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 . It is the time after birth, a time in which the mother s body, including hormone levels and uterus size, returns to a non pregnant state. 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 that uses G P to stand for number of pregnancy and outcome of pregnancy. 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 . Postpartum period in mothers A woman in the Western world 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 from Shiftwork to Continuity ... girdle pain Early postnatal hospital discharge Postpartum depression References Reflist External ... 40000280 Patient UK Postnatal Care Puerperium http www.fight4kids.com postpartum.htm Postpartum Social ... Planner Postnatal post traumatic stress disorder Humandevelopment Pregnancy Category Childbirth ar ... more details
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale EPDS is a 10 item questionnaire that developed to identify women who have Postpartum Depression PPD . ref Cox J.L., Holden J.M., Sagovsky R. Detection of postnatal depression development of the 10 item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Br J Psychiatry 1987 150 782 6. PMID 3651732 ref Items of the scale correspond to various clinical depression symptom s, such as guilt feeling, sleep disturbance, low energy, anhedonia , and suicide suicidal ideation . Overall assessment is done by total score, which is determined by adding together the scores for each of the 10 items. The EPDS may be used within 8 weeks postpartum and it also can be applied for depression screening during pregnancy . ref Bergink V, Kooistra L, Lambregtse van den Berg MP, Wijnen H, Bunevicius R, van Baar A, Pop V. Validation of the Edinburgh Depression Scale during pregnancy. J Psychosom Res. 2011 Apr 70 4 385 9. Epub 2010 Dec 10. PMID 21414460 ref The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is a widely used depression Mechanical screening screening tool, which has been adapted and validated in many languages. ref Garcia Esteve L, Ascaso C, Ojuel J, Navarro P. Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale EPDS in Spanish mothers. J Affect Disord. 2003 Jun 75 1 71 6. PMID 12781353 ref ref Bergant AM, Nguyen T, Heim K, Ulmer H, Dapunt O. German language version and validation of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 1998 Jan 16 123 3 35 40. PMID 9472218 ref ref Vivilaki VG, Dafermos V, Kogevinas M, Bitsios P, Lionis C. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale translation and validation for a Greek sample. BMC Public Health 2009 Sep 9 9 329. PMID 19740443 ref See also Diagnostic classification and rating scales used in psychiatry References Reflist Category Clinical psychology tests Category Abnormal psychology Category Mood disorders Category Psychiatric instruments depression ... more details
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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 Asian cultures. Magnetic confinement fusion disambig es Confinamiento fr Confinement he ... more details
Sex determination may refer to Development of an organism s sex A Sex determination system , a biological system that directs the development of sexual characteristics in an organism Sex determination and differentiation human Sexual differentiation , the development of sexual characteristics in humans Discernment of an organism s sex Prenatal sex discernment , prenatal testing for the discernment of the fetal sex in humans Postnatal sex discernment , discernment of sex by inspecting the genitalia when a baby is delivered Sex assignment , a human social act carrying the assumption that the assigned person will then have a corresponding gender identity Sexing , used by biologists and agricultural workers to discern the sex of livestock or other animals See also Gender , including biological sex Sexual dimorphism , a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species, used in sex discernment Sex differences in humans disambiguation ... 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
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 assistant 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 Project network Diagram, a method of organizing all the deliverables of a project Project Management disambig de PND es PND fa PND fr PND it PND nl PND pt PND ... more details
