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He was placed on intravenous antibiotics and he recovered after a few days.

Interruption was also associated with homelessness, intravenous drug use, and alcohol dependence in Hamburg.

And wherever there is intravenous drug abuse we also have the problem of HIV infection.

The Programme targets intravenous drug users as a means to slow the spread of HIV.

A further development for concern is the recent spread of intravenous abuse in north eastern India.

If the local resistance rates are greater than 10 , a dose of intravenous ceftriaxone is often prescribed.

Moreover, patients reported diminished thoughts of suicide a mere 40 minutes after receiving an intravenous infusion of the drug.

As in developed countries, HIV infections initially were concentrated among hemophiliacs, sexually active gay men, and intravenous drug users.

The abuse of opiates is limited but a small number of cases involving intravenous heroin abuse have recently been recorded.

In Brazil, the Government, UNDCP and WHO have together developed a major drug abuse prevention programme targeting intravenous drug abusers.

Patients initially receive 25 mcg of octreotide (Sandostatin) in 5 ml of normal saline over 3 to 5 minutes via intravenous infusion (IV) as an initial bolus, and then, are infused continuously with an intravenous infusion of somatostatin (0.27 μgm m2 min) to suppress endogenous insulin and glucose secretion.

In Spain, homelessness was a risk factor for interruption and HIV positivity, and intravenous drug use was a risk factor for unsuccessful treatment.

After intravenous administration, LD50 (lethal dose for 50 of animals) values were 33 and 45 75 mg kg in mice and rats, respectively.

As I am sure the Assembly will understand, it deserves to receive an intravenous shot and an oxygen mask from the international community.

The problem is that I used to share the common opinion about this disease I believed it only happened to those who used intravenous drugs.

Private doctors give people what (they think) they want injections, intravenous drips, and antibiotics but the state does not regulate them, and many practitioners are entirely unqualified.

According to the newspaper La Diaria, he previously signed a document refusing medical intervention, even if his life is in danger, but he later accepted intravenous feeding.

Close to 70 of dextran 40 is excreted in urine within the first 24 hours after intravenous infusion, while the remaining 30 are retained for several more days.

Intravenous bisphosphonates can give fever and flu like symptoms after the first infusion, which is thought to occur because of their potential to activate human γδ T cells.

A single dose of intravenous dexamethasone, when added to standard treatment of a migraine attack, is associated with a 26 decrease in headache recurrence in the following 72 hours.

It is believed that ten million intravenous drug users are infected with China (1.6 million), the United States (1.5 million), and Russia (1.3 million) have the highest absolute totals.

62. UNIDO has provided support to several countries for the production of packets of oral rehydration salts, as well as supporting Algeria with a pilot plant for intravenous infusions.

38. Governments should include appropriate information in school curricula and non formal training programmes on the effects of high risk behaviour, including intravenous drug use, on the transmission of HIV infection.

Bowel rest In the management of acute pancreatitis, the treatment is to stop feeding the patient, giving him or her nothing by mouth, giving intravenous fluids to prevent dehydration, and sufficient pain control.

The guidelines recommend measures concerning drug abuse in prisons and the transmission of HIV by intravenous injection using shared needles, as well as counselling for prisoners both in prison and upon being released.

Noting that the condition is treated by intravenous haem, he suggested that the consumption of large amounts of blood may result in haem being transported somehow across the stomach wall and into the bloodstream.

Neighbors that used to be transit states for drugs are now major consumers, owing to similar dramatic increases in opium and heroin addiction. Intravenous drug use is spreading HIV AIDS in Iran, Central Asia, and the former Soviet Union.

This low dose of radioiodine is typically tolerated by individuals otherwise allergic to iodine (such as those unable to tolerate contrast mediums containing larger doses of iodine such as used in CT scan, intravenous pyelogram (IVP), and similar imaging diagnostic procedures).

The Council would no longer be the consulting chamber in which the temperature of the debates was taken, and the Second Committee would cease to function as a sick bay in which intramuscular and intravenous injections were administered. Instead, each organ would carry out the functions and mandates stipulated in the Charter of the United Nations.