Sliding scale

Water consumption for commercial and industrial premises are metered and priced per cubic meter or gallons of usage basis, with additional costs for reading and maintenance of the meter station(s). It is important that assessment of water usage is as accurate as possible, as water charges are based on a sliding scale, i.e. as volume of water usage increases, cost per unit decreases. 

The nurse administers supplemental insulin based on blood glucose readings and the amount of insulin prescribed by the health care provider in the sliding scale. The nurse must notify the health care provider if the blood glucose level is greater than 400 mg dL. 

The primary care provider may prescribe use of a sliding scale at various times, such as every 4 hours, every 6 hours, or at specified times (eg, 7 00 AM, 11 00 AM, 4 PM, and 11 pm), depending on the patient s individual needs. 

Example of Insulin Administration Using a Sliding Scale... 

However, the duality of substituent constants and the attempt to deal with crossconjugation by selecting cr+, a or a in any given case is somewhat artificial. The contribution of the resonance effect of a substituent relative to its inductive effect must in principle vary continuously as the electron-demanding quality of the reaction center is varied, i.e. whether it is electron-rich or electron-poor. A sliding scale of substituent constants would be expected for each substituent having a resonance effect and not just a pair of discrete values a and a for — R, or o and a for + R substituents55. 

There are two main types of treatment, both involving multiparameter extensions of the Hammett equation, which essentially express the sliding scale idea. 

In the Yukawa-Tsuno equation (1959)58 (equation 4), the sliding scale is provided by multiple regression on a and (cr+ — electron demanding than the ionization of benzoic acid. 

In the form of treatment developed by Taft and his colleagues since 195660-62, the Hammett constants are analyzed into inductive and resonance parameters, and the sliding scale is then provided by multiple regression on these. Equations 5 and 6 show the basic relationships. 

Sliding scale insulin Allopurinol 1 00 mg orally daily Ranitidine 150 mg orally every 12 hours Atenolol 50 mg orally daily Enalapril 2.5 mg orally daily... 

Insulin lispro subcutaneously per sliding scale with meals... 

Thereafter, the preceding parameters and other nutritional parameters should be monitored routinely or as indicated (Table 97-8). Random capillary blood glucose concentrations also should be monitored every 6 to 8 hours when initiating PN, and regular insulin should be administered to control glucose as needed (either by intermittent administration per sliding scale or as a continuous infusion). 

In the Yukawa-Tsuno equation (1959)85 (equation 3), the sliding scale is provided by multiple regression on a and (cr+ — a) or (a — a), depending on whether the reaction is more or is less electron-demanding than the ionization of benzoic acid. (There is a corresponding equation for equilibria.) The quantity r gives the contribution of the enhanced 7 effect in a given reaction. (The equation was modified in 196686 to use cr° instead of a values, see below, but the essential principles are unaltered.)... 

For most samples, a step maximum time of 5 to 25 min should be set, so as to interrupt the step if steady state is unlikely to be achieved. All of the acceptance parameters can. be considered as a sliding scale. A fast equilibrium flow test can be not much better than, a continuous ramp. If the sample is time dependent with slow rebuild kinetics, then the times should be pushed to their longest limits. Sample stability is an issue, so if the sample is likely to dry or gel at the temperature of interest, the analysis should be carried out quickly (i.e., with shorter step maximum times). 

A sliding scale insulin infusion of Actrapid 50 units made up to 50 mL with sodium chloride 0.9% was initiated and titrated against blood glucose. 

The hyperglycaemia will respond to the insulin and glucose used to treat the hyperkalaemia. The patient is unstable, and it is evident his usual oral diabetic medication is insufficient to control his diabetes at present. Therefore he should be put on a sliding scale insulin infusion until such time that his gly-caemic control has improved and he is considered stable enough to re-introduce the oral gliclazide therapy. Blood glucose levels should be monitored very closely. 

Preprinted order set design Hypokalemia Sliding scale insulin Continuous renal replacement therapy... 

Joseph Gordon, IBM You implied that you had a sort of sliding scale for ownership of intellectual property and the amount that you are willing to pay for it. Do you actually have a range And what fraction of your extramural research is in the form of a gift What fraction is through contracts in which you own everything ... 

This instrument will be graduated in centimeters and millimeters. In its simplest form there will be a sliding scale, 9 mm long, divided into 10 equal parts. Thus the difference between a scale division and a vernier division is one-tenth... 

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