Numerator: number of patients for whom administration of low-dose glucocorticoids for septic shock was determined in accordance with a standardized ICU policy over the first 24 hours following the time of presentation Denominator: total number of Continue Reading...
Acupuncture is an ancient practice of the East with a long history, which has been incorporated into modern Western use, and has been met with mixed reviews by the public and scientific communities. The History of Acupuncture The Origins of Acupunc Continue Reading...
Japanese-American Biopharmaceutical Industry in the 21st Century Optimizing Ethical Drug Availability Between These Two Pharmaceutical Superpowers" The Japanese-American biopharmaceutical industry represents an ongoing international effort betwee Continue Reading...
Stem Cell Ethics Debating the Ethics of Stem Cells The term 'stem cells' can mean different things to different people. For some, it conjures images of medical miracles providing solutions for heart disease, diabetes, and dementia. For others, it t Continue Reading...
Role of Information Technology in Promoting Lean Thinking/Practices in a Hospital: How it Helps Streamlining Processes Lean Thinking and Healthcare Lean thinking has evolved from well-known business management disciplines such as the Toyota Produc Continue Reading...
The largest difference exists in the basis of the Western holistic treatment and the basis of Ayurveda. Western holistic treatments are based on TCM or 'Traditional Chinese Medicine'. The key components of TCM are as follows: Qi (pronounced like "c Continue Reading...
Oral Hygiene Methodology There is a significant amount of research that shows statistical correlation between oropharyngeal bacterial colonization and the presence bacteria responsible for ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). Several interventions Continue Reading...
People From History That Impacted the World in a Positive Way Three People from History Three People from History who impacted the World in a Positive Way Ross Granville Harrison (1807 -- 1959) Ross Granville Harrison was an American zoologist. Continue Reading...
Do patients understand what it means to donate tissue to science? Not only that, but use of EG cells confuses stem cell research with the debate over abortion, bring up the risk of biasing emotions (McDonald 7). So, while stem cell research is an e Continue Reading...
20th century, the major medical model of disease was ascribed to faith, random events or other supernatural activities. Odor was considered to be either a preventative or cause of disease, and indeed, many intellectual people were "bled" to increase Continue Reading...
Social Research Research activities, whether empirical, literature review sponsored, descriptive, or historical, must exhibit and command interest, enthusiasm, and passionate commitment. It is vital that the researcher catch the essential quality o Continue Reading...
Penicillin focuses on the miraculous discovery of Alexander Fleming in the world of medicine called the Penicillin. This paper illustrates the process of discovery of this drug and outlines the various advantages it has caused not only to people but Continue Reading...
spirit catches you and you fall down. Notions of epilepsy amongst the Hmong nation are diametrically different to those of the West. The Hmong believe that epileptic individuals are particularly fancied by malevolent spirits (called 'dabs') that e Continue Reading...
The foundational ideas of the limits of science and medical ethics goes back a very long way and as it has evolved over the centuries, certain laws, rules, regulations and taboos have been put in place to protect the human race from that sometimes Continue Reading...
The conglomeration of RBCs and platelets held together by the fibrin forms the clot. After the injury to the damaged artery heals, the clot is no longer needed. The body will then destroy the clot by breaking down the fibrin fiber network that binds Continue Reading...
Verhey, Allen. "Playing God and Invoking a Perspective." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 20 (1995): 347-364. Any physician of a moral and ethical frame of mind would be reflexively offended if a patient, or the loved one of a patient, accused t Continue Reading...
The promulgation of penicillin, for instance, is part of the story of the 1950s. America, fresh out of a World War and looking towards technology to save humanity -- the Atomic bomb, the Age of Plastics, new innovations for the kitchen, and then tur Continue Reading...
Henry F. Chambers, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (www.nfid.org). Moreover, as for Chambers' article, he contends that "bactericidal activity is not an invariable property of an antibiotic"; that depends on the Continue Reading...
Like the "box or chest which is built into the wall" ("Body Ritual among the Nacirema, p. 2) in Nacirema homes, Americans spend a great deal of time taking prescription drugs and over the counter remedies into and out of their medicine cabinets. For Continue Reading...
Clinical Trials: Regulatory Considerations and International Harmonization Clinical trials are experiments that are carried out in clinical research. They are designed to provide knowledge on detection, prevention, and treatment of diseases as well Continue Reading...
