A 17 year old girl is brought to the ED by paramedics. Her…
A 17 year old girl is brought to the ED by paramedics. Her mother states she is a diabetic. Room air ABGs reveal the following: pH 7.26 PaCO2 16 mmHg PaO2 110 mmHg HCO3- 8 mEq/L This information indicates which of the following? 1. Partly compensated metabolic acidosis is present 2. This PaO2 is not possible on room air 3. Respiratory alkalosis is present
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In Mixtec and Tlapanec communities in Guerrero, Mexico, brujos (witches) create figurines using wax, sugar, or dead animals to represent other people in the community. The brujo then enacts whatever misfortune he wishes for his victim on the figurine, with the expectation that the person represented will feel it. How would an anthropologist most likely categorize this practice?
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