Medical practices

We are greatlv indebted to Dr. D. K. C. Cooper, F.R.C.S., who has critically examined the section on Tirst-Aid to ensure that it now harmonises with modern medical practice. 

Historically, the use of xanthines has been hampered by poor aqueous solubiUty, rapid but highly variable metaboHsm, and the existance of a low therapeutic index. SolubiUty problems were partially solved by the preparation of various salt forms, eg, aminophylline. However, it was since recognized that the added base in aminophylline only increases solubiUty by increasing pH and thus does not affect the rate of absorption from the gut (65). Thus, in more recent medical practice, theophylline is commonly dispensed in anhydrous form and aminophylline is only recommended for iv adrninistration. 

In 1991 the foUowiag amiaoglycosides were most important ia medical practice. Clinical experience is most extensive for the first four. 

Among the older aminoglycoside derivatives, kanamycin A and sisomicin were, at one time, a significant part of medical practice, but have now been largely replaced by the compounds Hsted in Table 1. Streptomycin is stiH used in a few restricted situations. 

Strychnine (1), an alkaloid, was introduced into European medical practice in the early sixteenth century after being used as a rat poison (see Alkaloids). As of 1996, it was stiU used as a rodenticide. The total synthesis of this complex molecule is known (3,4). 

J. Ross, Jr. and co-workers, in J. B. West, ed.. Best and Taylor s Physiological Basis of Medical Practice Cardiovascular System, Section 2, 12th ed., WiUiams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Md., 1990, p. 109. 

Tubes and hoses liquid food transfer tubes, tubes for medical practice... 

Quality management is both a technical subject and a behavioral subject. It is not a bureaucratic administrative technique. The rise in popularity of ISQ 9000 has created some unhelpful messages such as the document what you do strategy. There has also been a perception in the service industries that ISQ 9000 quality systems only deal with the procedural aspects of a service and not the professional aspects. For instance in a medical practice, the ISQ 9000 quality system is often used only for processing patients... 

Mayer returned to Heilbronn in 1841, began his medical practice, and eventually became chief surgeon of the town. In his free time he did some experiments and struggled with difficult, abstract concepts in an attempt to understand the nature of energy. He knew so little physics from his one semester of the subject at Tubingen that many of the papers he submitted for publication were rejected as incompetent by the important scientific journals of the day. He was forced to publish most of his writings at his own expense, and so their circulation was confined primarily to Heilbronn residents. 

Since plasmin in free form (not bound to fibrin) is extremely and rapidly inactivated by the inhibitor system (Fig. 4), plasminogen activators are used for treatment of thrombosis. Under such a condition, if plasmin is formed by the activators (especially by tPA) at the site of fibrin, the bound form can degrade fibrin because it is protected against the inhibitor system. In the medical practice, mainly two endogenous plasminogen activators, tPA and uPA, and one exogenous, the streptokinase (SK) are used [1,4]. 

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In the mid-nineteenth century, it was the custom for doctors to frequently prescribe morphine (first isolated from opium by Friedrich Serturner in 1806) and other opium preparations. Morphine did not have a major impact on medical practice until the invention of the hypodermic needle in 1840. Soldiers illness was recognized after the Civil War when more than 50,000 veterans became dependent on morphine as a result of treatment for combat injuries (Musto 1987). The public also had ready access to opium and purified drugs in grocery stores and pharmacies. Medicinal mixtures and nostrums, usually unlabelled as to contents, often contained opium or morphine. By the end of the century, many physicians had come to recognize that chronic use of morphine was a disorder (morphinism), although others in society... 

Nestler EJ, Hyman SE, Malenka RC Molecular Neuropharmacology A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience. New York, McGraw Hill, 2001 Novick DM, Pascarelli EE, Joseph H, et al Methadone maintenance patients in general medical practice a preliminary report. JAMA 259 3299—3302, 1988 Nunes EV, Quitkin EM, Donovan SJ, et al. Imipramine treatment of opiate-dependent patients with depressive disorders a placebo-controlled trial. Arch Gen Psychiatry 55 153-160, 1998... 

For a discussion of the general character of Fludd s medical practice, see Allen G. Debus, The Chemical Philosophy. Paracelsian Science and Medicine in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (London Fleinemann, 1977). 

Weinstein MC, Stason WB. Foundations of cost-effectiveness analysis for health and medical practices. N Engl J Med 1977 296 716-21. 

Attention to iron metabolism is particularly important in women for the reason mentioned above. Additionally, in pregnancy, allowances must be made for the growing fetus. Older people with poor dietary habits ( tea and toasters ) may develop iron deficiency. Iron deficiency anemia due to inadequate intake, inadequate utilization, or excessive loss of iron is one of the most prevalent conditions seen in medical practice. 

The non-random distribution of bacteria in biofilms has important applications for industry (biofouling, corrosion) and in medical practice (use of apphances within the human body). 

Thermometry is the science of measuring the temperature of a system or the ability of a system to transfer heat to emother system. Temperature mecisurement is important to a wide range of activities, including manufacturing, scientific research, and medical practice. Thermometry relates to the dilatrometric measurement in that the expansion of a gas, liquid or solid is used to determine temperature. 

Natural products have been noted for their potential health benefits from time immemorial and are the basis of Ayurveda, an ancient Indian medical practice (Bushkin and Bushkin, 2002). However, the potential benefits of several natural products reside in one or two active ingredients. For example green tea stands for polyphenols, soy for soy estrogens, broccoli for isothiocyanates and grape seed for polyphenols. The beauty of rice bran is that there are more than 100 antioxidants, several categories of bioactive phytonutrients, such as IP6, polyphenols, phytosterols, tocotrienols, y-oryzanol, B vitamins, minerals and trace minerals in addition to fat, protein, fiber, polysaccharides and other nutrients. These phytonutrients and antioxidants of rice bran are believed to act at the cellular level, and their synergestic function is responsible for the positive health benefits. 

In medical practice, methods and instruments relying on electrochemical principles are widely nsed in diagnosing various diseases. The most important ones are electrocardiography, where the transmembrane potential of the muscle cells during contraction of the heart mnscle is measured, and electroencephalography, where impulses from nerve cells of the brain are measured. They also include the numerous instruments nsed to analyze biological fluids by electrochemical methods (see also Section 30.3). 

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These are abbreviations used commonly in medical practice both in verbal communication and in the medical record. ... 

Medical abbreviations and their meanings. Placed at the end of each chapter, these lists facilitate learning the accepted shorthand used in real-world medical practice. 

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