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Speaking of Evidence-Based Treatment
"Unlike jurors, clinicians frequently must make decisions without the luxury of the totality of evidence. When we speak of evidence-based medicine, it is important to remember that available data may be incomplete, outdated, and of questionable relevance to particular patients, especially those excluded from randomized trials."Joseph P. Carrozza, Jr. MD.
"As we grow in learning, we more justly appreciate our dependence upon each other. The sum-total of medical knowledge is now so great and wide-spreading that it would be futile for one man to attempt to acquire, or for one man to assume that he has, even a good working knowledge of any large part of the whole. The very necessities of the case are driving practitioners into cooperation. The best interest of the patient is the only interest to be considered, and in order that the sick may benefit of advancing knowledge, union of forces is necessary."
Dr. William J. Mayo, Rush College of Medicine Commencement, 1910
Dr. William J. Mayo, Rush College of Medicine Commencement, 1910
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2 comments:
Respiratory alkalosis is a condition occurring when the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood drops to a level below normal range. The body's pH balance is shifted, causing the body's system to become more alkaline (basic). This condition is brought on by rapid, deep breathing called hyperventilation. When a person hyperventilates, the exchange of oxygen and CO2 speeds up, that is, too much CO2 is exhaled. The lower level of CO2 in the bloodstream is what causes the pH of the blood to rise, making the blood basic.
Hyperventilation can be attributed to a number of causes ranging from pneumonia to lung disease to asthma. Hyperventilation is also associated with anxiety disorders, drug overdose, CO poisoning, and serious infections. Also, tumors and swelling in the brain/nervous system can cause this fast, deep breathing.
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/respiratory_alkalosis.jsp
(This is where I got my info.)
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