Stage Fright

Abstract

Stage fright is the anxiety and nervousness people experience when delivering oral presentations. In the field of communication, stage fright has also been studied under a variety of rubrics including public speaking anxiety, reticence, and audience anxiety. It is one of the oldest topics that communication scholars have studied empirically (Clevenger ), perhaps because it profoundly affects so many. In survey after survey of people's greatest fears, giving speeches always appears toward the top of the list.

Interventions for paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose

“…These 'nomograms' lines are sometimes referred to as the high risk (300 line; i.e. a line commencing from a paracetamol concentration of 300 mg/L at four hours postingestion), the probable risk (200 line), and the possible risk (150 line) used to guide treatment in such countries as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the US (Rumack 1975;Prescott 1979;Smilkstein 1991;Daly 2008). In the UK in 2012, the treatment line was lowered further to the 100 mg/L (660 μmol/L) line (MHPRA 2012).…”

“…However, other countries do not utilise these nomograms and treat all people with acute paracetamol ingestion with acetylcysteine (Schmidt 2001). If the time of ingestion is unknown, or the treating doctor is not confident of the history of ingestion, or if a paracetamol concentration is not available or not used, treatment with acetylcysteine is commenced (Dart 2006;Daly 2008).…”

“…Daly 2008). Many factors such as excess alcohol consumption, eating disorder, or use of enzyme-inducing agents increase the risk of paracetamol hepatotoxicity, and these patient groups may need a lower threshold for treatment.…”