The distance measured from the tip of the nose to the earlobe and from the earlobe to the xiphoid process
Inserting NGT can gain access to the stomach and its content. Draining of stomach content is possible, decompression or obtain a specimen of the gastric content is possible. This can allow gastric immobility and gastric obstruction to be identified. This is usually contraindicted to patients with facial trauma due to possibility of inserting the tube intracranially. Complications that can be expected are aspiration, trauma.
<span>True.
Earthquakes are felt whenever there is a slip around a fault in the rocks below the earth. This reorientation of faults create sesmic waves and is known as earthquake, the severity of which is measured in richter scale. These are more prominent in hilly regions as the rocks usually form faults to balance the pressures on it.</span>
The factors that determines the rate of diffusion in the biological system include: temperature, size of the particles, diffusion distance and concentration gradients. Of all these factors, the most important one is the TEMPERATURE.
The relationship between temperature and the rate of diffusion is a direct one, that is, the higher the temperature the higher the rate of diffusion and vice versa. At high temperature the molecules in the particles move faster because they have higher amount of energy.
<h2>Inflammation of the pericardial sac is the process that would have occurred within the pericardium.</h2>
Explanation:
- Post myocardial infarction (MI), pericardial inflammation or early pericarditis is a complication that usually occurs within the first 24-96 hour time period.
- The high-pitched, scratchy, scraping sound heard with an increase in exhalation when the client leans forward is due to the increased pericardial frictional rub of the inflamed pericardial layers in the pericardial sac.
- These heart sounds are typical of pericarditis and can be best heard during inspiration as well as forced expiration with the patient in the forward-leaning position.