In other words, Lacks's cellular content was taken without her consent, but this would have been the case for a wealthy white woman in the North. This does not make what happened to her morally right, of course, but it is important to remember that Continue Reading...
What many medical professionals did not know, though, is what the frequency of the population who were allergic to both penicillin and cephalosporin. The importance of the study on review is that as late as the early 21st century, there was no stat Continue Reading...
Pharmacy Program As someone who enjoys helping people, I have always been interested in pharmacy work. Currently, I work as a pharmacist at the National Guard Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I graduated from King Saud University's College of Phar Continue Reading...
International Clinical Harmonisation PROPER SYSTEMS IN PLACE The International Congress Harmonisation WHO Principles of Good Clinical Practice Clinical research is conducted to insure the safety and efficacy of health and medical products and pra Continue Reading...
There are many bacteria that are able to resist against antibiotic drugs, including penicillin. The resistance to antibiotics often occurs because not all bacteria that are part of the same species are alike. These small differences that exist amon Continue Reading...
Medication Errors Over Medication Overmedication can be described as an inappropriate medical treatment that occurs when a patient takes unnecessary or excessive medications. This may happen because the prescriber is unaware of other medications Continue Reading...
(Drug Creation Process: Learn and Confirm, a new Paradigm for Clinical Development at Wyeth) Pharmaceuticals - a knowledge driven industry: Pharmaceuticals happen to be one of the most extremely 'Knowledge Driven' industries that is always in a st Continue Reading...
Antibiotic Resistant Streptococci There are more than thirty different species of streptococcal bacteria. The infections that strep causes in humans range from "strep throat," which is caused by Group A strep and relatively easily treatable, to dise Continue Reading...
Dark Side of the Moon": How Schizophrenia Affected Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett Many music fans today may not have even heard of Pink Floyd, but during the heyday of their career, these musicians were widely regarded as being among the best in the busi Continue Reading...
Phantoms in the Brain Based on the cases presented in the book, do you believe that we have specialized neural circuitry that exists solely to moderate religious experiences? What do you think this area is for? How do you explain the religiosity of Continue Reading...
Antibiotics Penicillin Mechanism of Action Penicillin G, when injected into the patient, will act against actively proliferating penicillin-sensitive strains of bacteria (Drugs.com, 2011). This does not include several strains of staphylococci pro Continue Reading...
Pathogen Detection Methods: Scientists across the globe have been able to string total microbial genomes effectively and rapidly due to advances in the DNA sequencing technology. This is largely because the access to the DNA sequences of whole micro Continue Reading...
d.). Another modern diagnosis system which enables rapid identification of members of the Enterobacteriaceae and other Gram-negative bacteria, including Proteus vulgaris is through the API 20E system. It involves the use of plastic strips consisting Continue Reading...
Pharmaceutical Law Perhaps one of the greatest ethical challenges of pharmaceutical marketing will be a result of overreach of the Justice Department with respect to its interpretation of the First Amendment. Indeed, in his dissenting opinion in Sor Continue Reading...
Nursing Discussion #1 Diabetes (either type 1 or type 2) can cause many problems for the patient when the disease is uncontrolled. Please choose one of the problems associated with diabetes and describe what happens to the body to cause the problem. Continue Reading...
Evans, E.G. & Sigurgeirsson, B. (1999, April 17). Double blind, randomised study of continuous terbinafine compared with intermittent itraconazole in treatment of toenail onychomycosis. British Medical Journal, 318, pp. 1031-1036. Key Points: T Continue Reading...
2). Stem cells "can theoretically differentiate into virtually any type of human cell, from blood cells to skin cells" (AAAS, 2009). Besides, "in the natural reproductive process, human eggs are often fertilized but fail to implant in the uterus" (AA Continue Reading...
history of vaccines, including who discovered them and their usage through the present day. Vaccines are one of the ways humans have learned how to protect themselves from dreaded diseases. Vaccines essentially work by helping the body develop immun Continue Reading...
Medication Errors Since the research materials are provided to you by human beings, and may be based Medication errors pose a significant threat to patients. The results of medication errors vary from mild to deadly. No facility is immune from the Continue Reading...
