enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. D50 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D50

    D50, the mass-median-diameter in particle-size distribution measurements, considered to be the average particle size by mass D50 (film) , working title for a Tamil-language film D50 (radiotherapy) , the half maximal inhibitory dose, representing the dose of light or ionising radiation that is required for 50% inactivation of a tumor cell population

  3. D50 (radiotherapy) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D50_(radiotherapy)

    D50 in medicine is the half-maximal dose: the dose that produces 50% of the maximum response. [1] It may specifically refer to the radiation dose required to achieve a 50% tumor control probability .

  4. Intravenous sugar solution - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intravenous_sugar_solution

    Intravenous glucose is used in some Asian countries as a pick-me-up, for "energy", but is not part of routine medical care in the United States where glucose solution is a prescription drug. Asian immigrants to the United States are at risk of infection if they seek intravenous glucose treatment. It may be had at storefront clinics catering to ...

  5. Coma cocktail - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma_cocktail

    A coma cocktail is a combination of substances administered in an emergency to comatose individuals when the cause of the coma has not yet been determined. [1] The intention is to work against various causes of a coma seen in an emergency setting including drug overdoses and hypoglycemia.

  6. Can Weight Loss Drugs Make You Boring? Doctors Explain ...

    www.aol.com/weight-loss-drugs-boring-doctors...

    One thing is for sure: You don’t need to suffer just to receive the benefits of the drug. “Ultimately, we're prescribing these medications to improve people’s lives,” Dr. Russo says.

  7. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_abbreviations_used...

    take (often effectively a noun meaning "prescription"—medical prescription or prescription drug) rep. repetatur: let it be repeated s. signa: write (write on the label) s.a. secundum artem: according to the art (accepted practice or best practice) SC subcutaneous "SC" can be mistaken for "SL," meaning sublingual. See also SQ: sem. semen seed

  8. The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.

  9. Effective dose (pharmacology) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_dose_(pharmacology)

    The ED50 is commonly used as a measure of the reasonable expectancy of a drug effect, but does not necessarily represent the dose that a clinician might use. This depends on the need for the effect, and also the toxicity. The toxicity and even the lethality of a drug can be quantified by the TD 50 and LD 50 respectively. Ideally, the effective ...