My student elective: surgery in Jersey City.

My student elective: surgery in Jersey City.

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My student elective. Acumen in the Transkei.

taking my elective in an underdeveloped part of the world, but the scene below made me feel wary. An hour after leaving the international section of Jan Smuts Airport, Johannesburg, and 36 hours after leaving Heathrow, I arrived at K D Matanzima Airport, Transkei, which is 15 km outside the capital Umtata. After "scrounging" a lift into town, I managed to secure a two-month study visa from a ne...

My student elective. Problems in Peru.

My first aim on this elective was to obtain experience of medicine and society in a country greatly different from Britain. My second aim was to collect specimens of soil and blood and compare the prevalence of toxocariasis in the local population with the reservoir of infection in the soil. I will not describe the results of my study in detail, but I can say, although the detailed results are ...

My student elective. Babies and bananas: on foot in Rwanda.

Fasting duration in patients undergoing elective surgery

Background and Purpose: Preoperative fast is the essential part of preoperative care for those patients who are candidates for elective surgery. Fast prolongation results in side effects such as: sweating, irritability, decrease in blood sugar and restlessness. Despite the noticeable changes in fasting guidelines and their application in many countries, it seems that in Iran, these rules are no...