because it results in diseases that affect appromiaxally seventy-six million people in the United States‚ 300‚000 leading hospitalizations and an estimate of 5‚000 deaths yearly. Signs you should look for when contaminated food is consumed like nausea‚ vomiting‚ diarrhea‚ abdominal‚ cramping‚ and fever. While food poisoning is often caused by bacteria‚ it can also result from eating poisonous plants some mushrooms for instance and animals pufferfish. Every year more than 76 million people get sick
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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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Case Study 1 40-year-old woman * Desyrel 300 mg bid * Klonopin 2 mg bid * Aricept 10 mg qd * Zoloft 100 mg qd * Synthroid 0.25 mg qd * Detrol XL 4 mg qd * Norpace 150 mg bid * Inderal 80 mg bid * Bumex 2 mg qd * Aldactone 100 mg qd * Avapro 300 mg qd * Prinivil 40 mg qd * Glucophage 850 mg bid DESYREL (1) 300 mg bid The active pharmaceutical ingredient in it is trazadone‚ an oral drug available as a regular/extended release tablet to be taken twice daily. STRUCTURE MECHANISM OF ACTION It is
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and how the Registered Nurse (RN) is effectively able to care holistically while making sure that all care provided is of high ethical standard. Firstly‚ from the case scenario‚ the physiological issue of Jennifer include symptoms such as nausea‚ vomiting‚ abdominal pain‚ fatigue‚ anorexia‚ weight loss‚ constipation and difficulty in ambulating. According to Farrell and Dempsey (2011) the symptoms of ovarian cancer include increasing abdominal pain‚ pelvic pressure‚ bloating‚ indigestion‚ flatulence
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Meningitis is the medical term for inflammation of the tissues (meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord. It is commonlycaused by a virus or a bacteria‚ which travels from an infection in another part of the body through the bloodstream to the meninges. The two main types of meningitis are Viral and Bacterial. Bacterial Meningitis- Many types of bacteria can cause meningitis but the common ones which can also be life threatening are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcal
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Michelle Rollins November 27‚ 2012 Medication List 1. Adderall: -Indication: Used to treat narcolepsy and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) -Contraindication: Do not use if you have used an MAO Inhibitor such as Parnate‚ Marplan‚ or Azilect. And do not use if you are allergic to amphetamine or dextroamphetamine. -Side Effects: Fast‚ uneven heartbeats‚ dangerously high BP‚ Pain or burning during urination 2. Ambien: -Indication: A sedative used to treat insomnia -Contraindication:
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usual prescription drugs. According to Walters (2011) marijuana can help cancer patients who must use chemotherapy or take anticancer drugs that cause serious side effects. Anticancer drugs can cause nausea and vomiting‚ because they irritate the stomach lining and affect the brain parts that control vomiting. Patients usually receive drugs to help them relieve these side effects‚ but there is no single best approach. Here marijuana can be helpful. Moreover‚ it can also help AIDS patients to regain their
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Describe the five different types of shock and include for each‚ its pathophysiology‚ clinical manifestations and treatment. Shock is described as life threatening medical emergency resulting from insufficient blood flow through the body (Huether & Mccance‚ 2012) There are five types of medical shock. These include septic shock‚ anaphylactic shock‚ cardiogenic shock‚ hypovolemic shock‚ and neurogenic shock (Huether & Mccance‚ 2012). Septic shock results from bacteria that multiply in the
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membranes on the surface of the brain.Trauma is the most common cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Some causes are vehicle accidents‚ aneurisms‚ sports‚ and falls. Some signs and symptoms of subarachnoid hemorrhage include headache‚ stiff neck‚ nausea‚ vomiting‚ slurred speech‚ impaired consciousness‚ loss of consciousness‚ and seizures. There are various ways of diagnosing subarachnoid hemorrhages among these are MRI‚ LP‚ and CT scans. Once discovered a subarachnoid hemorrhage needs to be treated right
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Brain Cancer The brain is made up of millions upon millions of cells. These cells are formed from before birth‚ up until about 7 years old. Once these brain cells stop dividing‚ they are never meant to divide again. You can see that the division of brain cells is under strict regulation and control. When this control is lost in a single cell‚ then it starts dividing in an uncontrolled manner. All of the data obtained through research on cancer shows that this disease is caused by a rapidly dividing
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