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Adding MRI to the Orthopedic Practice

for its lack of market-changing competition (Porter and Teisberg, 2004), but competition exists nonetheless, if only indirectly. ...

Cosmetic Surgery in California

to essentially look younger than they are because in Southern California age is not considered attractive. Even men are turning to...

A Child’s Voice/Holistic Perspective

and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...

Deep Wound Infection and Blood Glucose Levels: A Proposed Study

infections can, of course, relate to a number of factors. The type of care needed can vary both according to the type of wound an...

Deep Wound Infection and Blood Glucose Levels: A Proposed Study

not just in adverse impacts to the patients themselves but also in significant societal costs. Wounds that are improperly cared f...

Plastic Surgery in Contemporary Society

will not cover elective surgery, and so, those on the lower end of the economic spectrum cannot get a tummy tuck after their fifth...

Motivation for the Purchase of Cosmetic Surgery

are extremely important. The purchase of plastic surgery is undertaken by men and women, but the main target market remains women...

Low Anterior Sigmoid Resection

and Cox, 2001; p. 375). The ascending colon, which is approximately six inches long, extends upward to the hepatic flexure....

Period and its Impact on the Incidence of Deep Wound Infection in Diabetic Individuals Undergoing Open Heart Surgery

Researchers have identified nutrition as a significant factor in wound healing. In fact, it has been argued that nutritional elem...

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Cosmetic Surgery Addiction

physician Enrique Morselli back in 1891 as dysmorphophobia, BDD has been defined as "the fear of having a deformity" (Hunt, Thienh...

Temperature Reduction in Perioperative Therapy

meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering." AORN Journal July 2007: 113+. General OneFile. Web. 29 Aug. 2011....

Tommy John Surgery and Current Research

different populations that can be impacted by the use of this kind of surgery. Researchers have recognized the devastating impa...

A Pre-Operative Nursing Care Case Study

male smoker, who was admitted for surgery for a right inguinal hernia. At 99 kgs and just 153 cm tall, Mr. Taylors Body Mass Inde...

Nursing Care for Elderly Patient

By addressing this need, which includes rehabilitation designed to aid her mobility, nursing intervention can also have a positive...

Weight Loss Surgeries: A Comparison

than an hour 2. 24 hours in the hospital. 3. Recovery period of 6 weeks. 4. Loss of work time of 1 week. B. Gastric Bypass 1. 2 h...

WRONG-SITE SURGERY AND FOLLOW-UP

can add to the scenario from the patient point of view. Again, the point here is not to point fingers (the hospitals legal departm...

The Many Applications of Ultrasound in Surgery

is proving to be much more than a diagnostic medical imaging tool. It is finding more and more applications, in fact, in surgery....

Strategies For Marketing Cosmetic Lasers

This paper examines the marketing strategies utilized by a company selling cosmetic lasers for surgery and hair removal. This sev...

A Diabetes Overview

In nine pages diabetes and its various aspects are considered regarding illness management including medication alternatives, non ...

Heath Insurance Coverage and Bariatric Surgery

the long run, providing bariatric surgery is the most efficient answer to this problem as it can result in tremendous net savings ...

Transamerica, a Film Review

This film review pertains to Transamerica (2005, directed by Duncan Tucker), which is the story of Sabrina "Bree" Osborne, a trans...

Gage, Galton and Biopsychosocial Approach

This research paper concerns the biopsychosocial approach and the case of Phineas Gage and the theories of Francis Galton, which w...

Elective Surgery and Preoperative Anemia

There is a greater possibility of being transfused if the patient has anemia prior to surgery. There is a greater chance of compli...

A Case Study, Bariatric Surgery

This research paper described a case study and whether or not the patient's health can be beneficially addressed by bariatric surg...

ACL Reconstruction Surgery, Literature Review

This research paper pertains to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructive knee surgery. Literature on this topic is reviewed...

Annotated Bibliography: Hospital/Surgery Anxiety

group took part in another education method via telephone as well, while the control group did not. Fifty-four respondents were c...

Life Saving Cosmetic Surgery

not apply only to agencies and services that help the children directly, but also to businesses whose donations can better assure ...

Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Surgery & Accountability

in resistant strains of bacteria (Plonczynski, 2005). This situation suggests that changes in antibiotic prophylactic procedures ...

Addiction Transfer Disorder & Gastric Bypass Surgery

addicted to something else such as alcohol, gambling or compulsive shopping (Spencer, 2006). The realization that this is a proble...

Treatment Alternatives for CHF Besides Surgery

performed are not always that promising. To further complicate the success of SVR the age-old problem of surgery-related depressi...