Green-top Guideline No. 7 October 2010 Antenatal Corticosteroids to Reduce Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality Antenatal Corticosteroids to Reduce Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality This is the fourth edition of this guideline‚ which was previously published in April 1996‚ December 1999 and February 2004.The previous guideline was entitled Antenatal Corticosteroids to Prevent Respiratory Distress Syndrome. 1. Purpose and scope The aim of this guideline is to provide up-to-date information
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Chapter 48: Nursing Assessment: Endocrine System Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 22-year-old patient is being seen in the clinic with increased secretion of the anterior pituitary hormones. The nurse would expect the laboratory results to show a. increased urinary cortisol. b. decreased serum thyroxine. c. elevated serum aldosterone levels. d. low urinary catecholamines excretion. ANS: A Increased secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) by the anterior pituitary gland will lead to an increase
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tests can be planned for this at-risk group early to minimize the risk of long term deficits (Cho‚ Holditch-Davis‚ & Miles‚ 2010). The purpose of this study is significant to nursing in that it identifies an especially vulnerable population of neonates and the increased needs of this population. This group of medically at-risk infants should be more closely monitored and followed with regular developmental screenings and frequent visits to the pediatrician in order to identify areas in which they
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syndrome. The “benzodiazepine syndrome” is basically characterized by facial dysmorphism‚ hypotonia‚ and delayed motor development‚ polycystic kidney‚ submucous clef hard palate‚ microcephaly‚ varying degrees of mental retardation‚ convulsions and neonate abstinence syndrome. Some other studies that followed this hypothesis measure blood level of BZD and found out that elevated levels were evident after regular BZD treatment. Infants prenatally exposed to BZD were assessed in terms of their neuro-cognitive
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Critical appraisal guidelines: Quantitative study Medication errors has always been a major problem in healthcare. Drugs errors continue to claim many innocent lives. The purpose of the research was to identified the causes of medication errors during cardiopulmonary arrest. According by the article by Flannery & Parli (2016)‚ medication errors in the intensive care unit (ICU) range from 8.1 to 2344 per 1000 patient-days. Unfortunately‚ drug errors that occurred during Cardiac resuscitation are
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ACUTE APPENDICITIS -------------------------------- Submitted to The Faculty of Nursing Central Luzon College of Science and Technology Olongapo City -------------------------------- In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course Nursing Care Management 106 BY: ARCA‚ ALDRIN PUGA‚ EDELBERTO JR. ARIZALA‚ MARIA CLOUDYN D. PEJI‚ AIZA SORIAO‚ KAREN RASHELL BSN III- GROUP 1 DATE PRESENTED: January 12 2013 Objectives: Our main reason and purpose in study and exposure
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Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes is a chronic‚ genetically determined‚ debilitating disease that affects every organ system. There are two major types of diabetes: Type I and Type II. Type I or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)‚ is caused by the autoimmune destruction of the insulin producing cells of the pancreas and is usually‚ but not always diagnosed in childhood. People with type I diabetes must take insulin shots in order to survive. Type II diabetes or non-insulin dependent diabetes
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Pharmacodynamics Mechanisms of drug action: Drugs may act by: * A) Receptor mechanism: * Most drugs produce their action by binding to specific receptors located on the cell membrane (as adrenoceptors and cholinoceptors) or inside the cell (as steroid receptors). * This is the most important mechanism of drug action. * Drugs produce their effects by interacting with these receptors. * These drugs may be: a) Agonists: * Drugs have the affinity to bind with their
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UNDERSTANDING CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION From Siegel‚ L.J. & Worrall J.L. [2012]. Introduction to Criminal Justice 13 th ed. One of the goals of criminology is to develop an understanding of the nature and cause of crime and victimization. Criminology is the scientific study of the nature‚ extent‚ cause‚ and control of criminal behavior‚ and seeks to develop an understanding of the nature and cause of crime and victimization. People choose to commit crime after weighing potential
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The herpes virus is one of the most prevalent viral diseases known to man. As much as eighty percent of all people‚ worldwide‚ have herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1)‚ and twenty percent have herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV2). This may sound like scary statistics‚ but most infected people suffer only mild discomfort. The more common form‚ HSV1‚ usually causes the occasional blister-like sores on or around the mouth. These blisters are called cold sores or fever blisters and‚ as most sufferers know
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