Medicine - September 2007

its medical vocabulary (prefixes & suffixes)

2007-09-03 08:38:30 · 3 answers · asked by Misti M 1

its medical vocabulary (prefixes & suffixes)

2007-09-03 08:35:10 · 2 answers · asked by Misti M 1

i would love 2 be a medical technologist, but i also am a people person. could a medical technologist draw blood and obtain specimens???

2007-09-03 06:43:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-03 06:25:03 · 5 answers · asked by Tom P 1

2007-09-03 04:46:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My father had quad bypass heart surgery 2 weeks ago. He was released from the hospital but had been complaining of low stomach pain for 3 days prior to his release. The doctor and nurse in charge said the pain was due to stool softener meds. 2 days after release the pain forced return to the hospital where it was found that his colin was perforated and required emergency surgery. The doctor / surgeon said the cause was due to a blood clot that formed in the colin causing perforation. It should also be noted that the indicated pain site was at a sewn up area on the lower abdomen (arthroscope ? )
His condition is very much critical due to contamination . My question is how common is this complication after heart surgery and is negligence involved . Do heart patients often get sent home with perforated colin's? I would appreciate your input.

2007-09-03 04:42:34 · 2 answers · asked by g d 2

why? Terrible working conditions? or what?

2007-09-03 04:41:20 · 6 answers · asked by S i r i 1

Would there ever be a doctor (of any type) that would need to answer their cell phone while on vacation?

2007-09-03 04:17:08 · 5 answers · asked by Peter N 1

alright so im 14 years old and know i want to be some sort of doctor. i really dont want to surgery but i would like to work with broken bones or babies what do ortho techs do??? and is there a type of doctor that does pregnancies but not surgerY????

2007-09-03 03:29:13 · 5 answers · asked by 80) 2

bipolar disorder \\ mania followed by depression when an unexpected happening occured -- doing phone calls ,irritability sleepless nights excentric behaviour at the time of problem and after taking the following prescriptio like lithum 600 mg / valporicsodum (Enchronate chrono) 500 mg she will recover in 7 days and after the recovery phase only on Lithum @ 600 mg as maintanance dose no issue as such - what will happen if we use Lithum for years as maintainanace dose any side effects ,the patient is above average BP and Daibatic and on medication for the two problems --- whether the problem which she aquired from her mother can be extended to her children which are 18 male and girl 9 no symptoms reported in off springs till date adwise

2007-09-02 21:04:11 · 2 answers · asked by shyam s 1

i was wundring wot r d subjects i'll have to choose for year 11 if i wish to to medicine in uni

2007-09-02 17:39:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-02 17:28:10 · 4 answers · asked by MC 3

2007-09-02 15:51:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-02 14:38:17 · 8 answers · asked by toshiba_rs 1

hi...we found this tiny yellow pill....about the size of two birth control pills...on one side there is this image....a black circle with a smaller image inside.... 2 horizontal lines on the bottom, 4 vertical rectangles in the center and a half cirle over the two largest rectangles....any ideas or clues as to what it might be...neither of us know what it is...never saw anything like it before

2007-09-02 13:00:10 · 10 answers · asked by Liz L 2

does anyone else have it besides me?? My left arm is affected by it.....if that makes sense.....I just learned what it is....I'm 14......I accept how I am, but I just wanted to know if anyone else has it.....

2007-09-02 12:36:56 · 6 answers · asked by I LOVE Shoez 1

Please tell me the differential diagnosis. Thanks!

2007-09-02 10:41:41 · 8 answers · asked by Mulder 1

2007-09-02 10:16:31 · 5 answers · asked by dennis g 1

I have been on it for about 2 months now, it works pretty well, but sometimes I still want to get high, and will take a few more milligrams of Sub. to get a buzz. Does anyone else do this, I thought suboxone was supposed to supress cravings!

2007-09-02 08:30:54 · 2 answers · asked by Oregon2Texas 2

I take ginko biloba on a regular basis (and fish oil during periods when I don't have fish). Is it ok to go out and drink every once in a while? I mean, if ginko increases blood circulation to the brain, would this get me drunk faster or cause more alcohol to go to the brain???
Let me know!

2007-09-02 08:20:34 · 1 answers · asked by Daw 1

i want to become a nurse who takes care of the newborn babies in the hospital, is there a specific name for that?

2007-09-02 07:17:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been taking Metronidazole for the last couple of days. Last night I had a really disturbing dream, and I remember the last time I had to take it (several months ago) I did then, too. Since it's the weekend, I can't call my doctor to find out if I should stop taking it. Last time, I called my doctor (a different one) and the receptionist told me they did not offer medical advice over the phone. Does anyone know if this is normal? Or should I stop taking it? I'm concerned because it says mental or mood changes could be a side effect, and I don't know if that includes disturbing dreams.

2007-09-02 07:00:19 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter, who I don't live with, was not immunised as her mother, who never consulted me, didn't think it was a good idea. To cut a long story short, I have full access to my daughter but her mother is a control freak and despite convincing herself otherwise, is very reluctant to cede any control of such things as immunisation to me.

When we did finally talk about it, she gave, as her reasons not to, the worry of the triple vaccine that was circulating around that time. Also her boyfriend (she has a child with him too) said that he believed the BMA were in the pockets of the pharmaceutical giants and that immunisations, or at least some of them, were not as important as we have been led to believe.

I would like to hear your views on the MMR and the attitude of the pharmaceutical companies wrt immunisation.

2007-09-02 05:30:08 · 7 answers · asked by tuthutop 2

The science behind all of this.

2007-09-02 05:04:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wouldn't that somehow counteract the effectiveness of the drug, being that you need these enzymes to process the medication??? What happens, is that a reason for side effects?

2007-09-02 04:51:50 · 2 answers · asked by SSM 2

Just wondering if it is a proper title for medical practitioners or just an abbriviation.

So do medical doctors get addressed in the post for example
To dr. xxxxx
Adresss
etc etc

2007-09-02 01:28:44 · 5 answers · asked by Billy h 1

My sperm count is very good, but my mortility rate is low. I have been diagnosed with vericocele. Hence if I go through the Vericocele surgery, will there be negative complications in the near future? After the day of the surgery will I encounter severe pain?

2007-09-02 00:57:56 · 2 answers · asked by bhatian 2

If there was a person thought to be suffering from anxiety neurosis who could not evidence thier arrythmias when tests were done; then if they died, could the pathologist find evidence of arrythmias in an autopsy, even if they died under general anesthetic and no structural cardiac damage is evident in the muscles etc other than possible nerve damage?

When I viewed an autopsy on YouTube, they didn't seem to look at the conduction system of the heart. But I know that they may do a more in depth anylisis of the heart if the person died under general anesthetic.

Any ideas?

2007-09-02 00:41:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just took 2 anadin ultra (liquid tabs) and i'm wondering how long its gonna take to work?

2007-09-01 22:16:08 · 12 answers · asked by Azure 1

I understand the pharmacology of morphine and fentanyl (structure, binding sites, differences in mu-, delta-, and kappa- opioid occupancy and potency) so I would like the following question to be answered in the *clinical* context (I'm an RN who works in a Neurosurgical ICU with mainly vented patients):

In your clinical experience, which of the two (morphine or fentanyl) have you found to be the better analgesic with the least potent respiratory depressant action?

(Thank you)

2007-09-01 17:35:57 · 3 answers · asked by Aiden 4