The most likely pathogens
Local antimicrobial-susceptibility patterns
Risk factors for drug resistant S. pneumoniae
Medical comorbidities
PK and PD
Safety profile
Cost efficacy
Previously healthy
No recent antibiotics within 3 months and no risk for PRSP
Macrolide/ doxycycline
Comorbidities (COPD, chronic heart, liver lung renal disease)
Respiratory Fluroquino
Robotics has been becoming more interesting to the masses with a rapid industrial development. Especially, the issue about human-robot interaction in the medical field emerges as an important factor by socio-economic perspectives. The purpose of this report is to examine introduction and acceptance of robot, the risks and usage for humans and socio-economic value. Now, many developed nation have
2) Non-price policy in US
① Labeling policy in US
The posting of nutrition information on menus and menu boards - is a policy that more states and localities are considering each year. Supporters of nutrition labeling at fast-food and chain restaurants, including the American Medical Association, want labeling that is easy to understandand that includes the total calories, fat, saturate
1.1.2. Cyclooxygenase-prostanoid cascade
Figure 1.1. Metabolism of arachidonic acid
Despite the diverse chemical structure of aspirin-like drugs, the antinociceptive effect of NSAIDs is mainly due totheir common property of inhibiting cyclooxygenases involved in the formation of prostanoids. Prostanoids areformed by most cells and act as autocrine and paracrine lipid mediators. They are n
4. Why Chinese market is crucial
China has a large pool of under-served patients, representing the next biggest opportunity for the leading medical device manufacturers. China remains the world’s most populous country in the world and is simultaneously home to a large patient base. China is home to more than 100 million people who are 65 or older which illustrates that it’s a country that
② Exposure (Structuralized Progressive Exposure)
Exposure means training that faces the anxiety feeling repetitively and progressively until the frightened situation can’t cause fear. Mostly, exposure is considered as essential element of CBT. Actually, exposure can be more powerful than cognitive therapy in order to change client’s negative thought. Clients can learn the fact that dange
and acid-base status등 전해질을 monitor한다.
: 처음의 hypovolemia를 교정하고 난 후에는 fluid input ≒ U/O + insensible loss (500ml)
2. GI bleeding control ( medication-H2 blocker, PPI or band ligation), EPO 고려
빈혈의 경우에는 EPO를 피하주사로 주어 Hb 11~12g/dL를 목표로 한다. EPO에 의해 적혈구 생성이 활발해 지면 iron이 많이 필
medical emergency because it threatens the viability of the lower extremities
It usually results from an occlusive embolus that almost always originates from the heart
Clinical manifestations
: severe rest pain, coolness, pallor of the lower extremities and the absence of distal pulses bilaterally
Diagnosis should be established rapidly by MRI, CT
Emergency thrombectomy or reva
the decreasing prevalence of H. pylori may be playing a contributory role to the increasing prevalence of GERD in these regions
many patients with H. pylori–induced gastritis have involvement of both the antrum and corpus, decreasing parietal cell mass, reducing acid secretion, and elevating gastric pH, which may have a protective effect on the esophageal mucosa in patients susceptible to