as sign of raised intracranial pressure, a lumbar puncture must be performed whenever the diagnosis of meningitis is suspected in a child. It serves to confirm a diagnosis of purulent meningitis, to identify the bacteria and to test its se...
By evaluating the various pigments and microstructures of the epidermis, dermoepidermal junction, and papillary dermis, which remain hidden to the unaided eye, dermoscopy, a noninvasive technique, significantly boosts diagnostic accuracy. This investigation proposes to document and analyze the distinguishing...
Ambient levels of nonionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF) have risen sharply in the last five decades to become a ubiquitous, continuous, biologically active environmental pollutant, even in rural and remote areas. Many species of flora and fauna, becau
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