the baby is born. This is called postnatal surgery. Recently, doctors have developed an experimental ..., 183 met all the inclusion criteria. Ninety two cases were randomized to postnatal repair and 91 ... 37 weeks of pregnancy. The infants in the postnatal surgery group had their spina bifida closed ... versus Postnatal Repair of Myelomeningocele journal New England Journal of Medicine date 9 Feb 2011 ... surgery group, and twice as many children were walking independently at 30 months as compared to the postnatal ... 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 File TheLuckyOnes.jpg thumb right 1st edition publ. Fourth Estate 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 short story collections Category British short story collections DEFAULTSORT Lucky Ones Category Single author short story collections story collection stub ... more details
Orphan date December 2010 Keppen Lubinsky syndrome is an extremely rare congenital disorder . The minimal clinical criteria for the Keppen Lubinsky syndrome are as follows normal growth parameters at birth, postnatal growth failure, peculiar facial appearance with skin tightly adherent to facial bones, generalized lipodystrophy and development delay. References Gorlin RJ, Cohen MM, Hennekam RCM. 2001. Keppen Lubinsky syndrome. In Gorlin RJ, Cohen MM, Hennekam RCM, editors. Syndromes of the head and neck, 4th ed. New York Oxford University Press. p 1179. http books.google.it books?id IQGRwClxPTEC De Brasi D, Brunetti Pierri N, Di Micco P, Andria G, Sebastio G. New syndrome with generalized lipodystrophy and a distinctive facial appearance confirmation of Keppen Lubinski syndrome?. Am J Med Genet A. 117A, 2, 194 5. 2003. doi 10.1002 ajmg.a.10936. PMID 12567423. Lina Basel Vanagaite, Lisa Shaffer, David Chitayat. American Journal of Medical Genetics 149A 8 1827 9 2009 , Keppen Lubinsky syndrome Expanding the phenotype. PMID 19610118 External links http www.danielefiorenza.com en diagnosi Diagnosis of a child affected by Keppen Lubinsky syndrome Category Syndromes Category Rare diseases Category Genetic disorders with no OMIM it Sindrome di Keppen Lubinsky pl Zesp Keppen w Lubinskiego ... 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 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 Singing 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 debut albums Category Gone Postal albums Category Molestin Records albums 2000s death metal album stub ... more details
PPD , also called postnatal depression , is a form of clinical depression which can affect women, and less ... peridepsum.htm . ref Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale ... depression. ref cite journal author Cox J.L., Holden J.M., Sagovsky R. year 1987 title Detection of postnatal depression development of the 10 item Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale url journal Br ... of detecting Postnatal Depression PND is the use of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. If the new ... downloads edinburghscale.pdf Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale ref Onset and duration Postpartum ... A Retrospective Investigation at 4 Weeks Postnatal and a Review of the Literature accessdate 2008 07 ... of Postnatal Depression An Update accessdate 2010 11 04 pmid 11570712 volume 50 issue 5 pages 275 285 ... 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 ... biological mothers had significantly higher Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale EPDS scores than the sample ... year 2000 url title Postnatal depression identification of women at risk . accessdate 2011 12 ... Postnatal Depression Scale ref http www.dbpeds.org media edinburghscale.pdf Edinburgh Postnatal ... about, and a recommendation for, a daily prenatal postnatal vitamin supplement. B Vitamins ... Study of Fluoxetine and Cognitive Behavioural Counseling in the Treatment of Postnatal Depression ... , display authors 1 ref Treatment for Postnatal Psychosis is essential it will not go away without ... 32em Further reading cite journal author Beck C.T. year 1995 title The effects of postnatal depression ... cite journal author Edhborg Maigun year 2001 title The long term impact of postnatal depressed mood ... Fowles E.R. year 1996 title Relationships among prenatal maternal attachment, presence of postnatal ... Murray L year 1992 title The Impact of Postnatal Depression on Infant Development url journal Journal ... 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 Centromere Metacentric 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 ... more details
