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A lack of answers is part of what makes sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) so frightening.... Although studies have identified risk factors for SIDS, such as putting infants to bed on their stomachs, there has been little understanding of the syndrome's biological cause or causes.... If a baby is breathing stale air and not getting enough oxygen, the brain usually triggers the baby to wake up and cry.... But a problem with the arcuate nucleus could deprive the baby of this involuntary reaction and put Preventions Although health care professionals don't know what causes SIDS, they do know ways to reduce the risk....
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Research Proposal
shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is a serious problem affecting between 1,200 and 1,600 children every year in USA (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2006).... shaken baby syndrome is caused as a result of vigorous shaking of an infant or young child.... In general, the injuries that characterize shaken baby syndrome are intracranial hemorrhage i.... shaken baby syndrome predominantly occurs in infants less than one year of age....
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Essay
Patients at risk for ACS (and for their families), primary care physicians, and other healthcare providers should consider discussing the appropriate use of aspirin and activation of the EMS system because knowledge and awareness of this could save the victim's life.... In the paper “Acute Coronary syndrome” the author discusses the need for health providers who manage the individual patients to be aware of the pertinent information because they are best suited to determine the most appropriate treatment strategy....
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Essay
Child abuse is regarded as a national tragedy that is annually affecting more than three million children and causing the death of three children every day.... Child abuse is regarded as a national tragedy that is annually affecting more than three million children and causing the death of three children every day....
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Assignment
Hence, preventive measures may include home visitation programs, awareness initiatives on shaken baby syndrome and thorough checks on caretakers' references (Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2001).... Ivan Blumenthal (2002) presents a discussion on the pathophysiology, clinical signs, management, investigation as well as diagnosis and its related outcomes and prevention measures of shaken baby syndrome.... He attributes shaken baby syndrome… Violent and extreme shaking such as when a child becomes shaken following an inconsolable and persistent crying constitutes forms of child neglect and abuse....
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Article
Babies in this age demographic were reported as often being the victims of shaken baby syndrome that causes them to suffer from different forms of trauma such as bone and rib fractures, various degrees of damages to their neck and spinal cord as well as bleeding from the brain or eyes.... 1 in 4 shaken baby syndrome victims eventually dies and nearly all victims tend to eventually experience serious health consequences (Safehorizon, 2014)....
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Assignment
The author examines fetal alcohol syndrome, a series of mental and physical defects that can develop in a fetus if a woman drinks an excessive amount of alcohol while she is pregnant.... Though the amount of alcohol needed to cause fetal alcohol syndrome has yet to be determined… It goes without saying that a mother can prevent causing fetal alcohol syndrome in her babies by avoiding alcohol as soon as she becomes aware of being pregnant, or if she is consciously trying to become pregnant....
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Research Paper
In many countries, Child Abuse prevention is considered a priority and there are various legal structures put in place to that effect at both national and international levels.... The focus of this paper is to look at the issue of child physical abuse, its effects on children and the entire society and ways of preventing the abuse among children....
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Term Paper