door on his finger. TM reports the initial pain as 6/10‚ and after ice X 20 minutes his pain was at 2/10. Tm describes the pain as pulsating pain. TM denies any numbness or tingling sensation to his left index finger. TM refused any ibuprofen or acetaminophen‚ stating that he has difficulty swallowing the pills. O: On inspection of the left index finger a finger mild swelling‚ nail bed intact‚ and a subungual Hematoma the fingernail. On palpation‚
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added as a disinfectant by certain municipalities‚ and lead can leach out of household plumbing. Brita® pitcher and faucet water filtration systems reduce the following common impurities‚ and can even remove 96.6% of pharmaceuticals including Acetaminophen‚ Carbamazepine‚ Estradiol‚ Naproxen and Progesterone¹: Pitchers and Dispensers: Reduce Chlorine (taste and odor)‚ Copper‚ and Mercury — all of which may be found in tap water. See our Impurities Reduction chart Faucet Filtration Systems: Reduce
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material in tea plants.” Using that percentage‚ this estimates the amount of caffeine in 5 grams of tea leaves is 0.25 grams compared to the actual 0.017grams gained and 6.8% was collected from the 5 grams. This lab performance was better than the acetaminophen lab and overall cooperation of participants was surprising though one of the participants confused the reflux apparatus with the
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N C S S S N C S C N S SH HS C N S 2 Importance of Drug Metabolism • Metabolism => Termination of Drug Action – Elimination (water soluble). O H N C CH3 O H N C CH3 O HN C CH3 + OH Acetaminophen O O S O OSulfate O O HO Glucuronide COO OH OH Importance of Drug Metabolism • Metabolism => Termination of Drug Action – Bioinactivation -and/or– Detoxification -and/or– Elimination -and/or- Importance of Drug Metabolism
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What do you know about the Zika virus? There are many things that people do not know about this disease‚ such as how or where it spreads‚ what the virus actually looks like‚ or what happens when a person is infected. The name “Zika virus” comes from the Ziika Forest in Uganda‚ which is where this disease was discovered in 1947. This virus is circle-shaped‚ with an RNA genome that is surrounded by a fatty membrane similar to other flaviviruses. The virus does not have a real color. The virus
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Varicella zoster virus is a double stranded icosahedral‚ nucleocapsid DNA molecule‚ with a lipid envelope enclosing it. Varicella zoster virus develops a latent infection in the neurons of the sensory ganglia. Primary infection causes varicella (chickenpox)‚ and reactivation of the virus causes a latent infection known as herpes zoster (shingles). Varicella is more common in children. Infection in adults is more severe and can lead to interstitial pneumonia. It is also more frequent in immunocompromised
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After surgery‚ patients in the general and spinal anesthesia group received opioids for postoperative pain and patients with epidurals received continuous infusions of hydromorphone and bupivacaine for 24 to 120 hours postoperatively (Ong‚ Arneja‚ & Ong‚ 2005). They found that patients who received epidural and spinal anesthesia had a significant decrease in pain in the first week after surgery compared to those who received general anesthesia. However‚ there was no difference in the use of opioid
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There are about 1.2 million abortions in the United States each year. Abortion is one of the most common medical procedures performed in the United States each year. More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives Most abortions are performed after your health care professional takes a brief and targeted medical history. Before you have this procedure‚ you will be asked questions about prior pregnancies and any treatment or care during the current
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the first line is Azithromycin 500 mg orally one dose‚ then 250 mg PO daily for 4 days or Clarithromycin 500 mg orally twice a day and finally Doxycycline 100 mg orally twice a day. In terms of her symptoms‚ Krista can take a cough suppressant‚ acetaminophen‚ and an antihistamine. Coricidin HBP is a combination drugs of the two latter drugs with a dose of 325 mg-2 mg 2 tabs oral every 4 to 6 hours not to exceed 12 tabs in a 24 hour period. This is the drug of choice for hypertension as well. Krista
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Approach to Cancer care Nursing 410v Grand Canyon University October 5‚ 2011 Staging is the process of finding out how much cancer there is in the body and where it is located. It is how the doctor learns the stage of a person’s cancer. Doctors use this information to plan treatment and to help predict a person’s outlook (prognosis). Cancers with the same stage tend to have similar outlooks and are often treated the same way. The cancer stage is also a way for doctors to describe the extent
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