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BRAIN TUMOR
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Table of Contents
1. CANCER (ONCOLOGY) ...................................................................................................................... 7
BRAIN TUMOR...................................................................................................................................... 7
COLON CANCER.................................................................................................................................... 8
LEUKEMIA............................................................................................................................................. 9
OVARIAN CANCER .............................................................................................................................. 11
PROSTATE CANCER ............................................................................................................................ 12
PANCREATIC CANCER ......................................................................................................................... 13
2. NEURO: CNS ................................................................................................................................... 15
ALZHEIMERS ....................................................................................................................................... 15
BRAIN TUMORS .................................................................................................................................. 17
CEREBERAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA) ........................................................................................... 18
EPILEPSY ............................................................................................................................................. 20
HEAD INJURY ...................................................................................................................................... 23
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)................................................................................................................. 24
MENINGITIS........................................................................................................................................ 25
PARKINSON’S ..................................................................................................................................... 26
SEIZURE .............................................................................................................................................. 27
SPINAL INJURY.................................................................................................................................... 30
3. NEURO: PNS ................................................................................................................................... 32
GUILLAIN-BAR SYNDROME ................................................................................................................ 32
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS ......................................................................................................................... 33
4. GASTRO INTESTINAL (Lower) ......................................................................................................... 36
APPENDICITIS ..................................................................................................................................... 36
SBO (SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION) ................................................................................................. 37
CONSTIPATION ................................................................................................................................... 38
HERNIA ............................................................................................................................................... 39
PARALYTIC ILEUS ................................................................................................................................ 40
ISCHEMIC BOWEL/COLITIS ................................................................................................................. 41
VOLVULUS .......................................................................................................................................... 42
DIVERTICUITIS .................................................................................................................................... 43
RESECTION OF INTESTINES ................................................................................................................ 44
With over 8 years in the medical field, Mike Linares has worked both out in
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prior to failing out. I knew how to take care patients, I knew the basics of the ABCs of
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