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| | Electrolyte disturbance |
 | | In medicine, electrolyte disturbances are elevated or depressed levels of circulating electrolytes. |
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http://pedia.newsfilter.co.uk/wikipedia/e/el/electrolyte_disturbance.html
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| | [P&S; Medical Review:Spring:97] *On Diabetic Acidosis:A Detailed Study of Electrolyte Balances Following the ... |
| | Furthermore, as was pointed out in the preceding section, the effect of these changes in electrolyte and water excretion on the electrolyte pattern of the blood serum is qualitatively similar to that observed in diuresis in cardiac and nutritional edema. | | | We have repeatedly called attention to the difficulty of interpreting electrolyte balance studies in the absence of data on skin excretion. | | | Since glycogen storage is entirely an intracellular phenomenon, it may be inferred that all water released by glycogen breakdown should have the electrolyte structure of intracellular fluid. |
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http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/news/review/archives/medrev_v4n1_0005.html
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| | Nouriche C.H.E.E.R.S. Electrolyte |
| | Scours is a general term for a disease process which results in a disturbance in the flow of water back and forth, between the blood and the intestine (gut). | | | C.H.E.E.R.S. Third Generation Electrolyte Formulation Is Derived From Discoveries by the World Health Organization. | | | In attempting to achieve osmotic balance, the body tries to dilute the excess dextrose from the electrolyte solution that arrives in the intestine, by sending crucial fluid from the blood, where it is needed, back to the gut. |
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http://www.nouriche.com/electrolytes.html
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| | Reversing Autism with Nutrition |
| | Armed with this information, the clinician is able to produce a better prognosis for those who were once imprisoned in an unyielding haze of degenerative conditions. | | | Alex was receiving regular training in Sensory Integration Therapy, using play-like movements in which the child performs motions such as spinning, rolling, jumping, and swinging. | | | By looking at the blood chemistry of a child with autism, you gain a picture of that child's uniqueness, from which you can accurately determine nutritional factors that have contributed to the appearance of autism, and thereby need correcting. |
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http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/July2002/ReversingAutism22.htm
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| | Nursing Spectrum- Career Fitness Online |
| | When the RN assesses patients for fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances, he or she must take a nursing history, perform a physical assessment, look at clinical measurements, review lab test results, and monitor the patient’s cardiac and respiratory status. | | | Homeostasis is controlled and regulated by the body’s physiological processes — with a complicated interplay among water, acid-base balance, and electrolytes. | | | The human body seeks homeostasis, a state of equilibrium in its internal environment. |
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http://www.nursingspectrum.com/MagazineArticles/article.cfm?AID=11971
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| | Electrolyte news article archive |
| | The committee found he told her there was nothing wrong with the baby’s chest and prescribed electrolyte powder and indicated to the mother that the baby... | | | Serum electrolyte levels should be monitored frequently, and hypokalemia should be treated with potassium administration, the addition of a potassium-sparing... |
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http://drugs.mongabay.com/news/Electrolyte.html
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| | Health, Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
| | Children with autism are similar in their nitrogen, electrolyte and bicarbonate disturbance. | | | Unfortunately, their acidosis further forces their electrolytes to precipitate out, disturbs their lipid brain metabolism and leads to deeper biochemical derangement. | | | Carbs give a jolt of energy and for a short time clear thinking. |
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http://www.springboard4health.com/notebook/health_autism.html
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| | SELECT GI fluid loss critical care |
| | Anticipation and prevention – it is well-recognised that patients after abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery often have problems with establishment of oral feeding, especially in emergency cases it seems that the retroperitoneal surgery, with or without haematoma formation, can lead to problems with gastric emptying. | | | describe the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms and the associated electrolyte and acid-base disturbances | | | Careful study of the patients fluid balance chart may provide the first indication of a problem. |
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http://www.edu.rcsed.ac.uk/select/cc16.htm
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 2, Ch. 12, Water, Electrolyte, Mineral, And Acid-Base Metabolism |
