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Acetylsalicylic Acid (Aspirin, Salicylate)
April 05, 2012
Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is a common analgesic, anti-inflammatory agent widely available to the public in the over the counter medications. More than 100 medications contain aspirin. Children's aspirin contains 81 mg ASA and adult aspirin contains either 325 mg (regular strength) or 500 mg ASA (extra-strength). Serum peak levels of acetysalicylic acid are widely used to assure therapeutic levels or confirm intoxication. Five to seven days are required to reach steady state therapeutic levels. Therapeutic peak serum levels are: Clinical Situation Desired Therapeutic Level General Pain 5 - 20…
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Reducing substances
March 29, 2012
CAP Urinalysis Checklist, dated 06.17.2010, reads: There is a documented policy indicating when pediatric specimens should be tested for reducing substances other than glucose. Detection of non-specific reducing substances in urine was begun more than 50 years ago as a screening test for inborn errors of carbohydrate metabolism in pediatric patients. The clinical basis of this test goes back to the early-to-mid 1960s when investigations showed a relationship between the presence of reducing substances in the urine of newborns, and the presence of specific sugars [1,2]. The qualitative…
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Coagulation Disorders Associated with Liver Failure
September 05, 2011
The liver is the major site of synthesis of almost all coagulation factors, except for Factor VIII and vWF. Liver failure is associated with decreased coagulation factors, decreased or dysfunctional platelets, dysfibrinogenemia and fibrinolysis. Patients with severe liver disease have lower levels of those coagulation factors synthesized by the liver. Inadequate vitamin K absorption may occur as a result of decreased bile acid secretion into the intestine, leading to a reduction in coagulation factors II, VII, IX and X. Abnormal forms of fibrinogen may be produced causing dysfibrinogenemia.…
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