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Rosenburg 2010] B-L system is designed for 12yo and younger, patients up to 80 lbs, height 46-143 cm [Meguerdichian 2012] Estimates the 50%ile weight for height (Length vs Ideal Body Weight). 2010) ‘140: Does physician estimates of pediatric patient weights lead to inaccurate medication dosages’, Annals of Emergency Medicine , 56(3), p.

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When Retraction Watch started as a side project blog by Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus in 2010, they wondered if they would have enough material. Medical academics are under immense pressure to publish papers, especially in higher-impact journals. universities for violating academic integrity policies (e.g.,

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Nat Rev Rheumatol 2010; 6:715. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved. References Shih B, Bayat A. Scientific understanding and clinical management of Dupuytren disease.