Postnatal Latin language Latin for after birth , from post meaning after and natalis meaning of birth is the period beginning immediately after the childbirth birth of a child and extending for about six weeks. Another term would be postpartum period , as it refers to the mother whereas postnatal refers to the infant . Less frequently used is puerperium . Biologically , it is the time after birth, a time in which the mother s body, including hormone levels and uterus size, returns to prepregnancy conditions. Lochia is post partum vaginal discharge, containing blood, mucus, and placental tissue. In scientific literature the term is commonly abbreviated to P X . So that day P5 should be read as the fifth day after birth . This is not to be confused with medical nomenclature which uses G P to stand for number of pregnancy and outcome of pregnancy. In newborns Main Infant Upon its entry to the air breathing world, without the nutrition and oxygenation from the umbilical cord, the newborn must begin to adjust to life outside the uterus. Also starts his her adaptation to extrauterine life , the most significant physiological transition until death . The postpartum period in mothers A woman in the Western world who is delivering in a hospital may leave the hospital as soon as she is medically stable and chooses to leave, which can be as early as a few hours postpartum, though the average for spontaneous vaginal delivery SVD is 1 2 days, and the average caesarean section postnatal stay is 3 4 days. During this time the mother is monitored for bleeding , bowel and Urinary bladder bladder function, and baby care. The infant s health is also monitored. ref With Women, Midwives Experiences ... postnatal hospital discharge Postpartum depression References Reflist External links http www.emedicine.com ... Patient UK Postnatal Care Puerperium http www.fight4kids.com postpartum.htm Postpartum Social ... Birth to Five Planner Postnatal post traumatic stress disorder Humandevelopment Pregnancy Category ... more details
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Sex determination may refer to A Sex determination system , a biology biological system that directs the development of sex sexual characteristics in an organism . Prenatal sex discernment , the prenatal test ing for the discernment of the fetal sex . Postnatal sex discernment, by inspecting the genitalia when a baby is delivered. Sexing , used by biologist s and agricultural workers to discern the gender of livestock and other animals they work with. Sex assignment , a social act that usually carries the implicit expectation that future gender identity will develop in the gender of anatomy, assignment, and rearing. disambig ... more details
wiktionary Confinement may refer to either Civil confinement for psychiatric patients Color confinement , the physical principle explaining the non observation of color charged particles like free quarks Solitary confinement , a strict form of imprisonment The confinement of an animal specimen in a zoo The traditional postnatal confinement of a woman after childbirth that is practiced by some East Asian cultures. Magnetic confinement fusion disambig fr Confinement ... more details
to compare prenatal with postnatal surgery in an effort to find out if either treatment ... to have prenatal surgery and half in the group to have postnatal surgery. This was a randomized ... in the study were able to choose who had prenatal and who had postnatal surgery. Women were assigned ... Center at approximately 37 weeks of pregnancy. The infants in the postnatal surgery group had their spina ... helped scientists determine if the prenatal or postnatal surgery is better for infants ... on comparing outcomes after prenatal and postnatal repair in 183 patients. The trial demonstrated ... ME, Farmer DL title A Randomized Trial of Prenatal versus Postnatal Repair of Myelomeningocele journal ... more details
Orphan date December 2010 notability Biographies date August 2008 Infobox scientist box width 300px name Julie Mennella image image width 300px caption birth date birth place death date death place residence Pennsylvania citizenship nationality ethnicity fields biology Biologist , Genetics Geneticist workplaces Monell Chemical Senses Center alma mater University of Chicago doctoral advisor academic advisors doctoral students notable students known for Prenatal and Postnatal Taste in Infants, Women s health and infant development author abbrev bot author abbrev zoo influences influenced awards religion signature footnotes Dr. Julie Mennella is a biologist . She is most notable for a paper published in 2000 about the ability to learn flavor by prenatal and postnatal infants . The paper was written with Dr. Coren Jagnow. ref Citation first Julie last Mennella author link first2 Coren last2 Jagnow author2 link editor last editor first editor2 last editor2 first contribution contribution url title Prenatal and Postnatal Flavor Learning by Human Infants year 2000 pages place Monell Chemical Senses Center publisher American Academy of Pediatrics url http pediatrics.aappublications.org cgi content full 107 6 e88 doi id ref She is currently at the Monell Chemical Senses Center . References reflist External links http www.monell.org Faculty Mennella.htm Dr. Mennella s page on the Monell site. