Ventricular septal defect Closure

Ventricular septum defect (VSD) is a type of inherited disorders of non-sianotik. The disorder is caused by a defect / hole located in the septum / ventricular septum. Depending on location, this hole is located on the membrane of the septum, in the muscular septum or the septum near the aorta or pulmonary artery.

During ventricular contraction, or systole, some of the blood from the left

8 Patient safety tips

Building a Safer Health System. World Health Organization (WHO) called for a broad national effort to include establishment of a Center for Patient Safety, expanded reporting of adverse events, development of safety programs in health care organizations, and attention by regulators, health care purchasers, and professional societies. The majority of media attention, however, focused on the

Infection alert at hospital

Around the world, victims of infectious disease during treatment at the hospital suspected continues to grow. Estimated to kill more even than the HIV virus causes AIDS. A new study says, 48,000  people annually in the USA died because of it, mostly because of blood poisoning or pneumonia. Hospital infections are the most common nosocomial infection.
The estimated one-third from 1.7 million

Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Insulin resistance means that the body's cells do not respond right when insulin is present. Unlike type 1 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance is generally "post-receptor", which means it is a problem with the cells that respond to insulin rather than a problem with insulin production.
Another important factor that contributes:
increased hepatic glucose production (eg, from glycogen - glucose

Role of the Family Nurse

Nurse of family is a nurse whose role helping individuals and families to cope with chronic illness and disability by taking in part time work at home the patient and his family. Family nurse put emphasis on performance along with the family because the family is the subject.In addition, the role of family caregivers can also provide advice on lifestyle, behavior and disease risk of doing

Diabetes mellitus type 2, what is it?

Diabetes mellitus type 2 - are called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM, "diabetes is not dependent on insulin") - due to a combination of "defects in insulin production" and "insulin resistance" or "reduced insulin sensitivity" (the defect tissue response to insulin), which involves the insulin receptor in cell membranes.

At this early stage the most important abnormality is