A Study of Radiation Protection Practices on Pediatric Patients during X-ray Procedures in the Radiology Department of Tertiary Hospitals in Kidapawan City A Research Study Presented to the Faculty of North Valley College Foundation Inc. Lanao‚ Kidapawan City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Technology By: Frixie Marie M. Antones Pritche Ann B. Pacheco Rizza Jessica P. Muyco Anabel M. Espaňola
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Understand legislation‚ policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication 1.1 Identify current legislation‚ guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication The Medicines Acts 1968 and various amendments cover the legal management of medication. While care staff are not expected to have detailed knowledge of the legislation‚ they do need to be aware of the legal difference between types of drugs and the legal framework that allows them to handle
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Amphetamines Amphetamines are a highly addictive drug that has proven to be both a blessing and a curse to modern medicine. It is healing qualities make it very effective in other aspects‚ but it is addictive qualities make it one of the most dangerous of all drugs to take. The abuse of such a drug has its extreme detrimental effects to the brain as well as to the body‚ and thus many addict experience many health problems. The abuse of such substances not only affects the addict‚ but the families
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counter) or on prescription only. LD50 is a lethal dose necessary to kill 50 percent of animal population. ED50 is an effective dose‚ one creating a noticeable effect in 50% of animal population. The ratio between LD50 and ED50 is called the Therapeutic Index. Therapeutic Index = LD50 / ED50 Therapeutic determines a safety of drug. If the therapeutic index of a drug is 10‚ a person would have to intake ten times more drug than the effective dose for the effects to be lethal. According to the therapeutic
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Expanded Program on Immunization I. Rationale The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) was established in 1976 to ensure that infants/children and mothers have access to routinely recommended infant/childhood vaccines. Six vaccine-preventable diseases were initially included in the EPI: tuberculosis‚ poliomyelitis‚ diphtheria‚ tetanus‚ pertussis and measles. In 1986‚ 21.3% “fully immunized” children less than fourteen months of age based on the EPI Comprehensive Program review. II.
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Current Articles in Biology Biology 101 Vincennes University 01 November 2013 Instructor: Jeff Coenzyme Q10 Scientists and doctors have spent countless hours in laboratories researching the factors that cause disease and ways to support healthy organ function throughout life. Doctors have concluded that many of the chemicals your body produces plays a key role in the prevention of disease. Elevating some natural chemicals have shown to even assist in the therapy of diseases
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Non-Ischemic Troponemia Elevated troponins are always of concern‚ especially in patients presenting with cardiogenic chest pain. However‚ not all instances of troponemia are secondary to an ischemic event. Other disease processes need to be considered. 41-year-old female with history of undifferentiated connective tissue disease with no family or personal history of cardiac disease presented to her local hospital‚ complaining of chest pain began 4 days prior while lying in bed after she woke up
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Methadone Not very may people know exactly what methadone is‚ what it is used for‚ and why it is necessary. Addiction is an illness‚ and there are many substances that enable addiction. People who are addicted to opioids are just like anyone else who has an illness‚ they are sick. People who are ill need medicine‚ and methadone is a medicine that is used to treat people who are sick with opioid addiction. Methadone has been used for 35 years in the treatment of opioid addiction and has helped
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tragedy of events where drug use was the catalyst. Cocaine‚ Methamphetamine‚ Ecstasy‚ Amphetamine‚ Heroin‚ LSD and many more abused drugs have destroyed many lives and families from constant abuse of the substances that emasculate the body with every dose. Even though the United States of America have illegalized most of fatal drugs‚ addicts constantly use these drugs and numerous cause of deaths are by users overdosing on a particular drug. Addiction is a chronic‚ often relapsing brain disease that
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breast‚" 2001). Working as estrogen mimics‚ phytoestrogens may either have the same effects as estrogen or block estrogen ’s effects. With which effect the phytoestrogen produces can depend on the dose of the phytoestrogen. The phytoestrogen can act like estrogen at low doses but block estrogen at high doses (Phytoestrogens and breast‚" 2001). Estrogen activates a family of proteins called estrogen receptors. There are many positive benefits with a phytoestrogen-rich diet‚ especially one rich in
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