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When Do Pediatric Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts Fail?

ACEP Now

To begin, a 2012 prospective pediatric study found a failure rate of 16.9 3 This study was conducted at six institutions in the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network. Dr. Cantor is the emeritus medical director for the Central New York Poison Control Center and professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics in Syracuse, N.Y.

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Carbon Dioxide As A Resuscitative Gas

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Even after no longer having a role in resuscitation, CO2 was advocated for accelerating clearance of carbon monoxide poisoning into the 1950s and 1960s. He took up many clinical researches feeling that physiology should be an applied science contributing to the solution of human problems. In 1927, H.W. a Yale physiologist.

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The impact of gun violence and practical tips on firearm safety: A podcast

PEMBlog

Pediatrics November 2012; 130 (5): e1416–e1423. 2012-2481 Haasz, M., Research demonstrates that fewer than half of all gun owners store their firearms safely, and that many children have access to these guns. Denise Dowd, Robert D. Garry Gardner, Kyran P. Quinlan, Michele Burns Ewald, Beth E. Pomerantz, Elizabeth C.

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Etomidate: a perspective on a current controversy.

Thinking Critical Care

In 1983 I was an Englishman abroad, the London anaesthetist who was appointed to be the English anaesthetist on the Shock Team only because the outstanding candidate from Oxford had preferred to take up a job doing muscle relaxant research with Kitz and Katz in the USA. 4] The research agenda at the time was broad.

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What Are the Potential Problems with Baby Bottles?

Pediatric Education

In the meantime, I’m more concerned about you resting and taking care of yourselves than you doing a lot of research, but will also give you some online resources if you want to explore them,” he offered. BPA is also used to protect the container integrity. What are methods for encouraging breastfeeding of infants?

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

Jeff: This DEA designation limits the ability to do research and obtain federal funding for such research. Synthetics were initially developed in the 1980s largely for research purposes. And the US DEA maintains cannabis as a Schedule I substance. Nachi: A free issue for our listeners, that’s nice!

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ToxCard: Organic Mercury Poisoning

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Diagnosis and Management: Whole blood mercury concentrations are the most useful for diagnosis of organic mercury poisoning, as organic mercury undergoes little urinary excretion. 6 The neurotoxicity caused by organic mercury poisoning is permanent, thus, you must act fast. Mercury levels in commercial fish and shellfish (1990-2012).