Cytogenetics plays an important role in understanding chromosomal and genetic disorders. Understanding the basic cytogenetic abnormalities can give us an insight in its use in the diagnosis of haematological diseases.
MAR 17, 2021 | CLINICAL: 1 POINTS
About 1 to 5% of healthy adults have upper respiratory tract colonization. Nasopharyngeal colonization with M. catarrhalis is common throughout infancy, may be increased during winter months, and is a risk factor for acute otitis media; early colonization is a risk factor for recurrent otitis media.
MAR 15, 2021 | CLINICAL: 1 POINTS
Diabetic ketoacidosis or DKA is caused by an absence or inadequate amount of insulin. This is a serious complication of diabetes that occurs when the body produces high levels of blood acids called ketones. Symptoms include excessive thirst, frequent urination, nausea, acute abdominal pain, weakness, a fruity-scented breath, and confusion.
NOV 10, 2020 | CLINICAL: 2 POINTS
According to the world health organization (WHO) mental health can be defined as a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make contribution to his or her community.
NOV 2, 2020 | CLINICAL: 2 POINTS
Neurocysticercosis is a systematic illness caused by the dissemination of the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Encystment of larvae can occur in almost any tissue.
OCT 21, 2020 | CLINICAL: 2 POINTS
Careless handling of patient information in daily medical practice can result in Health Professions Council of South Africa sanction, breach of privacy lawsuits and, in extreme cases, serious monetary penalty or even imprisonment.
SEPT 21, 2020 | CLINICAL: 1 POINTS
Many patients with cancer experience poor nutritional status, which detrimentally impacts clinical outcomes. Poor nutritional status in cancer is primarily manifested by severe muscle mass (MM) depletion, which may occur at any stage (from curative to palliative) and often co-exists with obesity
MAY 14, 2021 | CLINICAL: 2 POINTS
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a life support technique used when a person's lungs and heart are unable to perform enough gas exchange or perfusion to sustain life, thus also referred to as extracorporeal membrane life support (ECLS).
MAR 15, 2021 | CLINICAL: 2 POINTS
Healthcare providers are particularly vulnerable to emotional distress during the Covid-19 pandemic. They are faced daily with the risk of exposure, concerned about infecting, and caring for their loved ones hortages of personal protective equipment, longer work hours,
MAR 25, 2021 | CLINICAL: 2 POINTS
Introduction – full blood count
• One of the most frequently requested tests in lab.
• Adds important information to assessment of patient.
• Accurate interpretation of FBC is an essential skill.
MAY 14, 2021 | CLINICAL: 2 POINTS
Plasma is the liquid part of your blood in which red cells, white cells and platelets are suspended. It carries these components throughout the body and makes up about 55% of your total blood volume.
JULY 1, 2021 | CLINICAL: 1 POINT
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes severe community and nosocomial outbreaks.
JULY 1, 2021 | CLINICAL: 1 POINT
Mycology is the study of fungi and fungal diseases. Humans become accidental hosts by inhalation of spores or by introduction of the fungus into tissue through trauma.
SEP 09, 2021 | CLINICAL: 2 POINTS
Acquired B phenotype is part of a rare group of ABO discrepancies (Harmening, 2012: 138). In order to understand the acquired B phenomenon, one has to first understand what is meant with an ABO discrepancy.
OCT 4, 2021 | CLINICAL: 1 POINT
People with intellectual disability (ID) are defined as a group by their need for lifelong support. For the most part, it falls to family caregivers to provide this support.
MAR 17, 2021 | ETHICS: 3 POINTS
A recent focus of the global discourse on the health workforce has been on its quality, including the existence of codes of ethics.
MAR 17, 2021 | ETHICS: 1 POINTS
Blood transfusions save countless lives around the world, with an estimated 85 million units of red blood cells transfused each year.
MAR 5, 2021 | ETHICS: 2 POINTS
Ethical behaviour is core to the practice of sleep medicine. Sleep medicine raises questions in three often distinguished subcategories of ethics - normative ethics (how should we behave?)...
MAR 5, 2021 | ETHICS: 2 POINTS
An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and its caused coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been reported in China since December 2019.
MAR 5, 2021 | ETHICS: 3 POINTS
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the risks that can be involved in healthcare work. In this paper, we explore the issue of staff safety in clinical work using the example of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the COVID-19 crisis.
JULY 1, 2021 | ETHICS: 3 POINTS
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