Indiscriminate Use Of Antibiotics

Dangers of Indiscriminate Antibiotic Use

Radiation risk in the indiscriminate use of CT scan

Computed tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. Its use has been increasing year after year due to its wide availability, its sectional imaging technology, and for being a method widely known both by radiologists and referring physicians. Additionally, CT is a fast imaging exam, which can be made with good quality in case of emergency, in claustrophobic and non-cooperative pat...

Relationship between personality characteristics and use of antibiotics

Abstract Introduction: Despite the emphasis of World Health Organization on limiting antibiotics, its use is increasing worldwide. Since studies have shown that personality has a role in determining individuals’ health behavior ,thus it is possible to change one’s health behaviors like self medication through suitable interventions. Objective: Present study aims to determine the rel...

Use of antibiotics

The average rate of positive bone scans in this survey did not reach that reported by Galaskol in patients with primary breast cancer. He studied 50 patients with TI, 2, 3, NO, 1 tumours (two were T3 on size alone) who had no clinical evidence of metastatic disease; all underwent scintiscanning with 18F and a gamma camera, and 12 had positive scans. All of these 12 patients developed disseminat...

Indiscriminate Drug Therapy

now closed to this country, and this, together with the necessity of conserving foreign exchange and avoiding the waste of shipping space by the importation of non-essential drugs and chemicals, renders the problem of finding adequate alternatives pressing \?Extract from preface to the Extra Pharmacopoeia, volume 1, 1941. Drug economy is surely as necessary to the war effort in India as it is i...