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mennella, Julie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mennella, Julie Category American biologists Category Living people US academic scientist stub ... more details
PND can stand for Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea , a breathing disorder related to congestive heart failure Penalty notice for disorder , an on the spot fine issued by British police for low level anti social offenses Peoria Notre Dame High School , college preparatory high school academy in Peoria, Illinois Personal navigation device , a portable positioning and navigation device Personennamendatei , name authority file Postnasal drip , excessive mucus produced by the sinuses Postpartum depression Postnatal depression , depression after childbirth Prenatal diagnosis , testing for diseases or conditions in a fetus or embryo before it is born Punta Gorda Airport IATA Code PND in Punta Gorda, Belize New Democracy Portugal Partido da Nova Democracia , a Portuguese political party National Democratic Party Djibouti Parti National D mocratique , a political party in Djibouti disambig de PND es PND fa PND fr PND it PND nl PND pt PND ... more details
A physical disability is any impairment which limits the physical function of one or more limbs or fine motor skill fine or gross motor skill gross motor ability . Other physical disability disabilities include impairments which limit other facets of daily living skills daily living , such as respiratory disease respiratory disorders and epilepsy . ref http www.csun.edu sp20558 dis physical.html Physical Disabilities, California State University, Northridge ref Causes of physical disabilities Prenatal causes Those disabilities that are acquired before birth. These may be due to diseases that have harmed the mother during pregnancy , or Genetic disorder genetic incompatabilities between the parents. Perinatal causes Those disabilities that are acquired during birth. This could be due to prolonged Perinatal asphyxia lack of oxygen or the obstruction of the respiratory track, damage to the brain during birth due to the accidental misuse of Forceps in childbirth forceps , for example or the baby being born Preterm birth prematurely . Postnatal causes Those disabilities gained after birth. They can be due to accidents, infection or other illness illnesses . References reflist DEFAULTSORT Physical Disability Category Disability Disability stub es Deficiencia motriz fr Handicap moteur fy Lichaamlike beheining pl Niepe nosprawno ruchowa ... more details
Katharina Dalton 11 November 1916 &ndash 17 September 2004 was a United Kingdom British physician and pioneer in the research of premenstrual stress syndrome . It is said that she coined the term for the syndrome. Her books include Once a Month The Original Premenstrual Syndrome Handbook 1978 and Depression after Childbirth How to Recognize, Treat, and Prevent Postnatal Depression . References http www.timesonline.co.uk article 0,,60 1340141,00.html The Times obituary Dr Katharina Dalton Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dalton, Katharina ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British medical doctor and author DATE OF BIRTH 11 November 1916 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 17 September 2004 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dalton, Katharina Category 1916 births Category 2004 deaths Category British medical doctors Category British medical writers Category Place of birth missing Category Place of death missing Category Women physicians UK med bio stub ... more details