| | Most clinical laboratories now use different techniques; therefore, the normal range of the anion gap has decreased and may be as low as 5 to 11 mEq/L. Clinicians should consider their particular laboratory's reference range when assessing the anion gap. | | | Table 12-8 shows primary changes in the four simple acid-base disturbances and the expected compensation. | | | along with recognition of the underlying disease process is usually sufficient to correctly solve most clinical acid-base disturbances. |
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http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section2/chapter12/12g.jsp
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| | Electrolyte Imbalance |
| | Electrolytes must exist in the body within a narrow concentration range in order to effectively serve a variety of critical functions (see table 1). | | | Tumor lysis syndrome: When cancer cells are killed by therapy, they may spill their inner (intracellular) contents, which accumulate in the body faster than can be eliminated. | | | Which electrolyte disorders are most serious for cancer patients? |
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http://patient.cancerconsultants.com/supportive_treatment.aspx?id=23137
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| | Canadian Medical Association Journal Volume 166 |
| | Newer methods using ion-selective electrodes in the measurement of serum electrolytes may avoid this problem. | | | Hypovolemia can be determined clinically by the presence of postural changes in blood pressure and pulse rate. | | | There are serious neurologic sequelae associated with hyponatremia and its treatment. |
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http://www.diesis.com/fabrizio/hyponatremia.htm
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| | Isotonic Dehydration |
| | Both methods start with a clinical determination of the degree of dehydration. | | | The same child as above comes into the ER, but this time, he would like his iv fluid therapy to be calculated on a body surface area basis. | | | Just as there are several ways to calculate maintenance fluids (the Holliday-Segar method, caloric method, and the body surface area method), there are a couple of ways to calculate the fluid and electrolyte deficit. |
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http://gucfm.georgetown.edu/welchjj/netscut/fen/isotonic_dehydration.html
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| | The whole effect of hemp being less violent, and producing a more natural sleep, without interfering with the actions of the internal organs, it is certainly often preferable to opium, although it is not equal to that drug in strength and reliability. | | | His most spectacular success came, however, when he quelled the wrenching muscle spasms of tetanus and rabies with the fragrant resin. | | | In light of such assets as minimal toxicity, no buildup of tolerance, no physical dependence, and minimal autonomic disturbance, immediate major clinical reinvestigation of cannabis preparations is indicated in the management of pain, chronic neurologic diseases, convulsive disorders, migraine headache, anorexia, mental illness, and bacterial infections. |
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http://www.eff.org/Net_culture/Ritual/Drugs/hemp.propaganda
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| | ME343 |
| | Emphasis is placed on thorough history taking and physical examination, performance of urinalysis, formulation of diagnostic and therapeutic plans appropriate use of laboratory studies, including renal biopsy. | | | Seminars, clinical and physiological conferences and other small group exercises will supplement clinical experiences and emphasize the scientific basis of clinical problems. | | | Basic mechanisms in the pathophysiology of the disease process will be stressed, as well as the practical aspects of diagnosis and therapy. |
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http://renal2.med.upenn.edu/RehdWeb/me343a.html
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| | Electrolyte disturbance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | blood." (Note, this doesn't mean that the disturbance is only in the blood; usually, electrolyte disturbance is systemic. | | | Other electrolyte imbalances are less common, and often occur in conjunction with major electrolyte changes. | | | There is a standard nomenclature for electrolyte disorders: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolyte_disturbance
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| | Electrolyte Disturbances |
| | Electrolytes play a vital role in maintaining homeostasis within the body. | | | Although the patient is losing many electrolytes, their initial levels may be normal or elevated due to cell death within the body and release of intracellular electrolytes. | | | The most common reason by far for a patient to have a significant imbalance is due to renal impairment. |
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http://www.ace.cc/Critical%20Care%20Topics/electrolyte_disturbances.htm
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| | nurseat |
| | Criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions associated with anorexia nervosa. | | | In INTERVENTIONS FOR BODY IMAGE DISTURBANCE FOR ANOREXIA NERVOSA, consider: | | | In INTERVENTIONS FOR MOOD DISTURBANCE FOR ANOREXIA NERVOSA, consider: |
