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7. What is the role of colchicine in the treatment of pericarditis? Pericarditis is an inflammatory disease that occurs around the heart. A major cause of this inflammation is infection such as viruses, bacteria, anaerobes, and fungi. Other causes include myocardial infarction, trauma, medications, and autoimmune disorders.1,2 This disease occurs at primarily in twenty to fifty-year old males.3 Patients with immunocompromised diseases and AIDS are at higher risk for acute pericarditis.1 About 15

NUR 300 Exam #1 1. Which of the following clients is at a high risk for developing dilated cardiomyopathy? a. A 4-year-old child born with cerebral palsy and confined to a wheelchair b. A 44-year-old noncompliant female who forgets to take her hypertensive medications c. A 17-year-old with a diving injury resulting in paraplegia d. A 78-year-old patient with Alzheimer disease who received a third-degree burn following an oven fire 2. A client is experiencing muscle atrophy following 2 weeks

Arildsen et al. (2012) performed a prospective, cross-sectional study investigating endothelial dysfunction, increased inflammatory markers and activated coagulation in HIV-positive individuals after initiation of highly active ART. Twenty treatment naïve, nonsmoking, HIV positive patients were followed for 6 months and examined at three different times: 1) before starting HAART, 2) after 3 months of treatment with a HAART regimen consisting of 1 protease inhibitor (either indinavir or lopinavir

INTRODUCTION Oncology patients are often severely ill and often resort to aggressive therapies with the potential of serious toxicity. The primary objective for dose escalation in phase I trials is to avoid exposing too many patients to subtherapeutic doses while preserving safety and maintaining rapid accrual through a reliable practical dose finding design [1]. A phase I cancer trial aims to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), defined as the dose for which the probability of toxicity is

Sepsis is a potentially fatal medical condition where the blood is overwhelmed by the presence of bacteria; activating the immune response and potentially causing organ dysfunction due to the disruption of homeostasis, tissue perfusion and limited oxygen supply. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome can be a key to the recognition of the illness. This condition can be treated with antibiotics intravenously or by draining the infected fluid. However, treating the infection with appropriate anti-microbial

This report will discuss the “pharmacokinetics of vancomycin in adult cancer patients” written by al-Kofide etal. In this study, the antibiotic vancomycin was under investigation. Vancomycin is used widely to treat bacterial infections due to gram-positive organisms1. Vancomycin is also active against streptococci and staphylococci 2. The use of this glycoprotein antibiotic continues to increase as Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) becomes more widespread1. Vancomycin has an ability to inhibit and interrupt

Kicker, a 3 year-old boy, who has never been to a doctor, never received any type of shot or poke, eaten a clean, nutrient dense diet throughout his short three years and never had anything toxic on his skin, was sitting in the cold hospital room waiting for news of a diagnosis. Nurses came in and out of the waiting room, bringing in needles, advice, paperwork and machines. All of which were intimidating to a 3 year-old and his mother, Season, who happened to be a holistic nutritionist. A nurse came

M.C. is a 4 week old Caucasian male and was assessed on 2/3/2015. M.C. was awake and crying in his mother’s arms. He appeared to be well-nourished, well developed and in distress. M.C.’s mother stated his full name and date of birth, which matched his ID band. His mother was sitting in the hospital bed holding him in her arms and attempting to comfort him. His father was laying on the couch in the room. A complete head to toe assessment was not done during this time but the following results were

mentPHYSICAL ASSESSMENT Last September 16, 2011 at exactly 9 o’clock in the morning, we conducted a physical assessment to Patient X who is 12 years old. He was admitted last September 15, 2011 at 12:30 am due to edema on the right ankle. He is under Dr. Uy. Patient X was admitted per wheelchair with watcher. General Survey Patient X was lying on bed. He was awake and coherent and responsive to any kind of stimulus. He had an IVF of PNSS 1 liter at KVO rate infusing well at his left metacarpal

Zagazig University Faculty of Medicine Clinical Pathology Department Association of STAT4 Gene Single-nucleotide Polymorphism with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Thesis Submitted for partial fulfillment of M.D. degree in clinical pathology By Marwa Abd El-Monem Mohamed Ateya MB.B.CH. Ass .lecturer of Clinical Pathology Faculty of Medicine Zagazig University Prof. Dr. Lamiaa Abd Al-wahab Mohammad Professor of Clinical Pathology Faculty of Medicine Zagazig University Prof. Dr. Asmaa