Method for controlling preeclampsia and eclampsia
OwnerCharles David Adairinventor
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Abstract
A method of controlling preeclampsia includes the steps of providing a supply of digoxin immune Fab (ovine), calculating an appropriate dosage of the digoxin immune Fab (ovine) based on a patient's weight and using an assumed endogenous digitalis-like factor level, administering the appropriate dosage as an intravenous bolus, and repeating the administration of the appropriate dosage on a fixed schedule.
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A method of controlling preeclampsia and eclampsia in a human patient, including the steps of:
- calculating a suitable dosage of digoxin immune Fab (ovine);
- administering the dosage of digoxin immune Fab (ovine) via an intravenous bolus;
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- repeating the administration of the dosage of digoxin immune Fab (ovine) via an intravenous bolus on a fixed schedule.
The use of a digoxin immune Fab (ovine) to control preeclampsia and eclampsia in a human patient wherein the digoxin immune Fab (ovine) is administered according to a formula of an assumed endogenous digitalis-like factor level times the patient's body weight divided by 100.
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