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The elderly generally have a reduced muscle mass. Since creatinine is a metabolic product of muscle proteins, the diminished muscle mass in the elderly significantly affect the reliability of serum …
Read MoreAlcohol is a small water- soluble molecule. It distributes rapidly into all body water so that its concentrations in blood approximates that in other tissues. Since women have lower body …
Read MoreIt is cheap and widely available. It has a wide margin of safety, and thus very high doses can be used without any major risk of toxicity. It has a …
Read MorePGE2 (e.g Dinoprostone) and PGF2alfa (e.g. Carboprost) are theoretically superior to oxytocin for inducing labour in women with eclampsia, preeclampsia and other cardiovascular diseases because, unlike oxytocin that is intrinsically …
Read MoreLead is highly toxic with no known safe level for anyone to eat, drink or breathe in. The major sources of lead are lead-based paint, leakages from lead-coated pipes in …
Read MoreCarbon monoxide (CO) is a Colorless, tasteless, odorless, and non-irritating gas. Thus, it’s presence cannot be detected by people at risk of its poisoning. Detection is made much more difficult …
Read More1. Too rapid administration of drugs having a high volume of distribution results in a transiently toxic blood concentrations that may injure or overstimulate organs such as the heart to …
Read MoreDid you know that patients on long term use of digoxin could experience severe digoxin toxicity if they suffer severe fluid loss through intense vomiting and diarrhea? Such a toxicity …
Read MoreFor most patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder with psychotic features, typical and atypical antipsychotics (eg chlorpromazine, haloperidol) are of equal efficacy for treating positive symptoms (Feelings or behaviors that …
Read MoreOral glucose, unlike intravenous glucose, enhances secretion of endogenous insulin secretagogues which then amplify the glucose- induced insulin secretion. So, for the same amount of glucose, parenterally administered glucose is …
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