Programs and Services for Adult and Elderly Health in Primary Care
A) Health Care Specific Problems
Care for Immobilized Persons:
This includes people who are normally in bed and need assistance, or those who never leave their homes except in exceptional cases. We must also assess the needs of their caregivers.
Care for the Terminally Ill:
Pay special attention to those suffering from chronic illnesses with no cure and a life expectancy of less than six months. Assess the family, primary caregiver, the emotional burden involved, and the circumstances surrounding the
Read MoreOrganic Chemistry: Ethers and Epoxides – Quiz and Solutions
Question 1: What is the Name of the Following Compound?
Answer Options:
- a. 3-isopropoxy-1-cyclopentene
- b. 3-tert-butoxy-1-cyclopentene
- c. 4-propoxy-1-cyclopentene
- d. 4-isopropoxy-1-cyclopentene
Correct Answer:
d. 4-isopropoxy-1-cyclopentene
Feedback:
The correct name is **4-isopropoxy-1-cyclopentene**. The non-cyclic substituent on the oxygen atom in this ether is an isopropyl group, and it is located at the 4-position of the cyclopentane ring.
Question 2: What is the Name of the Following Compound?
Answer
Read MoreOccupational Health and Hygiene: A Comprehensive Guide
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 1 .-
It aims to promote and maintain the highest degree of physical, mental and social workers in all occupations; prevent deterioration of health caused by working conditions, protect their jobs from risks arising from hazardous agents ; find and keep workers in a manner appropriate to their psychological and sociological physical abilities, and in short, to adapt work to man and each man to his work.
1.1 .- Industrial Security
Industrial safety is an environmental technician
Understanding Lipid Metabolism: From Digestion to Diseases
Q. Choose True:
– Two classes of phospholipids contain sphingosine and glycerol as a backbone.
– Both classes are found as structural components of membranes and play a role in the generation of lipid signaling molecules.
Ethanolamine + PA = Cephalin
Choline + PA = Lecithin
Q. Two molecules of PA esterified through their phosphate group to glycerol is called:
Cardiolipin
Q. The backbone of sphingomyelin is the amino alcohol:
Sphingosine
Q. The precursor of many other phosphoglycerides is:
Phosphatidic acid
Read MoreLipid Metabolism: A Comprehensive Guide
Q. Choose the true statement:
- There are two classes of phospholipids: those containing sphingosine and those containing glycerol as a backbone.
- Both classes are found as structural components of membranes and play a role in the generation of lipid signaling molecules.
Ethanolamine + PA = cephalin.
Choline + PA = lecithin.
Q. Two molecules of phosphatidic acid (PA) esterified through their phosphate group to glycerol are called:
Cardiolipin.
Q. The backbone of sphingomyelin is the amino alcohol:
Sphingosine.
Read MoreUnderstanding Lymphadenopathy and Common Blood Disorders in Children
Lymph Node Function
| Function | Palpable Lymph Nodes |
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Lymphadenopathy
Causes
- Bacteria (Staphylococcus/Tuberculosis)
- Viruses (CMV)
- Protozoa
- Autoimmune (SLE/Rheumatoid Arthritis)
- Allergy
- Immune Response
- Inflammatory Cell Migration to Lymph Nodes (Macrophages + Neutrophils)
- Tumor Cell Infiltration
Lymph Node Changes in Lymphadenopathy
| Reactive | Lymphadenitis | Cancerous |
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