Ergotamine‚ are older drugs still appropriate in modern clinical use? Ergotamine‚ now used as a treatment for acute headaches‚ has medical history spanning several centuries‚ with mentions regarding its application in obstetrician practice from early 19th century. Ergotamine belongs to a family of ergot alkaloids‚ derived from ergot fungi‚ most notably the Claviceps purpurea fungus. This parasitic fungus grows on rye and other grain crops and the ergot alkaloids it produces can cause poisoning‚
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Seantel Robinson-Brye The Surgical Experience The preoperative phase begins when the decision for surgery is made and ends when the patient is transferred to the operating room table. The preoperative evaluation and teaching typically takes place several days before surgery in an outpatient setting. Today‚ most perioperative patients are admitted to the hospital the morning of their surgical procedure. However‚ there are times when the preoperative phase will begin on the medical-surgical units
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Every day at school‚ I see people with white ear buds blasting music out. Even a girl rapidly texting on her phone under her desk during class. During lunch‚ my friends always have their iPod or smart phone out. While I was in cultural geography‚ when we were doing our competency a girl besides me said‚ "Mr.Lee is there any website on the computer that isn’t blocked‚ so that I could listen to music because my iPod runs out of battery quickly if I listen to music." I know that for some people listening
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his treatment for tuberculosis was adequate or whether there is another cause for his hemoptysis. The duration of his tuberculosis treatment was apparently adequate‚ according to his wife‚ but no records are available. In addition‚ the patient had thrombosis of the axillary artery treated last year at Hillcrest. He had an embolectomy and has been on Coumadin since. INR is significantly elevated at 16. Nonetheless‚ because of the cavitary lesions that are seen in the right and left upper lobes‚ the possibility
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High blood pressure in the lungs is called pulmonary hypertension or pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in the arteries starting from the heart towards the lungs. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is defined as a sustained elevation of the pulmonary arterial pressure to greater than 25 mmHg at rest or greater than 30 mmHg following exercise‚ with a mean pulmonary-capillary wedge pressure (an indirect measure of left atrial pressure) of less than 15
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Chapter 31: Nursing Management: Hematologic Problems Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 62-year old man with chronic anemia is experiencing increased fatigue and occasional palpitations at rest. The nurse would expect the patient’s laboratory findings to include a. a hematocrit (Hct) of 38%. b. an RBC count of 4‚500‚000/µL. c. normal red blood cell (RBC) indices. d. a hemoglobin (Hgb) of 8.6 g/dL (86 g/L). ANS: D The patient’s clinical manifestations indicate moderate anemia‚ which is consistent with
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Real Distinction between the Natural Family Planning to the Artificial Family Planning What is Family Planning? What are the differences between the Natural and Artificial Family Planning? Family planning is the planning of when to have children‚ and the use of birth control and other techniques to implement such plans. Other techniques commonly used include sexuality education‚ prevention and management of sexually transmitted infections‚ pre-conception counseling and management‚ and infertility
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What is Ulcerative Colitis? Ulcerative Colitis is referred to the gastro intestinal tract infection that occurs on the inner wall of the colon in the large intestine. Due to the fact that colon is where the stool is stored before defecation it is pretty common to notice severe cramps‚ abdominal pain‚ diarrhea and rectal bleeding. What causes Ulcerative Colitis? The causes for Ulcerative Colitis are still a very much of a mystery even in the Twenty First Century. Although it is certain that it
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau the French Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born June 28‚ 1712 in Geneva‚ Switzerland‚ to French Huguenot parents‚ Isaac Rousseau‚ a clock maker‚ and Suzanne Bernard‚ who died only a few days after his birth. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most important philosophers of the French enlightenment. During the 1700s the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau criticized what he saw as his era’s excessive reliance on reason and claimed that people should rely more
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Too much of a good thing is an adage that can apply to vitamins. The body needs vitamins to function properly‚ but high doses of certain vitamins can be toxic‚ especially fat soluble vitamins that the body stores for long periods of time. Water Soluble Vitamins Water-soluble vitamin toxicity is rare because the body does not store water-soluble vitamins and excess amounts are usually excreted in urine. Side effects associated with water-soluble vitamins occur due to intake of extremely high doses
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