Relevant Facts: Nurofen, the pain-relief medication is made by Reckitt Benckiser Australia, a multinational company. The company was found misleading customers for all its specific range that contained the same active ingredient ibuprofen lysine 342mg and was seen to have same effect. The product was advertised the products as been targeting back pain, period pain and tension headaches. The Company was fined $1.7m for misleading customers on range of ‘specific pain’ relief contravening Australian Consumer Law has been brought forward by ACCC. The ACCC had asked federal court to impose $6 million fine.
Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring This monitors the pressures in the right side of the heart and indirectly measures the left side of the heart. This is the most invasive catheter used in critical care, and routine use of the pulmonary artery (PA) catheter is controversial; it can assess many hemodynamic parameters such as PA systolic and diastolic, pulmonary MAP, pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP), and cardiac output. Cardiac output is used to calculate other parameters such as cardiac index, systemic vascular resistance (SVR), and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). PAWP is also known as pulmonary artery occlusive pressure or pulmonary capillary wedge pressure.
An electrocardiogram records the electrical activity on the surface of the heart. One method of acquiring an electrocardiogram is by the usage of a handheld single channel ECG machine. Figure 1 displays the results of my single electrocardiogram result. From this figure, one can calculate the heart rate by dividing the number of intervals over the time and multiplying by 60 in order to get the heart rate in beats per minute (BPM). Based on the electrocardiogram, there were 7 intervals in a time span of 6 seconds.
Objective: Overall goal of the experiment was to find the over the counter medicine that is responsible for an overdose caused death. The victim was found dead in their apartment and it is suspected that the death was caused by one of the over the counter medicines that the victim had. The over the counter medicines that are thought to be responsible are; migraine formula, 8-hour pain relief, 8-hour pain relief extra strength, niacin, and melatonin. The method by which these suspected medications are separated is an analysis using FTIR/ATR data from each of the samples. This data was analyzed along with a sample of the vomit from the victim in order to find the medication that caused the overdose1.
Benefit-risk of epidural analgesia - post-operative period Epidural analgesia is also widely used during the post-operative period and has been shown to be superior to systemic opioid analgesia for the control of postoperative pain (23). Other beneficial or harmful side effects of TEA during the postoperative period were investigated in a systematic review and meta-analysis including 125 trials, with a total of 9044 patients, analyzing various outcomes (24). In the group receiving TEA vs. systemic opioids the major outcome was a reduced mortality rate (2-3.1% in the epidural group vs. 3.2-4.9% in the control group (OR >0.60)). The main adverse effects of TEA to be mentioned are pruritus, urinary retention, motor blockade and hypotension.
People use many different kinds of biomedical interventions in the instance of stomach discomfort, mostly antacids but in some cases H-2 receptor antagonists, and pro-kinetics. There are a few different antacids out there including: Pepto-Bismol, Alka-Seltzer and Tums. The most common H-2 receptor antagonist is Pepcid and pro-kinetics is the least common route to relief. Pepto-Bismol is one of the more common interventions to defeating dyspepsia and is offered as a liquid, caplet and chewable tablet. It’s active ingredient is bismuth subsalicylate and does many things in order to relieve the stomach of pain.
The primary focus of the experiment is to see if and by how much the muscles contract depending on the solution added onto them. We learned that muscles contraction occurs in three stages excitation, contraction coupling, and relaxation. Muscles begin contraction when they are stimulated and then become more permeable to NA+. The muscle cell lets in more Na+ which causes the cell to depolarize, and also lets out K+. The release of K+ repolarizes the cell, and this quick depolarization and repolarization creates Action Potential.
Introduction Your child has received a gastrostomy. A small opening was made through your child’s abdominal wall and into the stomach to insert a gastrostomy button, a device in which will allow your child to receive adequate nutrition. Typical feeding by mouth is sometimes disrupted by problems such as congenital abnormalities of the digestive system, sucking and swallowing disorders, and failure to thrive. A gastrostomy button will ensure that your child receives the proper nutrition needed to grow. Before you leave the hospital, the nurses will train you on how to use a gastrostomy button.
2.2 Description of Wound and its Association with Microbes Skin is the largest organ in the human body, plays a crucial role in the sustenance of life through regulation and maintainance of water and electrolyte balance, thermoregulation, and also acting as a barrier to external noxious agents including microorganisms, however, when the epithelial integrity of skin is broken, a wound results (Zafar et al. 2008). A wound is an abrasion in the skin and the exposure of subcutaneous tissue after the loss of skin integrity provides moist, warm and nutritious environment that is conducive for microbial colonization and proliferation (Duguid and Colle, 1975). Wounds disrupt the protective barrier of the skin thereby creating a channel of entry
The vertebral body is made up of different types of muscular systems that allow the body to maintain posture, move and also circulation of the blood. In this experiment, we focused primarily on the skeletal muscle system. The skeletal muscles work simultaneously with bones of the skeleton. The muscles are able to attach to the bones through tendons. They are under voluntary control of the Peripheral Nervous System and specifically the Somatic Nervous System.
Introduction: The sciatic nerve is the largest and thickest nerve in the human body, formed by anterior rami of L 4, 5, S 1, 2, 3 spinal segments. It is made up of two components, the common peroneal and tibial nerves, which are held together by the connective tissue sheath. It enters the gluteal region through the greater sciatic foramen below the piriformis muscle, descends on the back of thigh and usually divides into its terminal branches at the apex of popliteal fossa1. Variations in different level of terminal division of sciatic nerve and its relations with piriformis muscle have been reported.
Alginate is generally available as alginic acid, sodium salt that is regularly called sodium alginate. It is a linear polysaccharide that typically isolated from numerous strains of marine brown seaweed and algae, in this manner the name is alginate. The copolymer comprises of two uronic acids which are D-mannuronic acid (M) and L-guluronic acid (G). That is because it is the skeletal component of the algae and it has the decent property of being strong but then flexible. The most ideal in preparation of sodium alginate is by adding the powder to agitated water rather than vice verso to avoid formation of clumps.
Introduction: The objective for the lab was to determine properties of materials by using a tension test. The properties that were determined was Young’s Modulus, ultimate tensile strength, and yield strength. Three aluminum alloys were tested. The first was the AA 2024 , which is high strength used in aerospace applications.
I am doing an assignment on anatomy and physiology. Specifically related to the musculoskeletal system. I am going to investigate the structure and function of different bones and a synovial joint in the body. I will show the relationship between the nervous and musculoskeletal systems. I intend to explore one disease of the musculoskeletal system and find out what it is like to live with said disease and found out how much people really know about it.
Aim: The aim of this project is to determine the ear's ability to allow us to perceive the pitch of sounds by detection of the wave's frequencies, the loudness of sound by detection of the wave's amplitude and the timbre of the sound by the detection of the various frequencies that make up a complex sound wave. Introduction: Understanding how humans hear is a complex subject involving the fields of physiology, psychology and acoustics. The ear consists of three basic parts - the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear.
