• 0.05-0.1 µg/kg/min IV/IO infusion initially, then 0.01-0.05 µg/kg/min IV/IO
In babies with congenital heart defects, it is used by slow injection into a vein to open the ductus
arteriosus until the surgery can be carried out. By injection into the penis or placement in the urethra, it
is used to treat erectile dysfunction .
Amygdala: - Correct Answers: - Fear, anxiety, and aggression
Amygdala - Correct Answers: - A limbic system structure involved in memory and emotion, anxiety,
particularly fear and aggression
Anorexia (SAFETY = KEY) - Correct Answers: - Set up family therapy (especially adolescent pts since they
have no control over food choices)
Anorexia admission criteria for hospitalization - Correct Answers: - Weight loss over 30 % over 6 months,
severe hypothermia (temp lower than 36 C or 96.8 F), heart rate less than 40 beats per minute, systolic
blood pressure less than 70 mm hg, and hypokalemia (less than 3 mEq/L).
anorexia nervosa - Correct Answers: - BMI less than 18.5
- BMI < 16 = AUTOMATIC ADMISSION
- An eating disorder in which an irrational fear of weight gain leads people to starve themselves
ANOVA (analysis of variance) - Correct Answers: an inferential statistical test for comparing the means of
three or more groups
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