Reference no: EM132984895

Question: Assist ASAP any point on a country's production possibilities frontier represents a combination of two goods that an economy

In its quest for knowledge, nursing has relied heavily on the positivist approach to scientific enquiry Phenomenological enquiry identifies the essence of a phenomenon and accurately describes it through the lived experience Through consistency in the use of the methodology, and avoidance of method slurring, academic rigour can be maintained It is advocated that the phenomenological method is congruent with nursing ideals where humanistic knowledge is valued Nurses and phenomenologists share skills in observation, interviewing, interaction and interpersonal relationships in the appreciation of the individual's perception of an experience Through the development of professional practice, nurses thus gain the tools to assist them in phenomenological research It is suggested that, given appropriate attention to rigour, phenomenological methodology could become the basic instrument in the reform of nursing research as it moves from the positivist to the humanist paradigm

Question 1

Please give examples of red meat, white meat and lean meat.

Question 2

What is lean body weight and how does it differ from routine measurement?

Question 3

Is the combination of drugs sibutramine and orlistat more effective in reducing obesity than using these on their own?

Question 4

Why does vitamin B12 deficiency cause glossitis?

Question 5

Is a dosage of 2.5 mg/day of methyltestosterone, as a component in some multivitamin formulae, safe in the long-term?

Question 6

Is telithromycin as, or more, effective than clarithromycin in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori? If so, what is the recommended dosage and how long should treatment be continued?

Question 7

Currently favoured regimens for eradication of Helicobacter pylori are triple therapy with a proton pump inhibitor along with two antibiotics for 1 week. For example:

? Omeprazole 20 mg metronidazole 400 mg and clarithromycin 500 mg (all twice daily).

? Omeprazole 20 mg clarithromycin 500 mg and amoxicillin 1 g (all twice daily).

Resistance to amoxicillin has not yet been demonstrated.

Previously, regimens such as omeprazole, metronidazole, amoxicillin and clarithromycin were recommended; are these regimens no longer used?

The reason behind this question is the 'sky-high' cost of clarithromycin in Pakistan, which is inversely proportional to patient compliance (that is, low-cost regimens tend to have a higher rate of compliance).

Question 8

What is the difference between the management of a gastric and of a duodenal ulcer?

Question 9

How does omeprazole suppress Helicobacter pylori?

Question 29

Does omeprazole cause rebound hyperacidity? Does this also apply to H2-blockers?

Question 10

On (K&C 7e, p. 249), you state that the postsynaptic neurotransmitter that inhibits the relaxation of lower oesophageal sphincter (LOS) is nitric oxide (NO). I have understood NO to promote relaxation of LOS by acting on the non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) inhibitory neurones, which inhibits the action of cholinergic excitatory neurones.

Could you please explain this paradox?