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Consultant Pharmacist: Anita Y. Chu, BPharm, RPh, PharmD   a Elimination: All the above benzodiazepines are highly protein bound, rely on the liver for initial biotransformation, and are renally cleared….

Estimated Blood Loss Based on Patient Presentation Adapted from American College of Surgeons. Advanced trauma life support, student course manual. 7th ed. Chicago, IL: American College of Surgeons; 2004.  …

Consultant Pharmacist: Anita Y. Chu, BPharm, RPh, PharmD   a Elimination: All the above benzodiazepines are highly protein bound, rely on the liver for initial biotransformation, and are renally cleared….

The symptoms of a PDPH sometimes are not a classic headache but are instead dizziness, auditory changes, visual disturbances, or neck pain that are positional in nature.   2) Symptoms…

Consultant Pharmacist: Anita Y. Chu, BPharm, RPh, PharmD   a Elimination: All the above benzodiazepines are highly protein bound, rely on the liver for initial biotransformation, and are renally cleared….

Central Venous Catheter Insertion Depth Adapted with permission from Andropoulos D, Bent ST, Skjonsby B, et al. The optimal length of insertion of central venous catheters for pediatric patients. Anesth…

Consultant Pharmacist: Anita Y. Chu, BPharm, RPh, PharmD   a Elimination: All the above benzodiazepines are highly protein bound, rely on the liver for initial biotransformation, and are renally cleared….

Thyroid hormones increase the number of beta-adrenergic receptors and the sensitivity of those receptors to catecholamines, thus increasing myocardial contractility.   Hyperthyroidism is a state of thyroid gland hyperfunction which…

Reproduced from Newfield P, Cottrell JE, ed. Handbook of Neuroanesthesia. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007:21, with permission.     i) Normal ICP is <10 mm Hg.   ii)…

Central Venous Catheter Insertion Depth Adapted with permission from Andropoulos D, Bent ST, Skjonsby B, et al. The optimal length of insertion of central venous catheters for pediatric patients. Anesth…