Orphan date March 2011 Shoshana S. Bennett, Ph.D. , licensed psychologist , founded Postpartum Assistance for Mothers in 1987 after her second undiagnosed Postnatal postpartum illness. Dr. Shoshana is a former President of Postpartum Support International , and immediate past president of California s state organization Postpartum Health Alliance . Her work has been the subject of numerous newspaper articles around the country. Dr. Shoshana has been a featured guest on national radio and television shows, including American Broadcasting Company ABC s 20 20 US television series 20 20 . Selected works Deleted image removed Image Beyond the blues3.jpg thumb 80px right Cover Art. Pregnant on Prozac , ISBN 0762749407 Postpartum Depression for Dummies , ISBN 0470073357 Beyond the Blues , ISBN 0 9717124 1 7 written with Pec Indman, Ed.D., MFT External links http www.drshosh.com Dr. Shosh Official website http www.beyondtheblues.com Beyond the Blues Official website http www.postpartum.net Postpartum Support International Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bennett, Shoshana S. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bennett, Shoshana S. Category Pregnancy Category Psychologists Category Living people ... more details
Joseph Altman discovered adult neurogenesis , the creation of new neurons in the adult brain, in the 1960 s. ref Postnatal Neurogenesis in the Guinea pig, J Altman & G Das, Nature 214, 1098 1101 10 June 1967 doi 10.1038 2141098a0 ref As an independent investigator at MIT , his results were largely ignored. In the late 1990 s, the fact that the brain can create new neuron s even into adulthood was rediscovered, leading it to be one of the hottest fields in neuroscience . Altman continued his career at Purdue University , where he wrote several acclaimed article s and book s on cerebellar development. He is now retired. Bibliography Empty section date May 2010 References references Also see Andr Gernez , Stem cell , Cerebellum http neurondevelopment.org Joseph Altman s Current Research Use dmy dates date January 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Altman, Joseph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Altman, Joseph Category Living people Category Neurobiologists Biologist stub fr Joseph Altman sv Joseph Altman ... more details
Burden of Desire 1992 is a large mass market book based on the Halifax Explosion of 1917 written by Canadian born journalist Robert MacNeil . MacNeil, who hosted the MacNeil Lehrer NewsHour , has also published other fiction and non fiction books including Breaking News 1999 and Wordstruck A Memoir 1989 . Burden of Desire centres around the love triangle of bohemian belle Julia Montgomery Robertson, Freudian professor Stewart MacPherson, and Anglican minister Peter Wentworth. Julia pens a diary detailing her sexual fantasies, which falls into the hands of both Peter and Stewart after the Halifax Explosion . Writing into the diary at the moment of the blast, Julia hides the book into a coat, which is later donated to Peter who is collecting on behalf of suddenly homeless Haligonians from the north end of the city. The novel explores the repression and expression of sexual desire during the 1910s, as well as contemporary issues such as posttraumatic stress disorder , postnatal depression , heroism , Freudian Psychoanalysis , and Modern art . Not only does the novel look at how Haligonians are affected by the disaster, Burden of Desire provides an intimate look into society at the time although it focuses mostly on the middle to upper classes of the south end of the Halifax Peninsula Halifax peninsula, which was not affected as traumatically by the explosion as was the north end of the city. Category 1992 books 1990s novel stub ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2008 The Lucky Ones is a 2003 in literature 2003 collection of short stories written by British author Rachel Cusk . The book consists of five stories that are mainly concerned with the subject of family relationships, and are about five different people who are loosely connected to each other. Confinement concerns Kirsty, a young pregnant woman who is serving a life sentence after being wrongly convicted of arson and murder . The Way You Do It sees Martin, a male friend of one of Kirsty s legal representatives, spending a holiday in Switzerland with friends and away from his young family for the first time In The Sacrifice , an unnamed woman the sister of another of the solicitor s friends recalls her broken marriage during a visit to her childhood home. Mrs Daley s Daughter concerns Barbara Daley the mother of another of the friends , who fails to recognise and understand her daughter s postnatal depression . And in the final story, Matters of Life and Death , Vanessa one of Barbara s neighbours discovers that her husband has been having an affair and is preparing to leave her while a chance meeting prompts her to take an interest in Kirsty s case. Category 2003 books Category British short story collections DEFAULTSORT Lucky Ones Category Single author short story collections story collection stub ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name