Deadly Defiance

Part IV Defiance in Groups

Atrial Fibrillation: The Science behind Its Defiance

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia in the world, due both to its tenacious treatment resistance, and to the tremendous number of risk factors that set the stage for the atria to fibrillate. Cardiopulmonary, behavioral, and psychological risk factors generate electrical and structural alterations of the atria that promote reentry and wavebreak. These culminate in fibrillat...

Hepatitis is Deadly

احتمال ابتلای پرستاران به هپاتیت B بیش از احتمال ابتلای آنان به ویروس ایدز است. احتیاطات عمومی، واکسن هپاتیت B، و آگاهی از این بیماری، ابزارهائی هستند که شما احتیاج دارید تا خود را در مقابل تماس های شغلی محافظت نمایید.

Deadly duo

An astonishing one-third of the world’s population is infected with the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In most people it remains inactive or latent but in about 10% of people an active case of TB disease will develop within their lifetime. Simple antibiotics can prevent and treat most of these cases, yet 8-10 million people develop an active TB infection an...

Deadly ingestions.

More than 50% of the toxic-exposure calls to US poison centers involve children. Although most of these exposures are nontoxic, there are several products and medications that are widely available to the pediatric population that can lead to severe toxicity or even death. With some of these medications, death or severe symptoms can occur with the ingestion of only a small amount. It is importan...