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2014年11月15日 星期六
Memory: Pain perception
Pain, in any form, is one of the most common chief complaints presented by patients visiting hospitals.
Specific forms of pain are likely to indicate certain diseases; therefore, description of how the pain feels and how much discomfort it causes are of great importance.
In medical record writing, pain is measured by a scale of 1 to 10, which provides subjective observation by the patient. I have not undergone any major operation or experience any sorts of deep pain, so it's not likely I can relate to how the patients feel.
In his book, Thinking, fast and slow, Daniel Kahneman proposed that, from pp.379-pp.381,
there are two principal rules that affects how patients perceive the pain.
For 1., both groups have the highest score at 8, but Red ended with 7, Blue ended with 1, thus giving a mean value of 7.5 and 4.5 respectively.
For 2. It's evident that Blue sustains longer duration.
However, the answer is that patients blue feels LESS pain despite undergoing longer duration.
Conclusion is that what matters the most is our memory in the end that affects how we perceive and feel about the event we have been through.
(I'm jumping a little a bit but that's basically what the author expresses..)
Specific forms of pain are likely to indicate certain diseases; therefore, description of how the pain feels and how much discomfort it causes are of great importance.
In medical record writing, pain is measured by a scale of 1 to 10, which provides subjective observation by the patient. I have not undergone any major operation or experience any sorts of deep pain, so it's not likely I can relate to how the patients feel.
In his book, Thinking, fast and slow, Daniel Kahneman proposed that, from pp.379-pp.381,
there are two principal rules that affects how patients perceive the pain.
He designed an experiment that two patients undergoing a painful colonoscopy. Because the data was collected in the early 1990s, it was performed without administration of anesthetics.
Who do you think suffers more ?
Consider two rules:
1. Peak-end rule.
2. Duration neglect.
For 2. It's evident that Blue sustains longer duration.
However, the answer is that patients blue feels LESS pain despite undergoing longer duration.
Conclusion is that what matters the most is our memory in the end that affects how we perceive and feel about the event we have been through.
(I'm jumping a little a bit but that's basically what the author expresses..)
2014年10月7日 星期二
Paucity of jejunum!!空腸不夠多!!!
One of my must-have traditional Taiwanese snack is vermicelli with large intestine.
It's a fairly common noodle soup that can be found across the country in night markets
or simply any food shop. It comes with misua( Taiwanese vermicelli) and oyster/ large intestine( or both).
I'd like to add some coriander, chopped garlic and chili pepper to improve the flavor.
First off, the new word I learned to day is " jeune".
According to Collins Cobuild dictionary,
1. If you describe something or someone as jejune, you are criticizing them for being very simple and unsophisticated. (FORMAL)
2. If you describe something or someone as jejune, you mean they are dull and boring. (OLD-
FASHIONED)
The origin of the word comes from Latin, jejunus, which also gave off the word that's used medically, jejunum.
Jejunum is the middle section of small intestine. The section is frequently found to be void of food following death, due to its intensive peristaltic activity relative to the duodenum and ileum.
And for paucity. It reminds me of the pauci-immune vasculitis....
2014年9月28日 星期日
Drawing newborn. 新生兒速寫
Eyes closed as if capsulated.
His proportion hard to depict.
My English failed to capture the essence of language
as My sketch skills endangered him with aging.
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