Pharmacology Case Study

1. In her lecture, Dr. Mary Tinetti (2014) explained that pharmacology and medical treatment has evolved from the 17th century to the 21st century. She focused on polypharmacy within the elderly population and treatment of diseases based on pathology. According to her, understanding the pathology of diseases allowed the medical community to create categories for diseases. Based on those categories, health care providers are now able to prescribe specific medications for specific set of diseases.

Case Study: Mrs A is a 71 year old widow with CCF and osteoarthritis who has recently been exhibiting quite unusual behaviour. Her daughter is concerned about her mother's ability to remain independent and wishes to pursue nursing home admission arrangements. She fears the development of a dementing illness. Over the last two to three months Mrs A has become confused, easily fatigued and very irritable. She has developed disturbing obsessive/compulsive behaviour constantly complaining that her lace

is not employed, as she attends priority preschool four days per week. Her primary sources of income include family and public assistance. Jade currently receives $722/month for SSI for cystic fibrosis. No recent changes were reported in Jade’s ability to manage her household chores. She relies on family for transportation, as she does not have a driver license. Jade has no history of arrests. Jade has no history of issues related to dizziness, coordination, headaches, taste, smell, hearing

had on modern medicine. On 10 November 2015, the novel fifth generation cephalosporin ceftobiprole (Zevtera, Basilea Pharmaceutica) was registered in Australia for the treatment of both community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults(1). Pharmacology of Ceftobiprole Ceftobiprole is a fifth-generation cephalosporin

This was done by creating a hard stop in the computer charted assessment which the nurse is required to complete every 12 hours. The guidelines also called for monitoring of the patient after catheter removal and for use of the bladder scanner. The current catheter criteria include:  Neurogenic bladder dysfunction/retention/obstruction  Urological/gynecological/perineal surgery  Sacral/trochanter pressure ulcer Stage 3 or greater and incontinent  Palliative care/Hospice care measures and

ALCOHOLISM ERIC RANGEL BIO24 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGE NAME Alcoholism, alcohol dependency, or alcohol addiction. ETIOLOGY Genetic factors are said to play a large role in Alcoholism. Although it is not proven it is said that one can inherit the disease. Phycology is said to also be a factor, such as a person having an addictive personality or low self-esteem in their appearance or general outlook on life. Environment also plays a key role, if a person is around drinking or has influence

The patient is a 76-year-old Hispanic gentleman brought to the ED by his wife because the patient has been anxious for 2 weeks and now unable to sleep much of the night. He denies any chest pain but has had on-and-off palpitations that seemed not to be related to activity or a particular time of day. He denies any shortness of breath, lightheadedness or loss of consciousness. He had two episodes of syncope three years ago. He was diagnosed with having an MI. He was at that time treated at St

Elizabeth is taking many medications at once. She is experiencing blurred vision, orthostatic hypotension, and dizziness. Since she's always sucking on hard candies, this it is safe to say she has dry mouth also. What Elizabeth is experiencing are anticholinergic effects from one of her medications, or a drug interaction from them. There are also many other problems with the medications Elizabeth is taking. First, Elizabeth is taking Diphenhydramine, an antihistamine. This drug interacts detrimentally

Selecting an Approach for a Qualitative Research Plan Creswell (2013) contends that “we need to identify our approach to qualitative inquiry in order to present it as a sophisticated study, to offer it as a specific type so that reviewers can properly assess it, and…to offer some way of organizing ideas that can be grounded in the scholarly literature of qualitative research” (p. 69). Although I believe all three arguments cited by the author are important, this week’s readings and discussion emphasized

Processes of a case study methodology for postgraduate research in marketing Chad Perry Processes of a case study methodology 7 85 U n ive rsi ty of Sou the r n Q ueensl a nd, Toowoomba , A ust r a l i a Introduction C a s e s t u d i e s a re f a m i l i a r t o m a rke t i n g e d u c a t o r s a n d t h e i r s t u d e n t s a s a teaching device. For example, the Harvard Business School’s cases are widely used to allow students to be emotionally involved and le ar n action-related