Reference no: EM133854717
Assignment:
Stress and anxiety tend to make tremors worse, and being relaxed may improve tremors. Although you can't eliminate all stress from your life, you can change how you react to stressful situations using a range of relaxation techniques, such as massage or meditation.
1. What is the rationale behind the use of desmopressin in bleeding disorders?
2. What effect does the contraceptive pill have on the blood fibrinogen level and on blood coagulability?
3. Does standard (unfractionated) heparin in doses of 10 000-15 000 units/day need monitoring?
4. Is there an antidote for low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH)? Can Enoxaprin be used?
5. 1. What is the mechanism of the action of aprotinin?
2. What is the therapeutic window for aprotinin?
3. In a case of haemorrhagic stroke, how many days should aprotinin be prescribed for and what is the recommended dosage?
6. My question is, what are thrombophilia scan tests? Can we use these in patients on anticoagulant therapy?
7. In thromboembolic disorders, how is clopidogrel superior to aspirin?
8. What are the definitions for prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT), and how are they different?
9. 1. Why, in chronic disease anaemia, are serum iron and the total iron binding capacity (TIBC) low?
2. Why, in sideroblastic anaemia with increased levels of serum iron, is the TIBC normal?
10. What is the red cell distribution width (RDW) value above which anisocytosis can be diagnosed?