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http://www.langara.bc.ca/vnc/nurseat.htm
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| | Brief Reports |
| | Although it can have fatal consequences, timely intervention yields encouraging results. | | | Hypokalemia a commonly encountered electrolyte disturbance has diverse as well as serious manifestations like muscular paralysis, paralytic ileus, respiratory muscle paralysis, cardiac arrhythmia and even arrest(1-3). |
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http://www.indianpediatrics.net/99nov10.htm
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| | vitacost.com - Top brand vitamins at wholesale cost! |
| | This method permitted quantification of changes of muscle-excitability in terms of the potassium chloride concentration capable of disturbing the electrical activity of the studied muscles. | | | Dystrophic myotonic muscles appeared highly sensitive to extracellular potassium and, unlike normal muscles, were unable to accumulate potassium-induced muscle hyperexcitability and favored electrolyte accumulation in dystrophic myotonic muscles. | | | Confirming the antimyotonic effect of acute parenteral taurine, chronic treatment induced significant improvement of myotonia and a decreased sensitivity to the arterial potassium load as well as an enhancement of electrolyte movements across the membrane of the studied muscles. |
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http://www.vitacost.com/science/MedStudies/Taurine.html
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Metabolic alkalosis |
| | "Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders." In Family Medicine Principles and Practices. | | | Metabolic alkalosis, as a disturbance of the body's acid/base balance, can be a mild condition, brought on by vomiting, the use of steroids or diuretic drugs, or the overuse of antacids or laxatives. | | | "Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders." In Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 1998. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/g2601/0008/2601000895/p1/article.jhtml
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| | PORPHYRINS |
| | There may also be a history of skin photosensitivity. | | | This is typically characterised by abdominal pain (colicky pain + vomiting and constipation), neurological disturbance ( ranging from Peripheral neuritis to severe paralysis) and often psychiatric disturbance. | | | The acute attacks are commonly precipitated by therapeutic drugs including alcohol, analgesics, steroids, diuretics, antibiotics, anti hypertensives, hypnotics, tranquillisers, sedatives, muscle relaxants, anaesthetics(See BNF or Contact clinical chemistry for a detailed list). |
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http://members.aol.com/Richstott/Porph.htm
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| | ABC of heart failure - Clinical features and complications |
| | Antiarrhythmic drugs that may be cardiodepressant (negative inotropism) and proarrhythmic | | | Sustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and torsades de pointes are more likely to occur in the presence of precipitating or aggravating factors, including electrolyte disturbance (for example, hypokalaemia or hyperkalaemia, hypomagnesaemia), prolonged QT interval, digoxin toxicity, drugs causing electrical instability (for example, antiarrhythmic drugs, antidepressants), and continued or recurrent myocardial ischaemia. |
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http://www.studentbmj.com/back_issues/0300/education/58.html
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| | OxyGuard Heavy Duty pH Probes |
| | Can be used on pressurized systems - reference electrolyte container can be pressurized to 0.5 bar above process pressure. | | | The cleaning process takes only one or two seconds, and can often take place without disturbing the measurement value. | | | They utilize the tried-and-tested principle of feeding a small, continuous supply of liquid electrolyte to the reference electrode part of the system. |
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http://www.oxyguard.dk/products/ph_redox/probes/heavy_duty_probes/heavy_duty_probes.html
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| | New York Statewide Resource Center for Geriatric Education |
| | Patients with dementia are much more likely to develop delirium. | | | cognitive loss (memory, orientation, language) or perceptual disturbance not explained by a previous dementia | | | disturbed consciousness, (reduced clarity of awareness of the environment,) with decreased ability to focus, sustain or shift attention |
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http://www.upstate.edu/geriatric_education/delerium.html
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| | An interesting electrolyte problem -- 76 (897): 439 -- Postgraduate Medical Journal |
| | Q2: What is the most likely explanation for the electrolyte disturbance? | | | An interesting electrolyte problem -- 76 (897): 439 -- Postgraduate Medical Journal | | | This case describes a complex and potentially fatal electrolyte and acid-base disorder, resulting from available and commonly |
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http://www.postgradmedj.com/cgi/content/full/76/897/439g
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| | Howard Shapiro, MD: Clinical Nephrology, Expert Witness Testimony |
