ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS Lecture by Dr.Shehla Shaheen Adverse effect is a harmful and undesired effect resulting from the administration of a therapeutic dose of a drug. OTHER WORDS USED SYNONYMOUSLY; SIDE EFFECTS TOXIC EFFECTS HARMFUL EFFECTS UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS All drugs can produce harmful as well as beneficial effects. ADRs are either related or unrelated to the principal pharmacological actions of the drugs Adverse effects are of great concern to drug regulatory authorities.
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illustrated in this clinical case scenario? In this clinical case scenario‚ Meena exhibited IgE mediated‚ allergic hypersensitivity reaction (a side effect common to penicillin generally) as a side effect of amoxicillin. (2) Explain the mechanism producing this side effect. Penicillin is known for its cross-reacting and cross-sensitizing characteristics which accounts for hypersensitivity reaction in some category of patients who are genetically prone to this reaction 3% of the general population. Most
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the ability to breathe. BB should feel some relief in his lungs in a matter of two to six hours. Contraindications are not specifically listed for a nebulized solution. However‚ in the inhalable albuterol form‚ some contraindications include hypersensitivities to the inhaler and milk components in the inhalable albuterol form. Since primarily used in children over the age of two‚ there is not much data present on the side effects of albuterol in patients the same age as BB. The common side effects
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Bronchial Asthma | Pediatric and Adolescent Care (psych) | Jessica Chrysostom 00022492Deniece La Roche 00036255Kendon Simmons 00039205 | Table of Contents Topic Page # Introduction 2-4 Clinical Manifestation 4 Asthma and Age Diagnosis Diagnostic challenges Major Criteria
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b DEPARTMENT OF NURSING NURSING CARE PLAN |Student Name: p |Age: 89 | |Course number: Basic Skills & Concepts of Nursing |
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|Action |Side effects |Contraindications |Nursing Responsibility | |GENERIC NAME: prednisone |hormones and synthetic |Prednisone is biologically |sleep problems (insomnia)‚ |Hypersensitivity‚ serious |•Administer once-a-day | |BRAND NAME: Deltasone‚ |substitutes |inert and converted to the |mood changes; |infections (except |doses before 9 AM to | |Orasone‚ Prednicen-M‚ |; adrenal
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Type IV hypersensitivity involves the T cells which cause the release and attraction of cytokines that cause mucosal destruction (McCance & Huether‚ 2014). There are three types of abnormal T cells that are linked to this hypersensitivity: Tc‚ Tc1 and Tc17. McCance elaborates on the actions of these cells as being seek and destroyers to the body’s cellular structure (2014)
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needs to be use more often because it teaches us to think more objectively rather than subjectively. Think subjectively distorts our way of thinking especially in the classroom. This way of thinking offers a solution to overcoming our fears and hypersensitivity. It is unfair that teachers and administration have to make adjustment to their course because someone feels offended. I find some of the examples given where people are being charged with harassment completely ridiculous. I believe by coddling
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an ectoparasitosis transmitted to humans via direct or indirect skin contact‚ is caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis - a mite targeting only human beings. Skin eruption with classical scabies is attributable to both the infestation and a hypersensitivity reaction to the mite. Scabies is generally a nuisance on account of itching‚ rash‚ and its ability to spread easily‚ although there is a possibility of superinfection (especially with Streptococcus pyogenes). The most common sites of infestation
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a complex hypersensitivity reaction with the participation of T lymphocytes that induce keratinocyte’s apoptosis. The syndrome can be cause by drigs‚ infections and malignancies. The diagnosis is difficlut due to the abscense of specific manifestations and laboratory tests. There is a genetic predisposition in individuals with certain HLA types. The disease Overview: Stevens-Jonhson Syndrome (SJS)is an immune disease. The disorder was described as a delay hypersensitivity reaction with
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