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parenteral

[pər′ent·ə·rəl]
(medicine)
Outside the intestine; not via the alimentary tract.
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Antibiotics based on amoxicillin-clavulanic acid were introduced for 10 days, parenterally. The operative sequences were simple (Figure 3); the outcome was good, allowing the exit 10 days after cervicotomy.
The patient was given 1L of 5% dextrose in water over 1 hour followed by an infusion at 225 ml/hour, together with 1 mcg of desmopressin parenterally. Following desmopressin administration, urine output dropped significantly to 50 ml/hour; urine osmolality increased to 243 mOsm/kg (in 12 hours) and to 364 (in 24 hours) (Figure 1).
Can a parenterally administered vaccine that induces mostly serum antibody protect against infection of epithelium where antibody concentrations are likely 10% or less than in serum?
Second type transmitted parenterally was called serum hepatitis, later termed type B hepatitis.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of those diseases that requires frequent parenterally administered immunomodulatory drugs (IMD), such as daily or a few times a week for an undefined extended period.
Orally or parenterally, desogestrel and its metabolites alone do not cause clotting problems.
This is extremely significant in the Indian scenario (?[sup]2 = 22.4266, P < 0.0001) and emphasizes the need to estimate serum ferritin to detect concomitant iron deficiency and thereby remedy the same, preferably parenterally. All patients with leukopenia suffered from anemia.
This belief is still being propagated, as this quote from an article published recently attests: "Pernicious anemia is caused by inadequate secretion of gastric intrinsic factor necessary for vitamin [B.sub.12] absorption and thus cannot be treated with oral vitamin [B.sub.12] supplements; rather, vitamin [B.sub.12] must be administered parenterally" (Autoimmun.
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