| | His clinical nephrology experience includes problems in hypertension and electrolyte disturbances. | | | It encompasses consultative evaluation, intensive care management, immunosuppressive care, and treatment of the entire spectrum of acute and chronic renal diseases. | | | He has worked in both the dialysis and renal transplantation fields for over thirty years. |
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http://www.howardshapiromd.com
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| | JPEN: Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Drug-induced electrolyte disorders in patients receiving parenteral ... |
| | Once the electrolyte imbalances occur, the extent of the disturbance is likely influenced by other drugs and the clinical condition of the patient. | | | For example, in one case, the losses of potassium caused by one drug may be augmented by another medication with a similar propensity to induce hypokalemia, either by the same mechanism of action or by another. | | | The clinical significance of drug-induced metabolic disorders in patients is variable and can be influenced greatly by a number of predisposing factors that include comorbid disease(s), end-organ function, genetic deficiencies affecting key biotransformation steps, impairments in excretion, concomitant drug therapy, aging, nutritional status, and others. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3762/is_200005/ai_n8882005
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| | 1.3 Hyponatraemia |
| | It is the most common electrolyte disturbance in hospitalised patients and is often misunderstood and mismanaged. | | | A disorder of [Na ] is a disturbance of this balance and may involve an abnormal content of either ECF water or sodium (or both). | | | For example patients presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis are often hyperkalaemic but a significant total body deficit of potassium is present. |
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http://www.qldanaesthesia.com/ElectBook/Elect1_3.htm
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| | Cognitive Disorders and Delirium: |
| | The clinical presentation of cognitive disorders and delirium are associated with a high level of distress in patients, family members, and healthcare personnel. | | | The presence of an underlying cause such as a general medical condition (e.g., hypoxia or electrolyte disturbance), medication, a combination of etiologies, or indeterminate etiology. | | | Other associated noncore clinical criteria features include sleep-wake cycle disturbance, delusions, emotional lability, and disturbance of psychomotor activity. |
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http://www.acor.org/cnet/62772.html
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| | Acute Colonic Pseudo-obstruction Complicated by Cecal Perforation in a |
| | The majority of patients with ACP have an acute medical process at the time symptoms begin. | | | The treatment of ACP focuses on basic, supportive medical care and correction of the underlying illness if possible. | | | Many factors have been associated with this syndrome which include electrolyte imbalance, systemic infection, drugs, and occasionally, neurologic disease. |
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http://www.sma.org/smj1997/octsmj97/9text.htm
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| | LearnPRN |
| | This program aims to develop understanding of the assessment, recognition and management of patients with fluid and electrolyte disturbance. |
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http://www.learnprn.com/programs_c31.htm
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| | Acute yellow oleander (Thevetia peruviana) poisoning: cardiac arrhythmias, electrolyte disturbances, and serum cardiac ... |
| | To describe the cardiac arrhythmias, electrolyte disturbances, and serum cardiac glycoside levels seen in patients presenting | | | Electrolyte and serum cardiac glycoside concentrations were measured in 88 of these patients (blood samples could not be taken | | | Figure 1 Serum concentrations of cardiac glycosides, potassium, and magnesium in patients admitted to Anuradhapura General Hospital who were then either transferred to Colombo or discharged without specific treatment. |
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http://www.heartjnl.com/cgi/content/full/83/3/301
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| | Today the drug is mostly used as a laxative and is a component of many choleretic drugs (a choleretic increases the flow of bile into the intestines and is recommended in cases of liver and biliary disorders that often cause constipation). | | | Like all other anthracene-glycoside laxatives, rhubarb root should not be used continuously over a prolonged period as this disturbs the water and electrolyte balance of the body. | | | Dreessen M, Eyssen H, and Lemli J. The metabolism of sennosides A and B by the intestinal microflora: in vitro and in vivo studies on rat and mouse. |
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http://www.floressencetea.com/TurkishrhuINFO.html
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 57, Disorders of Water and Electrolyte Balance |
