her coworkers because she was around when some patients would go into cardiac arrest and she would be the first one to yell “code blue” and administer epinephrine to try and stop the heart attack before the emergency team arrived sometimes saving the persons life. The death rate started to increase and there started to become a shortage of epinephrine . Well some of her coworkers became kind of suspicious of the whole situation and started to think that her nickname that they gave her really started
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also alters mental status. Amphetamine may have toxic effects on dopamine and serotonin neurons while cocaine is a potent blocker of the dopamine‚ norepinephrine‚ and serotonin uptake transporters. Amphetamines cause neuronal storage vesicles in the cytoplasm to release neurotransmitters to the synapse which inhibit the uptake of dopamine‚ norepinephrine‚ and serotonin by membrane transporters and act as mild inhibitors of monoamine oxidase. After research‚ theories of addiction have mainly been developed
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Date: 07/27/14 Total Score: 100 % 1 CATEGORY anatomy QUESTION Backward effects of left-sided heart failure include: CORRECT ANSWER A) Pulmonary congestion YOUR ANSWER A) Pulmonary congestion Deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle flows through the right and left pulmonary arteries to the right and left lung. After entering the lungs‚ the branches subdivide‚ finally emerging as RATIONALE capillaries which surround the alveoli and release the carbon dioxide in exchange for oxygen. The capillaries
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Mrs. P. V.‚ a 50-year-old‚ African American female with a diagnosis of sepsis. She had a history of various medical conditions‚ including diabetes mellitus‚ leucopenia‚ orthostatic hypotension‚ HIV‚ and end stage renal disease. She had all toes amputated on he left foot and an index finger on her left arm. Mrs. P. V. is also a dialysis patient‚ who visits Inpatient Dialysis Unit at the SGMC. She was sent to the ED from Inpatient Dialysis Unit for altered mental status with somnolence‚ low blood pressure
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Chapter 2- Neuroscience and biological foundations Glial Cells (three types): Make up about 90% of the brain’s total cells. They also supply nutrients and oxygen‚ perform clean up tasks‚ and insulate one neuron from another so that their neural messages are not scrambled. Oligodedreocytes: helps to create the myelin sheath. Purpose speed up communication in the brain. Insulate axons. Makes Neural transmissions. Microglia: Special immune cells in the brain. They can detect unhealthy and damaged
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Access to an EpiPen is getting more difficult for people of lower income. Parents are having to decide whether to pay bills or to protect their children from death by anaphylactic shock. An EpiPen is just “$1 or so worth of epinephrine that is used in the auto-injection device. That device itself is believed to cost just several more dollars to make.”3 The EpiPen is overpriced and restricts accessibility to those who may have inexpensive insurance‚ can’t afford the out of pocket
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(luh-BET-uh-lol) BRAND NAMES: Normodyne‚ Trandate DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Labetalol is a drug that is used for treating high blood pressure. Nerves from the adrenergic nervous system travel from the spinal cord to arteries where they release norepinephrine. Norepinephrine attaches to adrenergic receptors on arteries and causes the arteries to contract‚ narrowing the arteries‚ and increasing blood pressure. Labetalol blocks receptors of the adrenergic nervous system. When labetalol attaches to and blocks
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Should Stimulant Medications be used to treat our Children? What is Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? With no cure for ADHD‚ stimulant medication should be considered for the overall management of the disruptive symptoms associated with the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common mental health problem in children. Children with ADHD often have problems with attention span‚ hyperactivity
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Peanut Allergies Axia College of University of Phoenix COM 125 May 20‚ 2007 Peanut Allergies Peanut allergies are the most common allergies among all the food allergies. Peanut allergies are also the most severe among all of the food allergies. The problem is that many children in America and all across the world love to eat food that contains peanuts. Johnson Publishing Co said‚ “the peanut allergy in children‚ considered to be one of the most severe food reactions‚ presents
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serotonin reptake inhibitor (SSRIs). The side effects for these are decreased sexual desire‚ as well as delayed orgasm. Serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) can be used as well‚ and their side effects are increased perspiring‚ dry mouth‚ fast heart rate as well as constipation. Another medication that can be used for depression is Norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors (NDRIs)‚ which have the side effect of increase risk for seizures. They also use different forms of antidepressants
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