Mini Cases in Movement Disorders
Mona Dalzon
Case 1 Kenny
Kenny is a teenager who has experienced uncontrollable bodily and facial movements, various uncontrolled vocalizations, and other compulsions such as excessive hand washing and wringing. He has been treated with Clonidine, Haldol, pimozide and buspirone. This patient was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome. Clonidine is a vasodilator that allows for blood to flow more easily to the brain. This lowers blood pressure and helps treat the tics the patient experiences(1). Haldol and Pimozide are antipsychotics that blocks dopamine receptors in the brain. This would help treat the compulsive behaviors (2). Buspirone is used to treat anxiety disorders. It binds to serotonin receptors in
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Riluzole is believed to work to reduce the damage to motor neurons through a decrease in the release of gultamate. As well, physical and speech therapy were recommended.
Case 3---- Alice
Alice is an 18 year old female with a long history of drug use with a recent focus on inhaling paint fumes containing toluene. When tested, she was unable to complete sobriety tests. She walks with a broad ataxic gait, her eye movements show abnormalities, her hands tremble when she
Corporate finance is important to all managers because it allows a manager to be able to predict the funds the company will need for their upcoming projects and think about ways to organize and acquire those funds.
Given that a machine cost us the same price on day 50 of the simulation as it did on day 217, and the fact that buying each machine represents a tradeoff of gaining higher potential for profits in the future (through the fact that more machines afford us greater utilization at each station) for a lower cash balance in the present, we felt it was best to try to determine how many machines we would need and purchase them at the beginning of day 51.
Buying a share of stock from a corporation, receiving dividends in addition to capital gains would be what I would be expecting. I would be expecting to receive my dividends four times a year and my capital gains as soon as stocks are sold. Of course because of the nature of the business world and how risky stocks are, I wouldn’t expect my expectations to be met a 100%.
If the Lender receives money as a result of making such a claim as part of the distribution of the Borrower’s estate or any other reason, it may, subject to the requirement of any law, set that money aside. Subject to the requirement of any law, the Lender need not apply that money to pay the guaranteed debt until it has received sufficient to discharge the guaranteed debt and until that time your liability to pay the whole of the guaranteed debt will not be affected.
Delrawn Small was a victim of racial police brutality last year which proves that the law enforcement is racially biased. Mr.Small was unarmed and killed for no reason by a police officer in front of his family. New York Times stated that Mr.Small’s girlfriend testified during trial. Mr. Isaacs, an off-duty police officer in an undercover car, had twice cut them off as they were traveling down the street in the far left lane. Mr.Small was driving with a baby and was perhaps bothered by the fact that an unexpected maneuver could have landed his family in an accident. A video that was taken before and at the time of his death went viral not long after Mr. Small was killed. Ishowed him approaching Mr. Isaac's car from the driver's side and then
Ms. Maness is a 45 year old female who presented to the ED with an alleged overdose on 3 pills of Keppra and 3 pills of Librium in a attempt to harm self. Ms. Maness denies suicidal ideations, homicidal ideations, and symptoms of psychosis. Ms. Maness reports a history of Alcohol abuse and recently was 3 days sober, however last night relapsed after conflict with hr boyfriend. Ms. Maness does not appears to be responding to any internal stimuli.
When compared with the industry, the inventory turnover of S&S Air of 21.43 times is well above the industry upper quartile of 10.89 times. This indicates that S&S Air is much more efficient than the industry average at inventory management.
Simple Sizes is a one of a kind product, where there aren’t any existing channels for our market. However, we plan on creating a distribution channel that increases over time by appealing to clothing stores at first and expand in the future we would appeal to really any market to show size relationships with everyday items like furniture, appliances, etc. to gain a better understanding of the ratio of the item to you. The availability for distribution channels is endless, just pending on the idea that the consumers will find this useful.
There has not been any approved medications for this disorder, the patient may be prescribed medication to treat stemming disorders like ADHD, or anxiety.
The goal of drug therapy is to control symptoms to the extent possible. Medications vary with the stage of illness; however, individual response is variable and guides the selection of treatments. Types of drugs used include monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, dopaminergic, dopamine agonists, and anticholinergics. Initially, patients treated with selegiline, amantadine, or anticholinergics. As the diseases progress, levodopa in combination with carbidopa used. Because levodopa eventually loses its effectiveness, dopamine agonists are added to increase the effectiveness of levodopa. Throughout the disease process, various drug combinations are tried to achieve and maintain optimal symptom control with the fewest adverse reactions. Eventually,
Treatments include medication, supportive psychotherapy and occasionally ECT. Medications include lithium, anticonvulsant drugs (carbamazepine (Tegretol), valproate (Depakote), gabapentin (Neurontin) and lamotrigine Lamictal), antidepressants (such as bupropion (Wellbutrin)or sertraline (Zoloft)), neuroleptics (e.g. haloperidol) and benzodiazepines (e.g. lorazepam) Treatment choices depend on the
Should Caledonia focus on cash flows or accounting profits in making its capital-budgeting decisions? Should the company be interested in incremental cash flows, incremental profits, total free cash flows, or total profits?
Tired of trying to take his mind off the problem by focusing on the distant horizon, Hargrove was exploring the galley when Sanchez, his counterpart in sales, had walked in.
Tale servizio, offerto da Tyring, prevede la sostituzione del battistrada consumato con del materiale nuovo,
The keys to the company’s future value and growth are profitability (ROE) and the reinvestment of retained earnings. Retained earnings are determined by dividend payout. The spreadsheet sets ROE at 15% for the five years from 2006 to 2010. If Reeby Sports will lose its competitive edge by 2011, then it cannot continue earning more than its 10% cost of capital. Therefore ROE is reduced to 10% starting in 2011.