In the Depths of Despair Type studio Artist Gone Postal band Gone Postal Cover Coverinthedepthsofdespair.jpg Released December 1, 2008 Genre Brutal death metal Length 37 15 Label Molestin Records In the Depths of Despair is the debut album of the death metal band Gone Postal band Gone Postal . It was released in 2008 under Molestin Records . Track listing Modern Misanthrope 01 53 Postnatal Abortion 02 40 Throne of Depravity 04 34 Void Of Torment 03 49 Soil Consumption 02 03 Roar Of The Beheaded 04 12 Defiant Creation 03 22 Repulsive Hatred 05 21 Shotgun Reality 03 34 VIII 05 48 Credits orbj rn Steingr msson Singer Vocals N kkvi G. Gylfason Electric guitar Guitar , Singer Additional vocals , Bass guitar bass Haukur Hannes Electric guitar Guitar , Bass guitar Bass Stef n A. Stef nsson Drum kit Drums Dan el S. Hallgr msson Bass guitar Bass on Repulsive Hatred DEFAULTSORT In The Depths Of Despair Album Category 2008 albums Category Debut albums Category Gone Postal albums Category Molestin Records albums 2000s death metal album stub ... more details
Infobox Vein Name PAGENAME Latin GraySubject 139 GrayPage 540 Image Gray502.png Caption Fetal circulation. The ductus venosus red connects the umbilical vein to the inferior vena cava . Image2 Gray475.png Caption2 The liver and the veins in connection with it, of a human embryo, twenty four or twenty five days old, as seen from the ventral surface. DrainsFrom Source umbilical vein DrainsTo inferior vena cava Artery ductus arteriosus MeshName MeshNumber DorlandsPre d 29 DorlandsSuf 12315175 In the fetus , the ductus venosus shunts approximately half of the blood flow of the umbilical vein directly to the inferior vena cava . Thus, it allows oxygenated blood from the placenta to bypass the liver . In conjunction with the other fetal shunts, the foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus , it plays a critical role in preferentially shunting oxygenated blood to the fetal brain. It is a part of fetal circulation . Postnatal closure The ductus venosus is open at the time of the birth and is the reason why umbilical vein catheterization works. Ductus venosus naturally closes during the first week of life in most full term neonates however, it may take much longer to close in pre term neonates. Functional closure occurs within minutes of birth. Structural closure in term babies occurs within 3 to 7 days. After it closes, the remnant is known as ligamentum venosum . If the ductus venosus fails to occlude after birth, the individual is said to have an intrahepatic portosystemic shunt PSS . This condition is hereditary in some dog breeds e.g. Irish Wolfhound . The ductus venosus shows a delayed closure in preterm infant s, with no significant correlation to the closure of the ductus arteriosus or the condition of the infant. ref name Fugelseth cite journal author Fugelseth D, Lindemann R, Liest l K, Kiserud T, Langslet A title Postnatal closure of ductus venosus in preterm infants 32 weeks. An ultrasonographic study journal Early Hum. Dev. volume 53 issue 2 pages 163 9 year 1998 mont ... more details
Distal Trisomy 10q is a rare chromosomal Disease disorder that causes slow postnatal growth and severe mental retardation . Humans, like all sexually reproducing species, have somatic cells that are in diploid 2N state, meaning that N represent the number of chromosome s, and 2 the number of their copies. In humans, there are 23 chromosomes, but there are two sets of them, one from mother and one from father , totaling in 46, that are arranged according to their size, function and genes they carry. Each cell is supposed to have two of each, but sometimes due to mutations or malfunctions during cell division, mistakes are made that cause serious health problems. One such error is the cause of Distal trisomy 10q disorder. Each chromosome has two arms, labeled p for petite, or short and q for long . If both arms are equal in length, the chromosome is said to be metacentric . If arms lengths are unequal, chromosome is said to be submetacentric , and if p arm is so short that is hard to observe, but still present, then the chromosome is acrocentric . In Distal Trisomy 10q disorder, end or distal portion of the q long arm of the chromosome number 10 appears to be present three times, rather than two times as it is supposed to be. This extra arm results in chromosome 10 trisomy , meaning that three arms are present. Depending on the length of the aberrant arm, the severity can vary from case to case. Often the source of this chromosomal error is a translocation in one of the parents. Sometimes it occurs spontaneously, in which case it is termed mutation de novo . This syndrome has a large range of outcomes depending on how much chromosomal material is involved. Outcomes include very slow postnatal growth, hypotonia , lack of coordination skills and mild to severe cases of mental retardation , digestive issues, and heart and kidney problems. Individuals with this disorder can also be distinguished by their facial features. Number of support groups do exist in the United States ... more details
