heart failure. His physician has ordered an antibiotic for the pneumonia and he takes digoxin every day. As the health care provider‚ which question would you ask first before administering his antibiotic? Why is the first dose of the antibiotic twice as much as the maintenance dose? Which variables may slow his metabolism and excretion? You should submit your initial response to each discussion question by Wednesday at 11:59 pm (MT) each week. You are also required to respond to a peer and/or their
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response) Slide 4 R-CHOP Ms. K. Therapy Options Prior to starting R-CHOP‚ you discuss complications of chemotherapy-neutropenia Dose reduction of R-CHOP Standard dose of R-CHOP plus prophylactic antibiotics Standard dose of R-CHOP plus prophylactic CSF support Standard dose of R-CHOP plus prophylactic CSF support and antibiotics Standard dose of R-CHOP alone and treat with antibiotics and CSF as needed if neutropenic complications develop What if we change diagnosis to
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such as Toradol and Acular‚ among others. The use of all forms of ketorolac combined should not exceed 5 days and oral therapy should not be started without an initial administration of either an IM or IV dose due to adverse reactions and increasing severity of reactions with recommended doses (Keltman‚ 2010 & Lippincott‚ 2010). Practioners should be aware that there are other forms of ketorolac not covered in this article which include an ophthalmic solution for the treatment of eye pain and
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liter of water. Knowing that an Immature coho salmon is about 80% water by weight‚ it weighs on average 2 kg‚ and it is unlikely for it to absorb 100% of the dose of Dicamba it is being exposed to‚ it will at most contain approximately 300 mg of Dicamba. With the average human being weighing 80 kg and the U.S. EPA setting the oral reference dose (RfD) for Dicamba at 0.5 mg/kg/day‚ that limit equates to 40 mg per day. According to a NOAA study‚ the average American eats .00025 kg per day of fish (North
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5 Years old D = adult dose – 75 mg d = child’s dose I have been assigned to calculate a 5-year-old child’s dose of tamiflu given that the adult dose is 75mg. d = D (a + 1) The Cowling’s Rule formula 24 d = 75 (5 + 1) Substituted 75 for D and 5 for a. 24 d = 75 (6) Add 5+1 inside parenthesis‚ equals 6. 24 d = 450 Multiply 75 X 6 =450 24 d = 18.75 Division is the last step in solving for the child’s dose. The proper dose of tamiflu for a 5 year
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gradually inducted on sublingual Suboxone (which contains a four to one ratio of Buprenorphine/Naloxone mixture) over a period of one week‚ where on day one participants received four mg of Suboxone and dose induction continued for three to seven days until patients achieved a blocking dose or a maximum dose of 16 mg (Katz et al.‚ 2009‚ p. 65). The extended patients were responsible for taking their medications on the weekends for the first two weeks and then six days a week for the
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VIAGRA® (sildenafil citrate) Tablets DESCRIPTION VIAGRA®‚ an oral therapy for erectile dysfunction‚ is the citrate salt of sildenafil‚ a selective inhibitor of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5). Sildenafil citrate is designated chemically as 1-[[3-(6‚7-dihydro-1-methyl-7-oxo-3-propyl-1Hpyrazolo[4‚3-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)-4-ethoxyphenyl]sulfonyl]-4-methylpiperazine citrate and has the following structural formula: O C H 3C H 2 O CH3 N HN N
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patient position and organ location during planning and treatment. This could be due to difficulties in precise positioning‚ and immobilisation‚ patient movement and organ motion. Consequently there is a chance of deviation in the dose absorbed from the actual planned dose to be delivered. Accurate understanding of the details of organ motion specific to the respective sites is necessary for successful planning and execution of RT with an acceptable therapeutic ratio. The movements of liver during
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disease immunization history Disease Hepatitis B Measles (Rubeola) Mumps Rubella (3-day measls) MMR Tetanus / Td / Tdap Have you had this disease? WBR Vaccination dates UTD ROI Antibody testing Date of titer To lab Yes / No Dose 1 Dose 2 Dose 3 Most recent Result (Pos / Neg) Office use only Varicella (chickenpox) Other: Other: Tuberculosis screening BCG vaccinated? Yes No Unknown Today’s date: Last TB skin test Date Result TB skin test If positive TB test‚ did
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Bronchial asthma (BA) - is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways in which many cells are involved‚ and cell components. Chronic inflammation leads to the development of bronchial hyperresponsiveness that leads to recurrent episodes of wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ feeling of fullness in the chest and cough‚ especially at night or early in the morning. These episodes are usually associated with widespread but variable in their severity of airway obstruction in the lungs‚ which is often reversible
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