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Nursing Care In Children With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Doruntina Ismaili, Fëllënza Spahiu, Lirije Beqiri, Afërdita Berisha Oct 2018

Nursing Care In Children With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Doruntina Ismaili, Fëllënza Spahiu, Lirije Beqiri, Afërdita Berisha

UBT International Conference

A life dependent from insulin certainly requires patience, support, care and a constant education from our side as professionals of medicine toward our patients who are affected by diabetes. The prevalence of this disease is increasing, whereas the incidence is approximately 4 cases per 100 000 inhabitants. Factors that affect this disease are many, ranging from the genetic basis to stress and trauma. The complications of this are inevitable that touch almost the whole system and bodies starting from the brain to the legs. Based on the research conducted the total number of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in …


Plastination Procedure @ Pcom: Current Practice And Future Uses, Derek D. Jolley, Vishwant R. Tatagari, Kerin M. Claeson May 2018

Plastination Procedure @ Pcom: Current Practice And Future Uses, Derek D. Jolley, Vishwant R. Tatagari, Kerin M. Claeson

Research Day

Introduction: Since its invention by German anatomist Gunther von Hagens, the process of forced-impregnation plastination of organic specimens has become the standard for the preservation of biological tissue specimens. This practice serves as the most practical method to preserve these specimens for study and is utilized at PCOM regularly for this purpose. During the steps of plastination, aqueous and lipid tissues are replaced by a curable polymer to produce plastinates that do not decompose, can be handled without gloves, and retain most characteristics of the original specimens. For decades, PCOM used this method to prepare a permanent teaching collection …