Essays on Lorazepam

Abstract

The most widespread causes of seizures are infection. Seizure can occur in all ages and the infection can vary base from age. Toxoplasma occurs in newborns while Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease occurs in elders. Moreover, for some infections like neurocysticercosis, seizures are the only observable symptom. Seizure can be the only indication of global central nervous system dysfunction including rabies and sub-acute sclerosing panencephalitis . This paper focuses on the discussion of seizures, their types and causes, as well as the pre-hospitalization rehabilitation and hospital rehabilitation of seizures. Seizure is a momentary absence of control usually in the company of unconsciousness, ...

Introduction.

The incident involves a patient being managed for Alzheimer’s disease and stroke going into deep unconsciousness because he had been overdosed with Lorazepam and Tylenol. The patient had already given standing orders that he does not want to be resuscitated if there is a need to do so. Also, the nurse that managed the patient during the previous shift had administered medications to the patient in excess of the dosage that was prescribed by the attending physician.

Attention was drawn to the patient's condition by his family members who noticed that the patient had become deeply unresponsive to arousal. A ...

Lorazepam

Introduction Depression of the central nervous system (CNS) has been a vital technical know-how in the cure of anxiety, increase of sedation, decrease in tension, and curing of insomnia through enhancement of sleep. Similarly, depression of the CNS is believed to produce a continuum effect in the generation of anesthesia and loss of consciousness, which aid in alleviating anxiety (Aschenbrenner &Venable, 2009). In light with this, there are a variety of effects associated with the depression of the CNS, and they are largely attributed to the drugs used as a depressant. Dosage and the route of administration are the core determinants in ...