BLP sources date April 2012 Infobox scientist name Peter Schwartze image PeterSchwartze1988 WP.jpg birth date 1931 birth place Germany Image Flag of Germany.svg 35px nationality Germans German ethnicity fields Neurophysiology br Vestibular system br Biocybernetics workplaces Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology alma mater Leipzig University doctoral advisor academic advisors doctoral students notable students Yiannis Laouris awards influences de Hans Drischel Hans Drischel influenced Peter Schwartze born 1031 is a German neurophysiologist, systems scientist and cyberneticist well known in the ex German Democratic Republic . Schwartze studied medicine and specialized in Neurophysiology. He studied and worked at the universities of Rostock , Greifswald and Leipzig . He became Professor of Pathophysiology in 1978 and served as the Director of the Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology between 1980 and 1992 as successor of de Hans Drischel Hans Drischel . He also served as member of the People s Chamber East German Parliament , in the Cultural Association of the GDR Cultural Association fraction ref Liste der Mitglieder der Volkskammer der DDR http de.wikipedia.org wiki Liste der Mitglieder der Volkskammer der DDR 289. Wahlperiode 29 ref Scientific contributions Schwartze studied the vestibular apparatus, the Cat righting reflex air righting reflex ref Yiannis Laouris Laouris, Y. , Kalli Laouri and Schwartze, P. 1990 . The postnatal development of the air righting reaction in albino rats. Quantitative analysis of normal development and the effect of preventing neck torso and torso pelvis rotations. Behavioural Brain Research 37 37 44 ref and related spinal reflexes for over 30 years. He published hundreds of scientific reports mostly in German journals and a number of scientific and text books on issues of brain development , ref Gramsbergen, A, Schwartze, P. and Prechtl, H.F.R. 1970 . The postnatal development of behavioral states in the rat. Developmental Psychobiology, 3 ... more details
distinguished from non ataxic controls as early as postnatal day 8 based on body tremor, gait anomalies ... ref On postnatal day 15, motor coordination deficits were evident on horizontal bar and inclined ... on postnatal day 22 and evaluation at the adult age revealed impairments indicative of permanent ... 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. Princess Naoko Planning , the media production company established by Naoko Takeuchi The Provincial Nominee Program, a Canadian class of economic immigrants Television A common acronym used for the CBC show Power & Politics hosted by Evan Solomon 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 is a type of patterned spontaneous activity that can be observed in preparations from developing brain at early stages of development ref name rev2007 cite journal author Ben Ari Y, Gaiarsa JL, Tyzio R, Khazipov R title GABA a pioneer transmitter that excites immature neurons and generates primitive oscillations journal Physiol. Rev. volume 87 issue 4 pages 1215 84 year 2007 month October pmid 17928584 doi 10.1152 physrev.00017.2006 url ref . These patterns of activity differ a lot from both the adult brain activity, and epileptiform activity. In human s they exist only on prenatal stages, in rat s they last for approximately postnatal P6 . GDPs were postulated to be essential for the establishment and maturation of synapse synaptic connections in the immature brain. 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. The increased level of KCC2 expression in adult, mature neurons alone is not the reason for the disappearance of the GDPs, however. References Reflist Category Neurology ... more details
Refimprove date June 2009 Infobox Anatomy Name Peritoneal cavity Latin cavitas peritonealis saccus serosus peritonei GraySubject GrayPage Image Caption Image2 Caption2 Precursor intraembryonic coelom System Artery Vein Nerve Lymph MeshName MeshNumber DorlandsPre c 16 DorlandsSuf 12220559 Code TerminologiaHistologica 3 04 08.0.00011 The peritoneal cavity is a potential space between the parietal peritoneum and visceral peritoneum, ref DorlandsDict nine 000951227 peritoneal cavity ref that is, the two membranes that separate the organs in the abdominal cavity from the abdominal wall. It is one of the spaces derived from the coelomic cavity of the embryo, the others being the pleural cavity pleural cavities around the lungs and the pericardial cavity around the heart. The peritoneal cavity is the largest Serous membrane serosal sac in the body and secretes approximately 50 ml of fluid per day. This fluid acts as a lubricant and has anti inflammatory properties. Clinical significance The peritoneal cavity is a common injection site, used in intraperitoneal injection . An increase in the capillary pressure in the abdominal viscera can cause fluid to leave the interstital space and enter the peritoneal cavity, a condition called ascites . In cases where cerebrospinal fluid builds up, such as in hydrocephalus , the fluid is commonly diverted to the peritoneal cavity by use of a Shunt medical shunt placed by surgery. ref cite journal last Adzick first Scott coauthors Thom, Spong, Brock, Burrows, et. al title A Randomized Trial of Prenatal versus Postnatal Repair of Myelomeningocele journal The New England Journal of Medicine date 17 year 2011 month March volume 364 issue 11 pages 993 1004 ref References reflist External links NormanAnatomy peritoneum Abdominopelvic cavity Category Abdomen Anatomy stub ar de Peritonealraum pl Jama otrzewnej pt Cavidade peritoneal ... 