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Apply pressure to the inner canthus during application to prevent systemic absorption of this drug
What is Timolol?
These are the four steps of pharmacokinetics and the primary organ that is involved in each process
What is absorption (SI), distribution (blood), metabolism (liver), and excretion (kidney)?
These disorders should be tested for when a woman becomes pregnant and can be shortened to the acronym TORCH
What is toxoplasmosis, other (mumps, varicella, hepatitis, etc.), rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes?
This type of antibody attaches to and activates B lymphocytes, the cells that are necessary for humoral immunity
What are IgD antibodies?
This theory can help explain phantom limb as it connects the emotional component of pain to the actual perception of it.
What is the Neuromatrix Theory?
This Myasthenia Gravis drug has an admin alert for cholinergic crisis.
What is Pyridostigmine?
This range describes the level at which a drug is effective.
What is the therapeutic range?
This type of gangrene has Clostridium bacteria present and can be fatal in under 12 hours
What is gas gangrene?
These 4 steps will occur after scraping your knee
This is a technique that nurses can use to "close the gate" at the site of a peripheral injury
What is apply ice to the injury location?
Push this GABA enhancer slowly through an IV line to avoid cardiac arrest or respiratory depression
What is Lorazepam?
Taking these medications through the oral cavity will by-pass the first pass effect
What are sublingual medications?
This type of herpes should be tested for before delivering a vaginal birth
What is herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2)?
These 3 classes of antibiotics have a beta-lactam ring and inhibit cell-wall synthesis.
What are penicillins, carbapenems, and cephalosporins?
In this condition all extremities are extended, resulting from a traumatic injury at or below the brainstem
What is decerebrate posturing?
Timolol can be given for this condition, but it is contraindicated for this drug
What is Carbidopa-levodopa?
This kind of abnormal cell growth is characterized by replacement of normal cells with different cells, possibly caused by chronic irritation
What is metaplasia?
This deadly allergic reaction causes epidermal sloughing and damages many body systems, including the liver which is unable to metabolize drugs
What is Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)?
This stage of the stress response is least harmful and is contained to the hypothalamus and adrenal glands
What is the adrenal stage?
This medical emergency leaves a patient basically paralyzed due to the complete inability of acetylcholine to bind.
What is myasthenic crisis?
This drug shouldn't be given to drug addicts, but it can be given to a neonate having a seizure
What is Phenobarbital?
This person will track statistics and patterns related to contagious infections
What is an epidemiologist?
This raise in body temperature is linked to psychotropic medications
What is neuroleptic malignant syndrome?
An example of this type of hypersensitivity is hyperacute organ rejection
What is type 3/complex hypersensitivity?
This type of seizure occurs when damage occurs only at the cerebral cortex and the person experiences a loss of consciousness
What is a complex focal seizure?