The element symbol for Germanium is Ge. It is located in row 4 column 4 on the periodic table and is in block p. It belongs in group 14. Germanium was first proposed by Dmitri Mendeleyev in 1871 based on the gaps found in the newly made periodic table. Germanium was first discovered by the German chemist Clemens Winkler ( Winkler ). Clemens Winkler was born in Freiburg‚ Germany in 1838 but he grew up Zschopenthal‚ Germany. His father Kurt Winkler was a well known chemist and metallurgist. Clemens
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Rifampicin - a semisynthetic compound derived from Amycolatopsis rifamycinica In 1957‚ a soil sample from a pine forest on the French Riviera was brought for analysis to the Lepetit Pharmaceuticals research lab in Milan‚ Italy. There‚ a research group headed by Prof. Piero Sensi (1920-) and Dr. Maria Teresa Timbal (1925 - 1969) discovered a new bacterium. This new species appeared immediately of great scientific interest since it was producing a new class of molecules with antibiotic activity. Because
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Postpartum case study 1. Title page: Date: 05/10/11 Instructor: 2. Patient data: C O MR#0882470 financial#110941625 G:2 P: 1001 Room: Age: 37 Allergies: PNC‚ Codeine Date of care 3. Medical history: None 4. Obstetrical history: C/S 12/27/07 40 wks 7.4 lbs Female‚ H/O post partum depression Week gestation first seen 13 4/7 weeks 5. Labor/Delivery Summary: Induced at 40 weeks Stage
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HS140 Week 6 Assignment Name: Chantea Braddock Please answer the case study questions‚ showing your work where applicable. Each question is worth 5 points. Case 1 A patient is prescribed a pain medication with the directions: i tab PO q 12h The patient takes the first does upon waking at 8:30 am. 1. When should the second dose be taken? The second dose should be taken at 8:30 pm. 2. Read pages 146 and 147 in the textbook and then express your answer using international standard
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Prescriptive Case Study Three Ms. Tesla comes into the cardiology office‚ complaining of fatigue‚ palpitations‚ shortness of breath with mild activity‚ ongoing consistently for the past week without any chest pain or syncopal episodes. She is a 75-year-old woman with a history of atrial fibrillation (AFib)‚ controlled type 2 diabetes‚ myocardial infarction (MI) with a history of percutaneous coronary intervention to right coronary artery‚ stage IV chronic renal failure‚ and a mild mitral regurgitation
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Alzheimer’s Disease: Alzheimer’s Disease is a degenerative brain process that produces‚ usually slowly over time‚ dementia or senility. It is also known as senile dementia. The brain is disrupted from the way it normally works – mental function becomes impaired -- and the patient’s memory‚ ability to think clearly and sometimes the patient’s language is impaired. The causes of Alzheimer’s are still not known -- but we do know that the disease produces physical change in the brain. There is shrinking
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Target Audience: The intended learner for this program is a licensed registered nurse with a minimum of 6 months employment as a nurse‚ who possesses a basic understanding of cancer biology. Course Requirements: All of the following requirements must be met Attend the course in its entirety Minimum of 80% on the post-test Submission of the Course Evaluation within one week of the close of the course Only registered nurses are eligible to receive the ONS Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Provider
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Treatment of chemotherapy on the liver Anatomy Honors‚ Period 6 Introduction Chemotherapy is known to have many negative side effects on all different parts of the body. Your hair falls out and your body becomes weak‚ but what effect does it have on your liver? This paper explores the effects chemo has on a person by review of scientific articles and experiments. Medicine Bleomycin is known to induce DNA strand breakage but is an integral part of chemotherapy in patients with germ-cell
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diarrhea‚ skin reactions‚ and weakness of dronedarone has a much shorter duration. Compared to amiodarone‚ dronedarone does not significantly affect the thyroid‚ lungs‚ or the eyes (Burchum & Rosenthal‚ 2016). Although‚ dronedarone can cause hepatotoxicity. Furthermore‚ Dronedarone has the ability to raise warfarin levels‚ which has a narrow therapeutic range and metabolized by a substrate of CYP3A4‚ making monitoring of drug toxicity complicated (Burchum & Rosenthal‚
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1.Discuss the significance of Amira’s laboratory findings. The patient‚ Amira’s lab values is as follows; Hematology: hemoglobin 10.1 g/dL; hematocrit 25%; platelets 50‚000/mm3; white blood cell count 2‚000/mm3; differential: neutrophils 20%. The chemotherapy treatment‚ causes a variety of side effects. One of the adverse effect is called as myelosuppression‚ where the bone marrow activity is decreased resulting in fewer red blood cells‚ white blood cells‚ and platelets (National Cancer
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