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INTRODUCTION TO HYPERTENSION: AN OVERVIEW TO THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY TO THE HEART

An Overview Hey readers!! I am Sarang More an Edublogger and student. So in today’s video we are going to discuss about the PATHOPHYSIOLOGY of Hypertension. But, but, but before jumping into the actual concept it is very essential to know about the organ or the system in which the actual hypertension will be causing i.e. in heart obviously but more specifically in the arteries or the blood vessels. So in this article we are going to study about the CARDIOLOGY. Coming to the heart, it is relatively small, conical in shape and roughly as the size of one’s fist (not always possible). It is 12cm in length and 9cm in breath and 6cm thick. It weighs 250gm in adult females while in males it weighs about 300gm . The heart rest on diaphragm, near the midline of thoracic cavity known as mediastinum. Actually, the heart is slightly tilted towards left so it is said that heart is positioned to the left side. One more astounding fact about the heart is it is placed inverted in position,

INCOMPATABILITIES IN PRESCRIPTION (PART 1)

INCOMPATABILITIES IN PRESCRIPTION Hey readers, this is Sarang More a edublogger and student. This is another blog on incompatibility of prescription, please do check it as it will clear your concepts and share it to your friends and coworkers.  PART 1 ·      Sources of errors in Prescription :- 1.   Abbreviation – Abbreviation presents a problem in understanding parts of prescription order. Extreme care should be taken by a pharmacist while interpreting the abbreviation. Pharmacist should not guess the meaning of the ambiguous abbreviation, eg to dispense the Achromycin for “achro” may cause the difficulty when the intention of the prescriber id to dispense Achrostatin. The abbreviation ‘SSKI’ represent the use of short hand saturated solution and chemical symbol of potassium iodide. 2.   Name of the drug :- There are certain drugs whose name look or sound same like of other drugs. Likewise, Digitioxin Digioxin Prednisone Prednisolon

PRESCRIPTION

PRESCRIPTION Hey readers I have a humble request to you is that please do share with your friends, coworkers. This will help them to clear their concept amd also motivate to write more blogs. previous blog   Have you ever wondered? When we go to the doctor what he scribbles on his notepad or what he writes on his notepad and that cannot be read by normal human being, but how does the pharmacist can read it so perfectly and accurately? Ever wondered. That is known as prescription …… Prescription can be defined as a written order from a registered medical practitioner, or other properly licensed practitioner, such as dentist, veterinarian, etc. to the pharmacist to compound and dispense a specific medication for the patient at a particular time. The prescription order is the professional relationship between the prescriber, patient and pharmacist. ROLE OF PHARMACIST There are responsibilities of pharmacist- i.      Be accurate in manual aspect of filling the prescription orde