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Selling the changes certainly requires that you win the hearts and minds of senior management But remember that word consultation . A top-down approach is unlikely to achieve as much as following up the senior management involvement with consultation dovra the line. Ensure that commitment to change becomes jointly owned. A sense of ownership is a powerful indicator of eventual success. Failure to consirlt is... 

The actions, policies, and procedures of the corporations involved did not provide an effective systems safety approach commensurate with the risks of the Macondo well. The multiple flawed decisions that led to the blowout indicated a lack of a strong safety culture and a deficient overall systems approach to safety. Industrial management involved with the MacoaAo-Deepwater Horizon disaster failed to appreciate or plan for the safety challenges presented by the Macondo well. 

Spirulina is also reported to have various beneficial effects including antiviral activity, immunomodulatory effects, and a role in modulating metabolic function in humans which could be of value in managing diseases involving lipids and carbohydrates such as diabetes. Furthermore, studies indicate that pretreatment with Spirulina may reduce the toxic side effects observed with some drugs on mammalian organs such as the heart and kidneys. 

Resolution The development of Quality Management processes starts with a comprehensive review of existing systems and a careful review of the needs the processes must meet. Showing this process should help reassure the manager that all issues will be covered. You should also indicate what staff are likely to be involved in these processes and ask whether there are any others that should be included. 

Management of an acute attack of gout involves the use of high doses of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs). Colchicine is useful in patients with heart failure where the use of NSAIDs is contraindicated because of water retention. Allopurinol and other uricosuric agents are not indicated for acute attacks as they may aggravate the condition. The use of an intra-articular corticosteroid injection in gout is unlicensed. 

Many agents are available for the management of malignant diseases. The indications for the use of these agents should almost always be made by specialists. However knowledge about the various classes of anti-tumor medicaments is also of importance for non-specialist practitioners as they are often involved in the overall care of patients receiving such therapy and they should be familiar with the potentially very serious adverse effects and drug interactions that are associated with these treatments. 

Sovner et al. (1998) have done an excellent job summarizing the data on antidepressants in patients with developmental disabilities. There have been nine reports of antidepressant use in adults with depression and MR and three reports of antidepressant use in children and adolescents. Eight of nine reports in adults were positive. The drugs studied included nialimide (n = 27), fluoxetine (9), imipramine (6), amoxapine (2), and nortriptyline (1) (total n = 45). In addition, Sovner et al. identified four reports of antidepressant use in children. One involved successful treatment with fluoxetine in an adolescent, another indicated efficacy with imipramine and amitriptyline in 9 of 12 children (Do-sen, 1982), and a third showed successful management in 3 of 4 children treated with imipramine or tryptophan plus nicotinamide (Dosen, 1990). One study of fluoxetine in depressed children with autism and MR witnessed improvement in depression but not in compulsive symptoms (Ghaziuddin and Tsai, 1991). 

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