3408 DiseasesDB 10921 Postpartum depression PPD , also called postnatal depression , is a form ... are a mild and transitory moodiness suffered by up to 80 of postnatal women Citation needed date ..., nor are they a precursor to postpartum depression or Postpartum psychosis postnatal psychosis . Citation ... anxiety or panic attacks Decreased sex drive see Sex after pregnancy One method of detecting Postnatal Depression PND is the use of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. If the new mother scores more ... Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale ref Risk factors While not all causes of PPD are known ... Investigation at 4 Weeks Postnatal and a Review of the Literature accessdate 2008 07 04 PMID ..., high levels of prenatal depression are associated with high levels of postnatal depression, and low levels of prenatal depression are associated with low levels of postnatal depression. But this does not mean the prenatal depression causes postnatal depression they might both be caused ... and bisexual biological mothers had significantly higher Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale ... Postnatal Depression Scale ref http www.dbpeds.org media edinburghscale.pdf Edinburgh Postnatal ... speak with her physician for information about, and a recommendation for, a daily prenatal postnatal ... of Postnatal Depression journal British Medical Journal pages 932 937 id 314.n7085 ref The findings ... disturbances, delusions, hallucinations and or disorganized speech or behavior. Treatment for Postnatal ... Further reading Beck, C.T. The effects of postnatal depression on maternal infant interaction a meta ... 2001 Predictors of Postnatal Depression An Update. Nursing Research, 50, 275 285. Canadian Pediatric ... 3 367 376, 1991. Edhborg, Maigun. The long term impact of postnatal depressed mood on mothers ... maternal attachment, presence of postnatal depressive symptoms, and maternal role attainment. Journal ... mothers. Journal of Affective Disorders, 1999. Murray. The Impact of Postnatal Depression ... more details
spinosum and the foramen rotundum, and according to a study about the postnatal enlargement of the foramina ... author Lang J, Maier R, Schafhauser O title Postnatal enlargement of the foramina rotundum, ovale ... more details
Infobox Disease Name PAGENAME Image Caption DiseasesDB 33462 ICD10 ICD10 P 96 1 p 90 ICD9 ICD9 779.5 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj article eMedicineTopic 978763 MeshID D009357 Neonatal withdrawal or neonatal abstinence syndrome NAS is a withdrawal syndrome of infant s, caused by administration of drugs. drug tolerance Tolerance , drug dependence dependence and withdrawal may occur as a result of repeated administration of drugs, or even after short term high dose use for example during mechanical ventilation in intensive care units . There are two types of NAS prenatal and postnatal. Prenatal NAS is caused by substance abuse by the pregnant mother, while postnatal NAS is caused by discontinuation of drugs directly to the infant. ref name emedicine http www.emedicine.com ped topic2760.htm emedicine.com Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Author Jaques Belik, MD ref ref name Hall 2007 Cite journal last1 Hall first1 RW. last2 Boyle first2 E. last3 Young first3 T. title Do ventilated neonates require pain management? journal Semin Perinatol volume 31 issue 5 pages 289 97 month Oct year 2007 doi 10.1053 j.semperi.2007.07.002 PMID 17905183 ref The drugs involved may be for example opioids , selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRIs , alcoholic beverages alcohol and benzodiazepines . ref name emedicine ref cite journal author Iqbal MM, Sobhan T, Ryals T title Effects of commonly used benzodiazepines on the fetus, the neonate, and the nursing infant journal Psychiatric Services volume 53 issue 1 pages 39 49 year 2002 month January pmid 11773648 doi 10.1176 appi.ps.53.1.39 url http ps.psychiatryonline.org cgi content full 53 1 39 ref When pharmacological treatment of opiate withdrawal in neonates is deemed necessary, opiates are the treatment of choice, which are slowly tapered down to wean the neonate off of opiates. Phenobarbitol is sometimes used as an alternative but is less effective in suppressing seizures however, phenobarbitol is superior to diazepam for neonatal ... more details
