What do we mean by circulatory failure or shock ?
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Dr. Sangareddi V.Posted
Wed 12 Aug 2009 10:32pm
/Redistributive/Septic /Warm shock (Can be called as arterial shock )
The hemodynamics of the first two are straight forward and easily understood. In cardiogenic shock... in different organs and different cells. Similarly the ability to with stand ischemia and hypoxia also varies. Shock is a general term used to imply , circulation is seriously
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Shock me, shock me, shock me...
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tubbytabbytalesPosted
Thu 20 May 2010 11:38am
...with that fatty behavior!
Okay, look, people. I was doing well at the gym, was making myself proud. And LIKE ALWAYS, I stopped going. *sigh* So. I'm going to have to work in rewards for the gym. For every 30 days I go, I can buy a treat $10 or less. This treat can't be food. So for example: Nail polish, make up, dvd from the $5 bin at Wal-M ...
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Shocked, SHOCKED
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LauraPosted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 8:04pm
I'm not sure if the word "shock" applies here:
Professor Pope weighed 30kg (66 pounds) at 4'10" (BMI: 13.8)
Suffered from an eating disorder since her teens... magazines, brought her own food to people's houses, and cooked feasts for others and left the room as they ate.
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From shock jock to shell-shock! A forced retirement.
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Janet S.Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 10:43pm
If you are like me, then you can commisserate with the unending hours spent sitting in traffic. I'll admit it, I'm a Howard Stern fan. I listen to him and laugh for over an hour's drive on my way to the office every morning. But what would happen if tomorrow, I were called into the HR Director's office and given the proverbial finger...the pink ...
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Yet another shocking (really shocking) instance of undertrained MD's doing cosmetic surgery
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Dr. Robert O.Posted
Thu 18 Jun 2009 1:03am
I'm really not trying to beat a dead horse on this theme, but there is an absolute stunning case developing in Arizona re. the actions of an Internist who reinvented himself as a cosmetic surgeon.
From the Arizona Republic:
A massage therapist performed a liposuction procedure in which a woman died. A homeopathic phy ...
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I'm shocked (SHOCKED!)
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lauren b.Posted
Fri 11 Sep 2009 2:12pm
Well, that darn Bush Babe has done it. She posted a story about one of their cattle, a Hereford. Here's a Hereford. My grandpa always kept a handful of Herefords, so I have a special fondness for them. They bring back memories. This is a Hereford.
I was surprised to see that people in Oz call white faced cattle 'bawly'. I wondered why. I mean ...
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People Cheating at Poker! I’m Shocked, Shocked
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Davalos & McCormack.Posted
Mon 07 Jun 2010 7:53am
We have finally lost the battle to combat illegal performance enhancing drugs in sports. The use of steroids and blood-boosters have been rife in athletics and cycling for years. Then it turned out that baseball was just as bad as football – the American variety that is – for players turning to illegal substances for an edge. But now the ...
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I’m shocked, shocked. Cattlemen misuse checkoff funds.
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Dr. Marion NestlePosted
Tue 03 Aug 2010 6:26am
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, which got $51 million in checkoff funds last year, is improperly allowing some of this money to be spent on lobbying activities, according to William Neuman in today’s New York Times .
Checkoff programs are administered by the USDA. They tax commodity producers to fund generic marketing campai ...
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