Separation anxiety is considered to be associated with a hyper attachment to humans (Bowen and Heath, 2005). Attachment relationships are natural, necessary and healthy. The first attachment...
The patient was presented to the surgery after being involved in a road traffic accident that had resulted in severe pelvic trauma. The patient has been missing for 24 hours..
Over the past few decades in the medical profession, various studies and research have been carried out which have brought to light a large variety of adverse pathophysiological effects that...
It is important to remember when administering pharmaceuticals to neonates that drug distribution does differ from that of adults. This is due to differences in body composition (lower body fat stores...
Advanced life support concentrates on identification and treatment of arrhythmias, and drug and fluid therapy to support circulation. The steps can be remembered by the ‘DEF’ mnemonic (D, drugs; E,...
Infection — A pathologic process caused by the invasion of normally sterile tissue or fluid by pathogenic or potentially pathogenic microorganisms.
Infection delays wound healing. If infection is thought to be the cause of the delay in wound healing in a surgical wound, then a thorough review of the patient, the environment and surgical technique...
Appetite can be adversely affected when circumstances interfere with the initiation of food intake (for example in the case of facial trauma or dental disease), or act to promote negative stimuli...
The dog population in the UK already encounters several species of tick. A recent large-scale national study conducted from the University of Bristol showed that ticks are much more commonly attached...
Blood groups are defined by inherited antigens on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). They are important in transfusion medicine because of the risk of haemolytic reactions. Such reactions occur...
Tendons are composed of a dense fibrous extracellular matrix, mainly consisting of type I collagen, which is synthesized by tenocytes (Thorpe et al, 2010).
