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Mg Kg Neuromuscular Junction
2,659 wordsNeuromuscular blocking agents are an essential aspect of attaining adequate muscle relaxation in patients prior to attempting endotracheal intubation. Succinylcholine is one these agents used, most commonly when attempting a rapid sequence induction. Succinylcholine administration is associated with muscle fasciculation's and subsequent myalgias postoperatively. A non depolarizing neuromuscular agent is commonly administered to reduce the occurance of fasciculation's and myalgias. Additionally, ...
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Mg Kg Muscle Weakness
2,753 words... has been shown as efficacious in reducing the incidence of fasciculation's and myalgias as d-tubo curare, and allows for the administration of succinylcholine in 90 seconds as opposed to 3 - 5 minutes for d-tubo curare. These results serve as the basis for selecting Rocuronium as the defasciculation agent. The occurrence of myalgia's vary within different groups of patients and it has generally understood that it occurs more frequently in women, for reasons yet not fully understood. Propofol...
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Nitrous Oxide Neuromuscular Junction
1,553 wordsAnesthesia is a partial or complete loss of sensation or feeling induced by the admin- is tration of various substances. For many decade, people have used one form of an anesthetic during surgical procedures. Some people also use some of these anesthetics as recreational drugs, e. g. laughing gas (a. k. a. Nitrous Oxide). The term anesthetic literally means "without feeling." There are many different types of anesthesia, but they are usually put into three groups. These groups are gene- ral anes...
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Feminine Traits Positive Correlation
2,031 wordsCorrelation Between Masculinity And Empathy Essay, Research Correlation Between Masculinity And Empathy Correlation Between Masculinity and Empathy Many psychological studies have been carried out over the years in the topic of personality, in aiming to grasp the type of factors that are involved in bestowing us the personalities that we hold. Most people will have probably come across various personality tests at some stage or another, which ask you lots of questions and then analyze your resul...
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Opiates Such As Morphine First Pass Through The Liver Codeine
314 wordsEffects of Codeine on the Human Body Codeine is mainly used as a pain reliever, but is also used for the relief of a non-productive cough, and as an anti-diarrheal agent. 120 mg of codeine administered SC (subcutaneously, injected under the skin) provides pain relief equal to 10 mg of morphine administered by the same route. Doses used to relieve cough or diarrhea range from 5 mg to 30 mg. Codeine is absorbed quickly from the GI tract and its first pass through the liver results in very little l...
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Cognitive Functioning Football Players
2,954 wordsDespite the high prevalence and potentially serious outcomes associated with concussion in athletes, there is little systematic research examining risk factors and short- and long-term outcomes. Objectives To assess the relationship between concussion history and learning disability (LD) and the association of these variables with neuropsychological performance and to evaluate post concussion recovery in a sample of college football players. Design, Setting, and Participants A total of 393 athle...
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Young Childrens Higher Levels
2,758 wordsRunning Head: Storytelling and EmpathThe Effects of Storytelling on Expressions of Empathy in Preschool Aged Children Sarah E. Shafer Earlham Colleg Abstract The present study examined affective and cognitive empathy in preschool children. Seventeen children, ages three to five years, were given The Young Childrens Empathy Measure to determine their understanding of empathy. Participants were then read a childrens story and given the empathy measure again, to see if they expressed more empathy a...
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Young Childrens Higher Levels
2,692 wordsThe present study examined affective and cognitive empathy in preschool children. Seventeen children, ages three to five years, were given The Young Childrens Empathy Measure to determine their understanding of empathy. Participants were then read a childrens story and given the empathy measure again, to see if they expressed more empathy after hearing about a sympathetic protagonist. A second baseline score was obtained one week after the story was administered. On measures of cognitive anger, ...
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