HS140 Unit 4 Assignment Name: Terri Smith GRADE: 62/65 Good It is important for Medical Assistants to be able to read a drug reference source and determine relevant information. Please complete this Assignment and submit it to the Dropbox using a drug reference textbook or a reputable online reference site. Part 1 Please answer the following questions about some of the Top 50 Brand Drugs based on total number of prescriptions in 2007 as noted in http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/hp.asp
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phosphatase‚ and lipase. Sphingomyelinase D is thought to be the protein component responsible for most of the tissue destruction and hemolysis caused by brown recluse spider envenomation. The intense inflammatory response mediated by arachidonic acid‚ prostaglandins‚ and chemotactic infiltration of neutrophils is amplified further by an intrinsic vascular cascade involving the mediator C-reactive protein and complement activation. These and other factors contribute to the local and systemic reactions of necrotic
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Lay Public (FINAL draft) Benefits of Omega 3 Fatty Acids In the rush to cut calories‚ reduce cholesterol intake‚ and avoid saturated fats‚ many of us have embraced low-fat diets and low-fat foods. But some fats are necessary and "essential" for health. These fats show great promise for fighting the onslaught of heart disease and diabetes‚ possibly even cancer. What are these "good" fats—and how do we get enough of them? The benefits of Omega 3 fats have been researched for quite some time and
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According to Rodak’s (2016)‚ Platelets‚ which are also known as thrombocytes‚ initiate the vessel wall repair when damaged to keep the integrity of blood vessel and regulate the hemostasis. Platelets are round or oval‚ no nucleus‚ and small in size ‚ ranging from 2 to 4 μm in dimater. They are vital to life and are studied for their significance physiology. Consequent to vessel injury‚ platelets are activated to form plug at the site of injury to prevent blood loss. Vessel injury exposes the subendothelial
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Case History John Baker a nine-year-old male‚ was admitted to the emergency room with the chief complaints of wheezing during respiration‚ swelling and erythema of the right arm distal (below/farthest away from) to the humerus‚ and slight vertigo (dizzy/ room spinning). The patient is responsive; however‚ he seems confused. The patient was playing outside‚ when a wasp stung him on the anterior region (front/top region) of the forearm. The patient’s mother watched the incident unfold‚ and promptly
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International Congress on “Modern Concepts in Canine Health and Diseases of Human Concern” and IX Annual Convention of Indian Society for Advancement of Canine Practice 9th-11th February 2012 Bikaner Rajasthan India Compendium page 139-144 Management of post partum genital complications in the bitch G N Purohit1‚ DK Bihani2 and AA Gauri3 1Department of Veterinary Gynecology and Obstetrics 2 Department of Veterinary Medicine College of Veterinary and Animal science Rajasthan University
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There are many questions that follow a disease or illness episode. The person suffering from the disease may ask these questions‚ or their family and friends may ask them. Doctors and other health care professionals may also ask questions about the disease in order to work out the best course of treatment. Theses questions may cross from the biomedical side of the disease to the social side and must include a variety of factors before the disease can be properly understood and treated. In module
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anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the most frequently prescribed class of drugs for inflammatory disorders (1). Lornoxicam is a novel NSAID drug. It has an equipotent COX isoenzyme inhibitory effect and subsequently reduces the production of prostaglandins‚ thromboxane‚ and leukotrienes (2). It is prescribed for mild to moderate pain and inflammation in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis (3). It is prescribed for the treatment of osteoarthritis due to its analgesic‚ anti-inflammatory effect
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Functionally single ventricle hearts are a heterogeneous group of cardiac anomalies commonly characterized by a dominant morphological left or right ventricle. There are several subtypes: univentricular atrioventricular connection (such as double inlet ventricle)‚ atriventricular valve severe stenosis or atresia (as in triscuspid or mitral atresia) and severe hypoplasia of one of the in the presence of atrioventricular or ventriculo-arterial connection abnormalities (like unbalanced atrioventricular
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Question to answer after watching the Interactive Physiology - The Immune System: Innate Host Defenses 1. Name the two major categories of innate (nonspecific) defenses: • Surface Barriers • Innate Internal Defenses 2. Surface barriers include the Intact skin and mucous membranes of the respiratory‚ gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts. 3. List the three properties of skin that help it resist invasion: • Keratin: tough protein in skin cells‚ forms an abrasion- and water-resistant outermost
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