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Dr. Elaine Siegfried, a dermatology instructor at St. Louis University, says “Atopic dermatitis doesn’t kill you, it just ruins your life.” Patients suffering from severe eczema who seldom found relief in topicals and steroids were recently offered a promising new treatment: a biologic called Dupixent, which, in clinical trials, reduced eczema by 70% in a majority of patients tested. It is a highly effective alternative treatment for patients with moderate to severe eczema that works differently…

HPV vaccine. These vaccine consist of three doses over six months. These vaccine is more effective in girls aged 11-12 years old. Proponents believe that HPV vaccine at an early age is more effective from getting cervical cancer and should be required in schools, while opponents argue that if this vaccine is required it will encourage girls to have sex. The HPV vaccine is recommendable for girls at an early age because the vaccine consists of three doses. Should the HPV vaccine be required in…

Make sure that ‘colour, clarity or consistency; and has not expired’ (Perry, Potter & Elkin) and make sure that the medication is being given at the right time. Dispense the required dose of the medication into a clean, dry, disposable container using a non-touch technique, as the non-touch technique ensures that the nurse avoids touching the preparation so this minimizes the risk of cross infection. To avoid touching medicine that…

vicious plague on earth. The contaminated humans are discriminated against because they are considered different from the rest of the world. In order for the infected to function as adequate human beings, they must inject themselves with every day doses to stay in human form. The main protagonist Alex is a returned who is not only is affected for his condition, but goes through police searches, a murder attempt towards his life, and irritated protestors. The returned are not normal, but rather…

force and power as twenty nine thousand Hiroshima bombs. The United States population was exposed to a dose about five hundred times the radiation dose from Chernobyl. Even though radiation doses were this high, residents from surrounding states, counties, and towns downwind of the tests were encouraged to watch the nuclear tests. They were given radiation badges so they could measure exposure doses for field studies on nuclear fallout effects. In many of the southern Utah communities people…

For example, more advanced concepts are needed when trying to find out how often the patient needs to take their medicine. When thinking about how often to administer a dose, it helps to understand the concept half life. The half life of a drug being absorbed in the body is the time needed so that one has 50 percent of what was administered. Half life can be graphed as exponential decay. This is useful because when one…

Weight is a very important concept in medicine because it can determine many things. The weight of the patient can determine the amount of dose the patient receives. The dose is found by multiplying the dosage by the weight. Dose is the amount that the patient will intake, say 10mg, dosage is the quantity the patient will intake over time, like 3 times a day. Weight can also determine the amount of IV (Intravenous Therapy) fluids the…

org) While this Protocol was a good step forward, it does not stop the use of chemical/biological weapons by state actors that are non-signatory (e.g. Iraq's use of nerve agents during the Iran-Iraq War in the 80's). Lethal Dose (LD) and Lethal Dose 50 (LD 50 or LD-50, or LD/50) can be defined as the median amount of material…

reflective journal. Our patient is a 54-year-old man named Carl Shapiro. Carl arrived to the emergency department (ED) at 13:30 having complaints of angina, diaphoresis, and shortness of breath. The physician had Carl treated with two doses of sublingual nitroglycerin and a dose of aspirin in the ED. The nurse started an IV infusion of normal saline running at a rate of 25 mL/hour. In the VSim the doctor wanted the nurse to call as soon as the ordered labs returned with results; they were…

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