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A) Cancer chemotherapy drug administration.
Most patients are given antinausea medication, called an antiemetic, before chemotherapy is administered. Antiemetics are used to block the nerve impulse that travels from the blood or stomach to the brain (where the vomiting center is located).
Metoclopramide. Metoclopramide has proved to be generally safe and effective when given in high intravenous doses prior to chemotherapy. Metoclopramide was thought to function as an antiemetic through blockade of dopamine receptors
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The images above are background info. Please answer the
following question: (4)
4. It has been shown that aspirin acts directly on the nervous
system to stimulate respiration. Thus, our patient is
hyperventilating due to her aspirin overdose.
b. Explain how aspirin-induced hyperventilation causes the pH of
the patient’s blood to increase. (Hint: what acid/base pair is the
blood’s main buffering system?
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Background info: (Images)
The images above are background info. Please answer the
following question: (4)
4. It has been shown that aspirin acts directly on the nervous
system to stimulate respiration. Thus, our patient is
hyperventilating due to her aspirin overdose.
b. Explain how aspirin-induced hyperventilation causes the pH of
the patient’s blood to increase. (Hint: what acid/base pair is the
blood’s main buffering system?
Background You are an emergency room physician and you have just admitted a patient, a...
please do from question 2 and so
Acute Aspirin Overdose Relationship to the Blood Buffering System Focus concept The response of the carbonic acid/bicarbonate buffering system to an overdose of aspirin is Prerequisites Principles of acids and bases, including pK, and the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. The carbonic acid bicarbonate blood buffering system. Background You are an emergency room physician and you have just admitted a patient, a 23-year-old female, who had been hospitalized for psychiatric treatment for the past six months....
I need it immediately it's due in today
Please select one of the two Case Studies presented below and provide a minimum 4-page paper (not including title and reference page) answering the eleven questions listed. This assignment must be in APA 6th ed. format. A minimum of two academic and/or professional references is required. If you are unfamiliar with how to properly format an APA paper (title page, introduction, conclusion, margins, etc.) please sched ppointment with a Writing Coach prior...
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