urinary tracts‚ skin‚ soft tissue and bone. Contraindications: Hypersensitivity to drug‚ colitis‚ GI disorders‚ renal impairment‚ liver impairment‚ pregnancy‚ infants below 1 month. • Observe the 10 rights o Right Patient o Right Drug o Right Dose o Right Time o Right Route o Right to refuse o Right Assessment o Right Education o Right Documentation o Right Evaluation • Ask for any history of Allergy to the drug‚ renal failure‚ hepatic impairment‚ GI disorders • Advise patient to complete
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additional shots 3‚ 7‚ and 14 days after the first dose. To prevent getting infected with rabies‚ stay away from domestic and wild animals‚ especially dogs‚ at all times The normal dose of rabies vaccine is 5 doses but the new recommendations‚ based off of evidence from rabies virus pathogenesis data‚ reduced it down to 4 doses. The 4 dose vaccine with RIG (rabies immune globulin) has a better chance of a successful outcome than a normal 5 dose Rabies is caused by a Rhabdovirus‚ a rod shaped virus
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This work of HCA 340 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 Managing Multidisciplinary Professionals consists of: Dr. White ordered an unusual dose of a medication for a patient. May Patterson‚ RN‚ sees the order and believes it to be the wrong dose. She is afraid to call Dr. White because he can be abrasive at times. Nurse Patterson asks the charge nurse who is not as familiar with the patient to call the doctor. The charge nurse calls Dr. White. He insists that he knows what is best for the patient
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GLIPIZIDE EXTENDED RELEASE TABLETS FOR ORAL USE DESCRIPTION Glipizide is an oral blood-glucose-lowering drug of the sulfonylurea class. The Chemical Abstracts name of glipizide is 1-cyclohexyl-3-[[p-[2-(5methylpyrazinecarboxamido)ethyl] phenyl]sulfonyl]urea. The molecular formula is C21H27N5O4S; the molecular weight is 445.55; the structural formula is shown below: N HC 3 N CONHCH2CH2 SO NHCONH 2 Glipizide is a whitish‚ odorless powder with a pKa of 5.9. It is insoluble in water and
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DOCTOR’S ORDER: Medications: Ancef 750 mg IV q12h Elavil 50 mg po qhs Calcium Carbonate 1000 mg po once daily Vit D 1000 units po once daily Actonel 35 mg/week po Vagifem 10mcg tablet into the vagina qhs Imitrex 75 mg po q4h prn for a maximum of 2 doses daily Metformin 750 mg po TID with meals Buffered Aspirin 650 mg po q6h prn QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: 1. Why are these medications ordered for Ms. Sears? What is the therapeutic effect of each medication? Ancef (Cefazolin)- anti infectives
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A medical field is a place full of diverse opportunities. Opportunities such as surgery‚ medicine treatments‚ and multiple therapy options. Radiation therapy has impacted many people’s lives just in the last few years. Cancer patients especially‚ have been given another chance at life through a few treatment rounds. In the past to remove cancerous tumors and small masses‚ surgery was the only option to improve those patients lives; with advances in technology and medicine‚ radiation therapy has
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Linn (combretaceae) fruit‚ on fasting blood sugar levels and serum biochemical analysis in alloxan-induced diabetic rats were investigated. All the three extracts of Terminalia catappa produced a significant antidiabetic activity at dose levels 1/5 of their lethal doses. Concurrent histological studies of the pancreas of these animals showed comparable regeneration by methanolic and aqueous extracts which were earlier‚ necrosed by alloxan. Rao and Naidu (2010) suggested that the plant extract (methanolic)
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Dialysis Experience 3/23/2012 Medical Surgical Hemodialysis (HD) is one of several renal replacement therapies used for the treatment of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) and kidney failure. Dialysis removes excess fluids and waste products and restores chemical and electrolyte balance. HD involves passing the patient’s blood through an artificial semipermeable membrane to perform
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Case Study #2 Ambar Alvarez California State University – San Marcos NURS 312 Pharmacology and Pathophysiology Alham Abuatiq. PhD. MSN.RN July 30‚ 2017 Case Study# 2 1. Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome that involves dysfunction of the cardiac muscle‚ it occurs with “any of disorders that damage or overwork the heart muscle” (Karch‚ 2017 p.751). Some of the disorders that may lead to HF are: coronary artery disease‚ cardiomyopathy‚ hypertension‚ and valvular heart disease (Karch‚ 2017).
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and was treated with vehicle (Normal saline) only. The second group considered as standard group which was treated with reference drug (Diazepam 2 mg/kg bw). The third and fourth groups were considered as test groups and were treated with SMCE at the dose level of 100mg and 200mg/kg bw respectively. Animals were fasted 18 h prior to the experiment. An adaptation period of about forty five minutes after the drug treatment‚ the experimental animals were placed individually in the center of a platform
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