2. A single tube of cerebrospinal fluid is received in the laboratory and the following tests requested: total protein‚ albumin‚ IgG quantitation‚ microbial culture‚ Gram stain‚ leukocyte count and differential cell count. The specimen should be sent to the various laboratories in which order? a. Chemistry lab‚ hematology lab‚ microbiology lab b. Hematology lab‚ chemistry lab‚ microbiology lab c. Microbiology lab‚ hematology lab‚ chemistry lab d. Hematology lab‚ microbiology lab‚ chemistry
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Howard Hughes Paul Guerrero Composition 31|05|06 Howard Hughes‚ one of the most mysterious men in America. He achieved the American dream by not only becoming wealthy but he also built an empire. A businessman‚ plane designer‚ movie producer‚ industrialist‚ was great in everything he focused in. Had and enormous wealth and intellect‚ and he also had achievement. He fortune with hard work in any job and with his great influential ideas. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was born in Houston‚ Texas
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Jennifer Laird English 1101 Medical Marijuana In “Medical Marijuana Should Be Legal”‚ by Daniel J. Pfeifer‚ the author states what he thinks justifies medical marijuana being legal. I disagree with that completely‚ because medical marijuana has no proven medicinal values to make it a legal form of medication. The article states that‚ “marijuana use‚ especially by terminally ill patients‚ mitigates their suffering from unnecessary chronic and unbearable pain that persists until death.” Marijuana
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Identify the different substances which individuals might use‚ how they are used and their likely effects. Abused substances produce some form of intoxication that alters judgment‚ attention‚ perception‚ or physical control. Psychoactive drugs can be categorised into three broad groups: 1 Stimulants: Amphetamines‚ Cocaine‚ Crack‚ Ecstasy‚ Anabolic steroids 2 Depressants: Cannabis‚ Alcohol‚ Benzodiazepines GHB etc. 3 Hallucinogens: LSD‚ Magic Mushrooms (Psilocybin)‚ Skunk. Drugs also have street
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Andrew Costa Professor Myles HUS 211 Substance Abuse 3/12/15 Opioids Outline Intro- Opium- from the Greek word opos‚ meaning juice or sap‚ was originally chewed‚ eaten‚ or blended into various liquids and swallowed. (Inaba 4-7) It was cultivated in The Mediterranean‚ and Southwest Asia. Dating all the way back to the 206 B.C.‚ Opium was a major product traded on the Silk Road. This classification of drugs is used primarily to treat pain‚ diarrhea‚ and cough. They are known to bring on a sense
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What does a father‚ mother‚ son‚ daughter‚ doctor‚ nurse‚ police officer‚ Sunday school teacher‚ taxi driver‚ principal‚ student‚ and friend have in common? The answer may very well be an addiction to prescription drugs. When a doctor prescribes pain medication for a back injury or abscess tooth‚ no one plans on becoming a drug addict. However‚ David Todd Loffert is a perfect example of how an intelligent‚ young man in the prime of his life became addicted to prescription medication and lost his
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desperate enough will take anything without thinking about the consequences. A large portion of users have no idea what they’re taking. It’s being sold as heroin and it costs three times less. The ingredients used to make this drug consist of: Codeine‚ Iodine‚ gasoline and paint thinner. Everyone has access to all the elements needed to produce this drug. My cousin‚ who has always been a drug addict‚ had no idea that what he was injecting into his veins would change his life forever. Like most
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In most modern media portraying illicit drug abuse‚ the addicts are represented as lowlifes. While many drug abusers are accurately represented by this image‚ not all are. This misrepresentation can be devastating to less deplorable addicts who attempt to better their lives. Many addicts chose to search out better lives whether through rehabilitation or striving for success in other aspects of life such as their career. When their past poor choices are revealed many people may choose to abstain from
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Opioid Withdrawal Opioids are powerful substances that relieve pain. Opioids include illegal drugs‚ such as heroin‚ as well as prescription pain medicines such‚ such as Codeine‚ morphine‚ hydrocodone‚ oxycodone‚ and fentanyl. Opioid withdrawal is a group of symptoms that can happen if you have been taking opioids for a long time and suddenly stop. CAUSES This condition is caused by taking opioids for weeks and then doing any of the following: Stopping use. Rapidly reducing use. Taking
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Hospital admissions associated with opioid related complications‚ that can even happen with the regular prescribed and “weaker” codeine (McCrorie et al.‚ 2015). Along with patients‚ most of the practitioners also have dissatisfaction about the way of chronic pain management and they will be more receptive of any new strategies for the management of chronic‚ non-cancer pain‚ and opioid
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