Alexa Kocur
Current Event 7
University of California - Davis. "A breath test for opioids." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 4 October 2019. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191004105645.htm>.
Original Article: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191004105645.htm
This article is about how science has changed due to a new kind of technology. This technology is a breath test for patients that use opiods due to their medical issues. The breath test has made it easier for scientists to test patients. “Doctors and nurses treating chronic pain may need to monitor patients to make sure they are taking their drugs correctly, that their prescribed drugs are being metabolized properly and that they are not taking additional medications. Before this breath test detector was created, doctors would need to take blood tests which would take a very long time, so this creation has been a very positive and quick test that takes no time.
This creation has brought a lot of changes to science, with the breath test to check and monitor patients that take opiods, doctors are continuing to take faster and more reliable measures to keep patients safe.
I think that the author could've expanded more on the idea with the creation of the opioid breath test. The author should have added more on how it was created and how it has changed the science behind testing patients. This author was overall very to the point with his ideas and I feel like in some ways he could have explained further.
2 comments:
Diya Sriram
This review starts off with a short introduction to the topic that the article being reviewed was written about in a broader context- about how the findings were relevant to the entire scientific community as a whole. Then, the author moves on to the specific gains of the findings- that the breath test makes it easier for doctors to test patients who are taking prescibed drugs. She connects this to how life and work for patients and doctors are improved with the new breath test. Finally, the author uses a quote from the original article in order to support her summary and give a scientific point of view.
Something that the author of this review could have done better was discussing the article she read. She didn’t say much about the article and instead just quoted it. She also could have explained or elaborated more on the quotes she gave, so that the reader could understand the context and reasoning behind why those quotes are important to the topic.
This review opened my eyes to the need for new improvements in technology and medicine in our world today. Even though we had a way to test for opioids and other drugs in patients, scientists developed a new and more efficient way for this test to be done. The previous way was a blood test, which a lot of people are sensitive to and is time consuming. The new breath test is something that a significantly smaller amount of people will be scared of, and it is a lot quicker than a blood test.
Elizabeth Burnell
Mr. Ippolito
Forensics (EF Odd) // Current Events 9
January 19, 2022
University of California - Davis. "A breath test for opioids." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 4 October 2019. .
Alexa Kocur’s Current Event: https://bhscsi.blogspot.com/2021/11/a-breath-test-for-opioids.html
After reading Alexa’s Kocur’s current event on the ScienceDaily article “A breath test for opioids,” my understanding and curiosity surrounding medication administration has grown greatly. I really enjoyed how Kocur clearly and concisely explained the central idea of the article to her readers. I also liked Kocur’s addition of a quote from the original article. Lastly, I especially appreciated Kocur’s second paragraph, which solidified the significance of the article and its subject matter.
While Kocur’s article exhibited many strengths, I also noticed some weaknesses. Firstly, there were a few grammatical errors throughout her writing. Secondly, I think she could have elaborated on how the breath test specifically works.
The most intriguing part of Kocur’s current event, for me, was her description of the many different uses this new breath test could have in medicine. From monitoring patients to make sure they are taking their drugs correctly, to ensuring that prescribed drugs are being metabolized properly, this new form of technology seems to offer some exciting new advancements within the scientific community.
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