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 help a mother before and after she has had a baby. 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 Healthcare occupations in the United Kingdom 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 pmid 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 pmid 7725200 ref . It contains Cranial Nerve VII, also known as the facial nerve. 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 DEFAULTSORT Facial Canal ... more details
NOTOC Expand Catalan Joseph Altman date April 2012 Joseph Altman is an USA American biologist who has worked in the field of neurobiology . Altan discovered adult neurogenesis , the creation of new neuron s in the adult brain, in the 1960s. ref J. Altman & G. Das, Postnatal Neurogenesis in the Guinea pig , Nature journal Nature , 214, 1098 1101 10 June 1967 . doi 10.1038 2141098a0 ref As an independent investigator at MIT , his results were largely ignored. fact date January 2012 In the late 1990s, the fact that the brain can create new neurons even into adulthood was rediscovered, leading it to be one of the hottest fields in neuroscience . Joseph Altman continued his career at Purdue University , where he wrote several articles and books on cerebellar development. fact date January 2012 He is now retired. Awards 2011 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. fact date January 2012 See also Andr Gernez Stem cell Cerebellum References reflist External links http neurondevelopment.org Neuron Development Joseph Altman s research AcademicSearch 11099868 Use dmy dates date January 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Altman, Joseph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Neurobiologist DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH USA DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Altman, Joseph Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category American biologists Category American neuroscientists Category Neuroscientists Category Massachusetts Institute of Technology people Category Purdue University people Category Indiana University people Biologist stub US scientist stub ca Joseph Altman es Joseph Altman fr Joseph Altman pt Joseph Altman sv Joseph Altman ... more details
John Douglas Jack Pettigrew born 1943 is Emeritus Professor of Physiology and Director of the Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre at the University of Queensland in Australia . Professor Pettigrew s research interest is in comparative neuroscience . He has studied a variety of different birds and mammals with modern neural tracing techniques to unravel principles of brain organization. He was the chief proponent of the Flying primates theory , which was based on the similarity between the brains of megabats and primates . Special emphasis is placed on the visual, auditory and somatosensory systems. ref name jack http profiles.bacs.uq.edu.au Jack.Pettigrew.html Emeritus Prof Jack Pettigrew ref Professor Pettigrew was the first person to clarify the neurobiological basis of stereopsis when he described neurones sensitive to binocular disparity . His recent studies indicate a role for non visual pathways in the phenomenon of developmental plasticity during the postnatal critical period . He discovered that owls have independently evolved a system of binocular neurones like those found in mammals. Recent work uses binocular rivalry as an assay for interhemispheric switching, whose rhythm is altered in bipolar disorder . ref name jack His scientific work was recognized by several honours and awards, including becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of London Fellow of the Royal Society FRS and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science FAAS . References reflist External links Portal Australia http www.uq.edu.au news index.html?article 1315 Researchers unmask the living brain http www.abc.net.au science news stories s818193.htm Mystery of the Min Min lights explained http www.abc.net.au 7.30 stories s69879.htm New theory on manic depression Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pettigrew, Jack ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1943 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pettigrew, Jack Category Australian academics Cate ... more details
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