PNP may refer to Science and technology Legacy Plug and Play or PnP, an ISA bus extension, a special case of Plug and play Principles and parameters , a linguistics framework PNP, a type of Bipolar junction transistor PNP Bipolar junction transistor Purine nucleoside phosphorylase , an enzyme involved in purine metabolism PnP, the Perspective N Point problem in Computer Vision for extrinsic camera parameter estimation PlayStation Network Platform, a former name for the PlayStation Network video game console P NP problem Complexity classes P and NP , a classical mathematical problem Postnatal psychosis , a mental illness sometimes encountered in mothers after pregnancy Organizations Progressive National Party , a political party organisation in the Turks and Caicos Islands Partido Nuevo Progresista , a Puerto Rican political party Peoples National Party disambiguation , a political party in a number of countries The Parti National des Patriotes The Parti National du Progr s , a political party in the Belgian Congo general election, 1960 The Parti National Populaire , a political party in Quebec, Canada, in the 1970s People s New Party , a Japanese political party Philippine National Police , the national police force of the Republic of the Philippines Peruvian National Police Pick n Pay Stores Limited is a large supermarket chain store in South Africa , established in 1967. Other Pen and paper games Private Numbering Plan, a synonymous term for Business internal dialing Party and Play , combining methamphetamine or other drugs and sexual activity Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, a type of specialized Nurse Practitioner disambig Category Initialisms de PNP es PNP fr PNP ko PNP it PNP nl PNP ja PNP th PNP ... more details
Orphan date December 2007 Giant depolarizing potentials GDP are the first type of electrical activity of developing brain . These patterns of activity differ a lot from the adult brain activity patterns they do not carry encoded information, they are generalized, they are relatively slow with typical time of .1 s , they are repetitive with typical time of 1s . They are, however, very different from epileptiform activity . GDPs are slowly spreading in brain structures with a speed of approximately 1 mm s. They use neuron s connection axon s for this, using these connections they can develop in connected structures as well from example from retina to geniculate nucleus . GDPs are observed only in early stages of brain development. In human s they exist only on prenatal stages, in rat s they last for approximately postnatal P6 . Biological role According to current point of view, slow developing GDPs are essential for neural net s of immature brain development. It s supposed that GDPs take the closest part in synaptogenesis , modification of synapse synaptic connections and synapse s maturation. But the precise role of GDPs in development, and the primary regulatory mechanisms are yet to be uncovered. Origin and properties One of the main conditions for GDPs development that are met in premature brain and that don t take place in adult one is that GABA action on these stages should be excitatory rather than inhibitory . This is caused by a much higher concentration of chlor in biology Cl concentration in neonatal neurons cytoplasm . Further, the expression of the chloride transporter, KCC2, is less in immature neurons, as a result of which there is the above mentioned high intracellular chloride. On receiving a GABAergic stimulus, there is an efflux of Chloride from the cell, resulting in depolarization of the cell. This causes the GDPs. Once the KCC2 expression is relatively high, as in the adult, mature neurons, the GDPs almost simultaneously disappear. Though it mus ... more details
Health visitors are United Kingdom UK Community health nursing community health nurses who have undertaken further training to work as part of a primary health care team. As their name suggests, their role is to promote mental, physical and social well being in the community by giving advice and support to families in all age groups. Limited resources and staff within the National Health Service NHS have traditionally meant that their work has been focused on childhood development, but the scope to expand their roles is slowly improving. The Healthy Child Programme published in October 2009 influences the service available to families. It is presented in three key documents The First Five Years, The Two Year Review and The Healthy Child Programme for 5 19 year olds. They usually work with mothers once postnatal postpartum care is handed over from