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Poisoning Physical Examination
The doctor may perform the following examination or exploration:
.Control of Cardiac Frequency (Normal: 60 to 100 beats/minute)
.Control of Breathing Frequency (Normal: 16 to 20 breathing cycles/minute)
.Control of Temperature (Normal: 36,5 - 37 °C)
.Control of Blood Pressure (Normal: ≤ 120/80 mmHg)
Cardiovascular examination:
-Auscultation (hearing): noises/sounds produced by the heart
Respiratory examination:
-Auscultation (hearing): noises/sounds produced by the lungs
-Oxygen saturation
Abdomen examination: Observation (or Inspection), Palpation (or touching) to know if any place causes pain.
Hearing the noises of the abdomen (hydroaerial noises). Percussion (give repeated taps) to know how each part of the abdomen sounds like.
.Neurological examination_
-Evaluate level of consciousness (Glasgow scale)
-Evauate the progress
-Evaluate the muscle tone
-Evaluate reflex
-Evaluate sensitivity
-Evaluate active motility and muscle strength
Polysomnography
Polysomnography
Study which allows to monitor different sleep parameters while you are asleep. These parameters are: airflow that goes in and out the lungs, respiratory effort, cardiac frequency, eye movements, brain waves, among others.
These study will take place in a special centre where you must sleep.
Positron emission tomography
It's a study of images that show the metabolism and function of the organs and tissues of the body through the use of a radioactive substance (contrast or marker)
The marker is administered through vein, travels through the blood and it will accumulate in the organs and tissues. The images will appear on a monitor while the person passes through a scanner (tomograph)
Pregnancy test
Pregnancy test, dosage of human chorionic gonadotropin hormone beta subunit (hGC).
Non-pregnant woman: <5 mUI/ml
Progesterone
Progesterone: 5 to 20 ng/ml
Prolactin
Prolactin:
Normal value: 0 to 20 ng/ml
Prolactin (PRL)
Normal Value PRL: less than 25 ng/ml
Prolactin (PRL)
Normal Value:
PRL: nor exceeding 25 ng/ml
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
The PSA is a protein produced by the cells of the prostate gland. The analysis of the prostate-specific antigen measures the blood level of PSA.
When the prostate gland enlarges, the leves of PSA in blood thend to increase. The leves of the prostate-specific antigen may increase due to cancer or benign conditions (non cancerous) like Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia or Prostatitis.
The concentration of PSA doesn't offer enough information for the doctors to distinguish between prostate benign conditions and cancer. However, the doctor will take into account the result of this analysis to decide if he/she needs to do an in-depth study in search of signs of prostate cancer.
prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
The PSA is a protein produced by the cells of the prostate gland. The analysis of the specific prostatic antigen measures the level of PSA in blood.
When the prostate gland enlarges, the levels of PSA in blood tend to tend to increase. The levels of the specific prostatic antigen may increase due to cancer or benign conditions (not cancerous) such as Benign prostatic hyperplasia. The concentration of PSA on its own does not provide enough information for the doctor to be able to distinguish between benign prostatic conditions and cancer. Nevertheless, the doctor will take into consideration this analysis when deciding if further investigation is needed in seek of signs of prostate cancer.
Proteinogram
Normal Values:
Total protein: 6.4 to 8.3 g/dL
Albumin: 3.5 to 5.0 g/dL
Alpha-1 globulin: 0.1 to 0.3 g/dL
Alpha-2 globulin: 0.6 to 1.0 g/dL
Beta globulin: 0.7 to 1.2 g/dL
Gamma globulin: 0.7 to 1.6 g/dL
Proteinogram (childhood)
Normal Values
Total proteins:
Newborn, 4.6 - 7.4 gr/dl
1 to 7 years, 6.1 – 7.9 gr/dl
8 to 12 years, 6.4 – 8.1 gr/dl
13 years onward, 6.6 – 8.2 gr/dl
Albumin: 3,5 - 5 gr/dl
Globulin: 2,3 – 3,4 gr/dl
Immunoglobulin G:
1 month, 251 – 906 mg/dl
2 to 4 months, 176 – 601 mg/dl
5 to 12 months, 172 – 1.069 mg/dl
1 to 5 years, 345 – 1.236 mg/dl
6 to 10 years, 608 – 1.572 mg/dl
Immunoglobulin A:
1 to 3 months, 1.3 – 53 mg/dl
4 to 6 months, 4.4 – 84 mg/dl
7 months to 1 years, 11 – 106 mg/dl
2 to 5 years, 14 – 159 mg/dl
6 to 10 years, 33 – 236 mg/dl
Immunoglobulin M:
1 to 4 months, 17 – 105 mg/dl
5 to 9 months, 33 – 126 mg/dl
10 mont to 1 year, 41 – 173 mg/dl
2 to 8 years, 43 – 207 mg/dl
9 to 10 years, 52 – 242 mg/dl
Immunoglobulin E:
0 – 230 UI/ml (in men)
0 – 170 UI/ml (in women)
Proteins
Normal Values:
Total protein: 6 to 8 g%
Albumin: 3, 5 to 5,5 g%
Globulins: 2 to 3 g%
Proteinuria
Proteinuria
Amount of proteins in the urine
Normal value: Less than 150 mg (in urine collected during 24 hours)
Psychotherapy
It's a wide group of psychological procedures with the purpose of giving help and relieve the ailment or affliction of the patient, through a change or modification of feelings, thoughts, behaviour and habits.
It's a mutual work of dialogue between both the therapist and the patient, as much time as necessary, for the "conflicts development" or the "problem solution"