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...they are physically absent from the same location. It takes a model of telepresence. Remote surgery merges components of robotics, sophisticated communication technology for example high speed connection to data and elements of Management Information Systems (MIS) (Dasguta 56). Given that the area of robotic surgery is fairly established in many parts, majority of these robots are operated by doctors at the same venue of the surgery. But basically remote surgery is sophisticated telecommunication for surgeons, and whereby the distance physically between the patient and the surgeon is immaterial. It is a great promise to get the expertise of...
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...CLIENT PROFILE Patient Profile: The following is the case study of a 31 years old, Caucasian female, who works as a full time employ in an educationcenter. She belongs to middle socioeconomic status family and lives with her steady boyfriend of 10 years and two children. She is very active person in her free time she likes to play netball with her friends and go to the gym 3 times a week. Apart from the acute presentation, the patient is otherwise healthy, has no comorbid conditions and is currently 18 weeks pregnant with twins. The patient is physically active and does not have any known allergies. Her height and weight on admission were 70 kg and 178 cm high...
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...heart surgeries for any cardiac condition (Flynn, M.J., McComb, J.M., and Dark, J.H., 2005, p 252). Whatever may be the reason, the manifestations happen due to abrupt, prolonged sinus pauses caused by failure of sinus impulse formation or block of conduction of sinus impulse to the surrounding atrial tissues (Bethea, B.T. et al., 2005, p 106). In some patients, sinus node dysfunction is accompanied by abnormalities in AV conduction, and thus aside from having absence of atrial activity, the lower pacemakers fail to emerge during sinus pauses (Daoud, E.G., Snow, R., Hummel, J.D., Kalbfleisch, S.J., Weiss, R., and Augostini, R., 2003, p. 129). External energy sources can be used to...
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...of this and may have the opportunity to correct the situation
Informed consent can be written, oral or given by implication (Department of Health 2001). Kennedy and Grubb have argued "Consent is expressed when the patient explicitly agrees to what is proposed by the doctor. It need not have been set out in any specific form and it need not be in writing." (pg 95)
When a patient is admitted to hospital for a surgical procedure (under anaesthesia), he/she places complete trust in the doctors/nurses who are responsible for his/her care.
If such a patient senses the possibility that treatment that was previously agreed...
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...it on time. Lastly, is to pay the least amount of money. Fulfillment of these issues is to formulate a patient flow based on these mutually exclusive internal and external facts into comprehensive standards that can guide clinical practice and events, ultimately leading to patient satisfaction. Obviously, this patient will have to be admitted into the intensive care unit, and intensive care cannot be seen without the continuum of care. The continuum of care spans the entire process of therapy and care for this patient. As it is exemplified here, this process would involve different treatment and care units, such as, day surgery operating...
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...of empowerment of professionals and their inability to
relinquish power to patients affect patient empowerment as well. Honoring patient
decisions may be very threatening to physicians who do not appreciate that patients know
what they need.
We can facilitate empowerment in others by being role models of
self-empowerment. As noted previously, belief that patients have the right and ability to
make choices regarding their health, and other areas of their lives, is basic to
empowerment. Patients need to be given...
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..., and diagnosis in any obese individual (CMS, 2009).
The Endocrine Society is another professional specialty society that was involved. It concurred with CMS in covering type 2 diabetes mellitus and the appropriateness of bariatric surgery in the management among individuals who had BMI>35. However, they disagreed with CMS in non-coverage of individuals who did not have BMI<35 in the purport of insufficient evident. They recommended that instead of CMS giving conclusive non coverage, research and clinical trials should be encouraged with an aim of evidencing the effectiveness of bariatric surgery among individuals with BMI<35 (CMS, 2009).
Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients has been... normal blood pressure. This illustrates that BPD-RYGBP is more effective in resolving type 2 diabetes and its metabolic syndromes, compared to RYGBP alone (Alexandrides, 2007). In affirmation, another meta- analysis study evidenced that 76.8% of patients had complete resolution from diabetes following bariatric surgery (Buchwald,...
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...Outpatient Surgery Outpatient Surgery Introduction Saving time and minimizing hospital bills are of great value to the patient.These considerations have led to the establishment of an outpatient ambulatory surgery. Ambulatory or outpatient surgery is a form of surgery that does not require the patients to stay in the hospital overnight for treatment. There has been an increase in growth in outpatient surgery over the years. This has been attributed to advancement in technology and the increase in centers for outpatient surgery. The paper will discuss the types of patients...
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...who carry statistics of the procedures done on their ethnic patients.
Moreover, the websites seem to do little in promoting a specific standard of beauty. These websites mostly contain information about the various procedures the clinics offer and the medical staff involved. As mentioned earlier, the majority of these websites are supposedly committed to helping the patient achieve the appearance he or she wants without risking the patient’s health. Since they perform cosmetic surgeries based on their patient’s demands, these sites appear to disagree that cosmetic surgery only promotes one standard of beauty. Instead,...
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...on her care, the daughter, as a medical proxy can make the choice for the patient. Otherwise, the patient’s will and right to self-determination has to be upheld.
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