GPA assumes a grading scale of A, B, C, D, F. Each grade is assigned a number of grade points. An A grade receives 4 points, a B=3, a C=2, a D=1, and an F=0. The process is the same whether you are working on secondary or college grades.f you take a three unit class and receive an A grade, you receive 3 units times 4 points (for the A), which gives a total of 12 grade points for the course.
Prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence carries high costs for American society, with an estimated total economic burden of $78.5 billion, according to a study in the October issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.
An estimated 152,000 cases occur per year in the United States, resulting in 42,000 deaths and an inpatient cost of $3.8 to $7 billion per year.1 â 3 This review concentrates on the clinical management of status epilepticus (particularly convulsive status epilepticus), the theoretic and clinical considerations involved in choosing an antiepileptic drug to treat this emergency situation, and the consensus protocol devised by the Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA) Working Group on Status ...