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5.7 Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology is the science as well as practice of giving anesthetics (substances
to stop patients feeling pain).
Leakage of anesthetic gases from machines, scavenging, and breathing out by
patients find their way to atmosphere and are believed to have noteworthy ozonedepleting potential resulting in destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer
(Nunn 2008).
Assuming that nearly 200 million anesthetic procedures are performed every
year in the world, Sulbaek et al. (2010) anticipated that the globally inhaled aesthetics emissions will be equivalent to 4.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
5.8 Community Medicine
Community medicine is the branch of medicine concerning health care issues
affecting entire community. Community well-being focus on the protection, maintenance, as well as improvement of the health status of population groups as well as
communities. It deals with the study as well as improvement of the health of biological communities.
Goals of community medicine
• Focus shift from treatment of sick
• Prevention of diseases
• Promotion of healthiness
• Quality of life improvement for individuals and groups
Human community is formed by families. Family practices as well as cultures
such as alcoholism, smoking, violence, and crime will be easily absorbed by
younger members resulting in negative health. Further offspring will also inherit
many genetic diseases.
There are numerous genetic disease inheritances that include following
four modes:
(a) Single gene inheritance: These disorders are known as monogenetic disorders
(disorders of a single gene).
(b) Multifactorial inheritance: These disorders are caused by a combination of
environmental factors besides mutations in multiple genes.
(c) Chromosome abnormalities: Abnormalities in chromosome can result in
disease.
(d) Mitochondrial inheritance: This type of genetic disorder occurs due to mutations in the DNA in mitochondria.
The health of family members depends on affordability of family to the following:
(a) Balanced nutrition
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5.7 Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology is the science as well as practice of giving anesthetics (substances
to stop patients feeling pain).
Leakage of anesthetic gases from machines, scavenging, and breathing out by
patients find their way to atmosphere and are believed to have noteworthy ozonedepleting potential resulting in destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer
(Nunn 2008).
Assuming that nearly 200 million anesthetic procedures are performed every
year in the world, Sulbaek et al. (2010) anticipated that the globally inhaled aesthetics emissions will be equivalent to 4.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
5.8 Community Medicine
Community medicine is the branch of medicine concerning health care issues
affecting entire community. Community well-being focus on the protection, maintenance, as well as improvement of the health status of population groups as well as
communities. It deals with the study as well as improvement of the health of biological communities.
Goals of community medicine
• Focus shift from treatment of sick
• Prevention of diseases
• Promotion of healthiness
• Quality of life improvement for individuals and groups
Human community is formed by families. Family practices as well as cultures
such as alcoholism, smoking, violence, and crime will be easily absorbed by
younger members resulting in negative health. Further offspring will also inherit
many genetic diseases.
There are numerous genetic disease inheritances that include following
four modes:
(a) Single gene inheritance: These disorders are known as monogenetic disorders
(disorders of a single gene).
(b) Multifactorial inheritance: These disorders are caused by a combination of
environmental factors besides mutations in multiple genes.
(c) Chromosome abnormalities: Abnormalities in chromosome can result in
disease.
(d) Mitochondrial inheritance: This type of genetic disorder occurs due to mutations in the DNA in mitochondria.
The health of family members depends on affordability of family to the following:
(a) Balanced nutrition
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