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javeds

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Why would the neurosurgeon not even consider a tube feeding until 72 hours post injury?

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What do statins have to do with preventing atherosclerosis?


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Reply #1 on: Aug 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ICP tends to continue to increase for about 72 hours post injury. During that time everything is done to try to keep down the CO2 level. Feeding would increase it.

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Statins, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, ompitively inhibit HMG-CoA reductase. This is the enzyme that catalyzes the early rate-limiting step in the synthesis of cholesterol; thus, it reduces total cholesterol, and LDL-C, and raises HDL-C. It also reduces triglycerides, VLDL, and apolipoprotein B.


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Reply 2 on: Aug 2, 2018
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