| | Imbalances are most likely to occur when acute illness, hospitalization, use of medications, or extremes of weather upset homeostasis. | | | These systems compensate for losses through the skin, respiratory tract, and gastrointestinal (GI) tract. | | | With age, all of these functions change, making the elderly more prone to problems with water and electrolyte balance. |
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http://www.merck.com/pubs/mm_geriatrics/sec8/ch57.htm
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| | ELNA Cerafine capacitors |
| | When a general purpose capacitor experiences a sound pressure or external mechanical vibration, the energy of such an external disturbance acts on the interface between the oxide film and the electrolyte, causing electric noise to be generated which results in a noisy signal and degraded sound quality of the capacitor. | | | The addition of ceramics of a heterogeneous material with high hardness to the separator electrolyte, however, increases the physical internal loss and absorbs mechanical vibration energy. | | | Since the separator is impregnated with an electrolyte, there is a contribution of the separator to the resistance between the anode and cathode in addition to the resistance of the electrolyte. |
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http://www.elna-america.com/Cerafine.htm
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| | Herbs for Health |
| | With chronic use or abuse: Disturbance of electrolyte balance, especially potassium deficiency, albuminuria and hematuria. | | | Pigment implantation into the intestinal mucosa ( pseudomelanosis coli) is harmless and usually reverses on discontinuation of the drug. | | | In addition, stimulation of active chloride secretion increases water and electrolyte content of the contents of the intestine. |
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http://www.herbalgram.org/ogdenpress/ExpandedCommissionE/he087.asp
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| | The Physician and Sportsmedicine: July 1998 ECG Quiz Answer |
| | A QTc at or above 0.48 seconds in females or 0.47 seconds in males, in the absence of drugs, electrolyte disturbance, or other conditions that might independently lengthen the QT interval, is probably diagnostic of LQTS (1). |
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http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/1998/07jul/quiz2.htm
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| | Eating disorders |
| | Check for electrolyte disturbance for risk of hypokalemia particularly when young person is purging. | | | Often there is a high level of secrecy surrounding the problem creating problems with developing a therapeutic alliance. | | | CBT may be useful to address cognitive distortions |
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http://www.headroom.net.au/kitchen/eating_gp_txt.html
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 2, Ch. 12, Water, Electrolyte, Mineral, And Acid-Base Metabolism |
| | The presence of hypoparathyroidism is often suggested by the clinical manifestations of the underlying condition (eg, cataracts, basal ganglia calcification, and chronic candidiasis in idiopathic hypoparathyroidism). | | | Trousseau's sign also occurs in alkalosis, hypomagnesemia, hypokalemia, and hyperkalemia and in about 6% of people with no identifiable electrolyte disturbance. | | | The clinical manifestations of hypocalcemia are due to disturbance in cellular membrane potential. |
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http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section2/chapter12/12d.htm
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| | This could be done by varying the flow rate of electrolyte through the heat exchanger, but the time constant of this form of control would be too large. | | | In practice, they reduce to gap control, electrolyte flow control, and process parameter control, above all temperature. | | | A distinction of control in the case of ECM is the fact that the controlled plant, that is, the proper machine, its power unit, electrolyte supply and purification facilities, and so on, is exposed to a wide range of disturbance factors. |
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http://www.unl.edu/nmrc/ecm5/5.htm
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| | Pemoline (PIM 940) |
| | Amphetamine withdrawal syndrome: Abrupt discontinuance following chronic use is characterised by apathy, depression, lethargy, anxiety and sleep disturbances. | | | Myalgias, abdominal pain, voracious appetite and a profound depression with suicidal tendencies may complicate the immediate post-withdrawal period and peak in 2 to 3 days. | | | Creatinine, urea, and electrolyte measurement are important to establish whether renal impairment or hyperkalaemia is present. |
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http://www.intox.org/databank/documents/pharm/pemoline/pim940.htm
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| | Transcutaneous Pacing |
| | · If time permits and the patient is hemodynamically stable, correct metabolic and electrolyte abnormalities, or reverse unwanted drug effects which may be the cause of the bradycardic rhythm. | | | For awake patients, explain the procedure, advise them of the benefit of pacing, potential risks of further deterioration if pacing is not attempted, and of the potential complications (listed below). |
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http://apps.med.buffalo.edu/procedures/transcutaneous.asp?p=20
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