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The art of caring for children's health

PEDIATRICS: Pediatrics, a branch of medicine dedicated to comprehensive health care for children and adolescents, is one of the most noble and demanded specialties. Pediatricians are the doctors of the youngest, responsible for ensuring healthy growth and development, from birth to adolescence. ** What are the main functions of a pediatrician? The functions of a pediatrician go beyond simply treating diseases. Among his responsibilities are: * **Prevention of diseases:** Through vaccines, growth and development controls, and recommendations on healthy lifestyles. * Diagnosis:** Early identification of diseases and disorders, both physical and emotional. * Treatment:** Administration of appropriate medical and pharmacological treatments for each patient. * Education:** Guidance to parents and caregivers on issues related to child health, such as food, hygiene, safety and psychosocial development. ** Academic Preparation and Graduate Profile To become a pediatrician...
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DISEASES AND MEDICAL TREATMENT

A medical treatment is any process by which a person recovers physical or mental health, through what is considered a direct intervention of proven scientific methods through experiments that have taken a long time, contributions and effort from scientists from all over the world. Typology is distinguished from both scientific medicine, which treats disease with specific remedies developed through observation and research, as well as from prescientific medicine, which fights disease with traditional knowledge, such as the use of certain plants and herbs, and is often practiced by people who have a certain medical authority. Although they used scientific remedies, these cures are considered to be carried out and specified through oral methods, vaccination, topical, invasive, surgical and others. According to scientific medicine, conceived in a rigid way, all disease—even mental illnesses—is the result of a physiological disorder; According to this scheme, speculation is not cr...
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DIAGNOSIS AND MEDICAL HISTORY

** A chronological basis for patient records ** The term “Diagnosis” encompasses determining the nature of a disease. Diagnosis must combine an adequate clinical history (personal and family history, and current illness), a complete physical examination, and complementary examinations (laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging). Some diseases such as measles and mumps are easily identified by their appearance. Other problems such as bone fractures can be suspected by their symptoms and signs, and are confirmed by X-rays. But many symptoms require a more complex diagnostic procedure. Confirmation of a gastric ulcer, for example, requires the introduction of an endoscope into the stomach. Coronary disease can be suspected by the characteristics of the pain and by electrocardiographic changes, but definitive evidence can only be obtained by coronary angiography, a technique in which a contrast substance is injected into the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart. Di...
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Basic Techniques and Care of the Nursing Technician

The work of the nurse: a technical and relational analysis Nursing is a fundamental profession in the field of health, characterized by a wide range of responsibilities and a deep commitment to care for patients. In this article, we will analyze the general work of a nurse at a technical level and in their interaction with patients, as well as their relationship with the medical hierarchy. ** The technical nurse: a fundamental pillar At a technical level, the nurse plays a crucial role in the provision of health care. Its functions cover a wide variety of tasks, among which the following stand out: * Administration of medicines:** Nurses are responsible for administering medications according to medical indications, monitoring side effects and adjusting doses as necessary. * Sampling:** They extract blood, urine and other body fluids for their analysis in the laboratory. * Vital Sign Monitoring:** Regularly monitor heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and respiratory rat...
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The culture of a Human Stem Cell laboratory

It was in 1981 when scientists first achieved mouse embryonic stem cell cultures. Although this milestone marked the development of numerous subsequent investigations, until 1998 the culture of a human stem cell laboratory was not achieved. In that year, two teams separately announced that they had isolated and cultivated human stem cells from, in one case, from embryos in the blastocyst phase and, in the other, from aborted fetuses. The research teams were led by biologists John Gearhart, from Johns Hopkins University, and James Thomson, from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. During the 1990s, scientists discovered many other characteristics of these cells, such as adult stem cells from a specific tissue (for example blood), can cause cells from other types of tissues, such as nerve cells (neurons). One of the most interesting results was obtained by researcher Fred Gage at the Salk Institute, who showed that the adult human brain can create new neurons. Before Gage...
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