Ever since I was a kid‚ I’ve always saw hospitals as a scary‚ evil place that takes away a person’s life. To me‚ once you entered‚ you’d never come back out. I thought of it as the grim reaper in the form of a building. The reason I believed this was because I would ask about one of my mom’s adult friends and she’d tell me that they went to the hospital but they won’t be coming back. Unexpectedly‚ my view on the hospital has since changed at the age of ten. It was a night that I heard a high pitched
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Drug Card for Filgrastim Brand name: Neupogen Classification: Therapeutic: Colony-stimulating factors Indications: Prevention of febrile neutropenia and associated infection in patients who have recevied bone marrow-depressing antineoplastics. Action: Glycoprotein that binds to and stimulates immature neutrophils to divide and differentiate Pharmacokinetics: Well absorbed with subQ. Distribution‚ and metabolism and excretion are unknown. Half life is 3.5 hours Time: Route is IV or SubQ. Onset
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papers can also be stressful situations to people. Stress affects the body in many different ways. Many doctors estimate that stress is involved in more than half of all illnesses. Stress may cause or prolong an illness or increase its severity. Epinephrine is a hormone that is released during a stress reaction that effect organs throughout the body. As a result of the hormones being secreted in the
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Have you ever wished you could instantly figure out what other people are thinking? What triggers them to think that way? Or react to a certain moment differently than others? psychology is interested in an enormous range of topics‚ looking at human behavior and mental process from the neural level to the cultural level. Psychologists study human issues that begin before birth and continue until death. Even though many scientists along with psychologists have been studying "the human" for thousands
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Written Assignment 1 1) Identify the organs of the endocrine system‚ including their locations and structures. Hypothalamus: Is located below the thalamus just above the brainstem. Pituitary: Is location within the sella turcica which is a dip in the sphenoid bone. Structures are tropic hormone and neurohypophysis. Thyroid: A) Location: anteriorly‚ above the thyroid glad. B) Structures are the isthmus connecting the two lobe and thyroid follices and network of capillaries Adrenal:
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M27_MARI6128_10_SE_CH27.QXD 1/19/11 6:38 PM Page 411 R E V I E W NAME ________________________________ LAB TIME/DATE _______________________ S H E E T EXERCISE 27 Functional Anatomy of the Endocrine Glands Gross Anatomy and Basic Function of the Endocrine Glands 1. Both the endocrine and nervous systems are major regulating systems of the body; however‚ the nervous system has been compared to an airmail delivery system and the endocrine system to the Pony Express. Briefly
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People with Tourette syndrome live a more difficult life than normal. Physically‚ they can face problems with their body due to tics that occurs with this condition. They also face difficulties mentally‚ such as anxiety‚ depression‚ ADHD and OCD. People with Tourette syndrome may also interfere with their daily living‚ including going to the dentist. As stated by the Tourette Syndrome Fact Sheet (2012)‚ there are no formal testing for this condition‚ but to diagnose‚ a series of questions are asked
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Mr. M‚ 52‚ comes to the ED complaining of intermittent palpitations‚ shortness of breath‚ and lightheadedness. Triage takes Mr. M back into the treatment area after a quick evaluation. His vital signs are BP‚ 140/80; pulse‚ 148 and regular; respirations‚ 18; and SpO2‚ 97% on room air. While a colleague obtains peripheral I.V. access‚ you attach a cardiac monitor‚ which shows sinus tachycardia with frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). Next‚ you use the SAMPLE mnemonic to conduct
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What You Need to Know About Itching Itching can be one of the cruelest forms of torture known to man. In many ways‚ it is one of the most annoying side effects of cancer and many of the medications that are used to treat it. There are two forms of itching the average cancer patient may experience‚ itching that comes on suddenly is referred to as "acute"‚ and itching that occurs over a longer period of time is referred to as "chronic". The itching might occur by itself or along with various other
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Thomas rose HSSA 101 winter 2010 L romwall Term paper Benzodiazepines Benzodiazepines are by far the most widely used sedative-hypnotic in the united states.(uppers downers all arounders) this class of drugs was developed in the 1950s as an alternative to barbiturates. Because they have a fairly large margin of safety‚ many healthcare professionals initially overlooked their peculiarities: the length of time they last in the body tissues‚ their ability to induce tissue dependence at low
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