A presents to the ED with complaints of lightheadedness‚ dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia for the past 10-12 years‚ with an elevated heart and respiratory rate‚ temperature of 98° F‚ and decreased blood pressure. She states that she takes 1000mg of aspirin every three to four hours for six days during menstruation‚ and also during the summer months to relieve stiff joints to play golf. Her laboratory values reveal the following: Hemoglobin = 8 g/dl Hematocrit = 32% Erythrocyte count = 3.1 x 10/mm
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you’ve put your body at risk for things you probably didn’t even realize were possible. You did this because in the long run‚ you knew it was going to be worth it. You knew that aspirin in your medicine cabinet will relieve your headache in the next ten minutes‚ but have you ever read the side effects on the bottle? Aspirin is linked to liver damage‚ and yet you were willing to take that risk. If you’re willing to take that risk‚ then you should be willing to give up the miniscule chance of an allergic
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Annie’s mother asks if it is safe to give Annie children’s aspirin because she has some at home. Her husband takes it as a “blood thinner.” 1. What is your response to Annie’s mother? I would recommend using acetaminophen‚ because aspirin can make a child susceptible to Reye’s syndrome. 2. Annie will be given an antibiotic. Her mother mentions that she is allergic to penicillin. What are some
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Students have different intellectual capacities and learning styles that favour or hinder knowledge accumulation. As a result‚ teachers are interested in ways to effectively cause students to understand better and learn. Teachers want to bring about better understanding of the material he/she wants to communicate. It is the responsibility of the educational institutions and teachers to seek more effective ways of teaching in order to meet individual’s and society’s expectations from education. Improving
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REVIEW-NARRATIVE Management of Ischemic Stroke: Part 1. Emergency Room Management Christine Lu-Emerson‚ MD 1 David Likosky‚ MD 2‚3 Alpesh Amin‚ MD‚ MBA‚ FACP 4 David Tirschwell‚ MD‚ MSc 1‚5 1 Department of Neurology‚ School of Medicine‚ University of Washington‚ Seattle‚ Washington. 2 Stroke Center‚ Evergreen Hospital Medical Center‚ Seattle‚ Washington. 3 Clinical Faculty‚ School of Medicine‚ University of Washington‚ Seattle‚ Washington. 4 Department of Medicine‚ Hospitalist Program
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Chapter |Number | | |2 Pharmacotherapy |4 | |6 Medication Errors |4 | |38/39 Antibiotics |7 | |~23 Antidysrhythmic |3 | |~25 Hypertension |5 | |~26 Diuretics |5 | |~27 Fluids and Elect |4 | |~28 Anticoagulants |5 | |~29 Lipids
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Learning Experience Christie Taylor-Huisman PSY/211 October 12‚ 2014 Davis Marijuana: Why It Should Be Decriminalized Nearly twenty thousand people die from prescription medication overdose in the United States each year. By federally decriminalizing medical marijuana‚ these statistics can be changed. Prescription drugs‚ and over-the-counter medications are the leading causes of accidental overdose related death in the United States. Logistically speaking
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Choosing the Wrong Pricing Strategy Can Be a Costly Mistake: Knowledge@Wharton (http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=792) Choosing the Wrong Pricing Strategy Can Be a Costly Mistake Published : June 04‚ 2003 in Knowledge@Wharton Prices have been at the center of human interaction ever since traders in ancient Mesopotamia -- our modern-day Iraq -- began keeping records. Who doesn’t love to guess what something costs – or argue about what something ought to cost? So it
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a child’s ability to make friends‚ because the physical effects of the disease are very obvious and make the child stand out (2). As children age‚ Progeeria causes stress on their cardiovascular system. They are at a high risk for heart disease. Aspirin treatments can be used to control these risks. Strokes and Transient Ischemic Attacks are also common causes of death. The prognosis for children diagnosed with progeria is fairly grim. Most children with the disease die by age fourteen‚ often as
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Blood Disorders Vicki L. Fowler HCA/240 July 24‚ 2011 Mary Dawson Blood Disorders There are many different types of blood disorders that people live with. Some of the blood disorders are hereditary and some are caused by other related factors. There are blood tests and symptoms that are checked by the doctor to treat the correct problem. The treatment of blood disorders is essential to prevent further problems or death. These blood disorders described below are just a few or the
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