the midwives, advise on feeding, care and support to both infants and parents, provide routine child development checks and have responsibility for child protection issues. They are also able to help people of any age who suffer from chronic illness or live with a disability. They may run health promotion schemes such as stop smoking clinics. Qualified health visitors are regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council . UK training Post qualification, a 1 year full time or equivalent part time degree level course. References http www.nhscareers.nhs.uk nhs knowledge base data 5632.html Health Visitor description at UK NHS Careers website Portal Nursing Nursing nurse stub Category Nursing in the United Kingdom Category National Health Service Category Nursing credentials and certifications el ... more details
Infobox Anatomy Name Facial canal Latin canalis nervi facialis GraySubject GrayPage Image Facial canal.png Caption Route of facial nerve , with facial canal labeled Image2 Canalisnervifacialis.PNG Caption2 View of the inner wall of the Eardrum tympanum . Facial canal visible in upper left. Precursor System Artery Vein Nerve Lymph MeshName MeshNumber DorlandsPre c 04 DorlandsSuf 12208699 The facial canal also known as Fallopian Canal ref cite journal author Rauchfuss, A. Abing, W. title Fetal development of the tympanic part of the facial canal journal European archives of oto rhino laryngology volume 243 issue 6 pages 374 377 year 2005 url http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed 3566620 ref first described by Gabriele Falloppio is a Z shaped canal running through the temporal bone from the internal acoustic meatus to the stylomastoid foramen . In humans it is approximately 3 centimeters long, which makes it the longest human osseous canal of a nerve ref cite journal author Weiglein AH title Postnatal development of the facial canal. An investigation based on cadaver dissections and computed tomography journal Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy volume 18 issue 2 pages 115 23 year 1996 month June pmid 8782317 doi 10.1007 BF01795229 url accessdate 2009 01 27 ref . Dubious date June 2010 It is located within the middle ear region, according to its shape it is divided into three main segments the labyrinthine, the tympanic, and the mastoidal segment ref cite journal doi 10.1007 BF01627665 author Einspieler, R., Weiglein, A., Anderhuber, W. and Jakse, R. title Imaging of the facial canal by means of multiplanar angulated 2 D high resolution CT reconstruction journal Surgical and radiologic anatomy volume 16 issue 4 pages 423 427 year 1994 url http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed 7725200 pmid 7725200 ref . See also Facial nerve Prominence of the facial canal Hiatus of the facial canal References Reflist External links eMedicineDictionary Facial canal Cranium Foramina of skull DEFAULTSOR ... more details
Infobox Disease Name PAGENAME Image Caption DiseasesDB 10441 ICD10 ICD10 O 90 5 o 85 ICD9 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D050032 Postpartum thyroiditis is a phenomenon observed following pregnancy ref name pmid11588143 cite journal author Muller AF, Drexhage HA, Berghout A title Postpartum thyroiditis and autoimmune thyroiditis in women of childbearing age recent insights and consequences for antenatal and postnatal care journal Endocr. Rev. volume 22 issue 5 pages 605 30 year 2001 month October pmid 11588143 doi 10.1210 er.22.5.605 url http edrv.endojournals.org cgi pmidlookup?view long&pmid 11588143 ref and may involve hyperthyroidism , hypothyroidism or the two sequentially. It affects about 5 of all women within a year after giving birth. The first phase is typically hyperthyroidism . Then, the thyroid either returns to normal or a woman develops hypothyroidism . Of those women who experience hypothyroidism associated with postpartum thyroiditis, one in five will develop permanent hypothyroidism requiring life long treatment. Postpartum thyroiditis is believed to result from the modifications to the immune system necessary in pregnancy , and histologically is a subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis . The process is normally self limiting, but when conventional antibodies are found there is a high chance of this proceeding to permanent hypothyroidism. Postpartum thyroiditis is a member of the group of thyroiditis conditions known as resolving thyroiditis . References reflist Endocrine pathology Pathology of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium endocrine disease stub Symptom stub de Postpartum Thyreoiditis Category Endocrine diseases ... more details
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