INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN IN THE TREATMENT OF DRUG RASH EOSINOPHILIA AND SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY PHENYTOIN

Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of drug rash eosinophilia and systemic symptoms caused by phenytoin

A 32 year old Asian female on 300 mg per day of phenytoin following meningioma excision developed a fever with a spyderco urban diffuse maculopapular rash, lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly after12 days.A diagnosis of DRESS (Drug Rash Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms) syndrome was made.Patient was started on prednisolone at a dose of 1 mg/kg but s

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Values affirmation replication at the University of Illinois

Values affirmation exercises have been implemented in many contexts to combat stereotype threat in students from marginalized populations; the exercises are intended to fortify students by prompting them to self-affirm their values in short writing activities.Within tallarn sand the physics education research community, the style of intervention wa

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Learning from Katrina

In January 2006, students from CUSSW and Union Theological Seminary participated in an immersion course entitled, Katrina: Poverty, Race, and Social Work dv1433-010 Practice.The aim of the course was to explore experientially the inequality exposed by Hurricane Katrina and its effect on some of the poorest communities and individuals in the United

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