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The Broselow Tape relates a child's height as measured by the tape to their weight to provide medical instructions including medication dosages, the size of the equipment that should be used, and the level of energy when using a defibrillator. Particular to children is the need to calculate all these therapies for each child individually.
Bromocriptine, originally marketed as Parlodel and subsequently under many brand names, [1] is an ergoline derivative and dopamine agonist that is used in the treatment of pituitary tumors, Parkinson's disease, hyperprolactinaemia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and, as an adjunct, type 2 diabetes.
Absorption of bromocriptine oral dose is approximately 28%; however, only 6% reaches the systemic circulation unchanged, due to a substantial first-pass effect. Bromocriptine reaches mean peak plasma levels after about 1–1.5 hours after a single oral dose. The drug has high protein binding, ranging from 90-96% bound to serum albumin.
Medications used include dantrolene, bromocriptine, and diazepam. [2] The risk of death among those affected is about 10%. [4] Rapid diagnosis and treatment is required to improve outcomes. [1] Many people can eventually be restarted on a lower dose of antipsychotic. [2] [3]
[6] [7] Speculation includes immaturity of the central nervous system at younger ages, making the brain more vulnerable to the effects of fever. [ 6 ] [ 20 ] The increased activity of neurons during rapid brain development , may help explain why children, particularly younger than age 3, are prone to febrile seizures, with occurrences ...
Infants born SGA with severe short stature (or severe SGA) are defined as having a length less than 2.5 standard deviation scores below the mean. [ 6 ] A related term is low birth weight , defined as an infant with a birth weight (that is, mass at the time of birth [ 7 ] ) of less than 2,500 g (5 lb 8 oz), regardless of gestational age at the ...
In non-diabetic women, shoulder dystocia happens 0.65% of the time in babies that weigh less than 8 pounds 13 ounces (4,000 g), 6.7% of the time in babies that weigh 8 pounds (3,600 g) to 9 pounds 15 ounces (4,500 g), and 14.5% of the time in babies that weigh more than 9 pounds 15 ounces (4,500 g). [12]
One treatment often used is a dose of a corticosteroid at the beginning of each fever episode. [4] A single dose usually ends the fever within several hours. [4] However, in some children, they can cause the fever episodes to occur more frequently. [4] Interleukin-1 inhibition appears to be effective in treating this condition. [5]