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I thought this was interesting so I wanted to share with our readers. A 12-item screening tool can help identify teens who are likely to start smoking in the next year, researchers report in Pediatrics. To develop the tool, the researchers used data from over 800 children who completed questionnaires several times each year from seventh […]
Read More(A) An IO device may be used for transfusion. (B) Pediatric patients are the only patients who should receive IO access. (C) The risk for osteomyelitis is 20 percent. (D) In the advanced cardiac life support protocols, drug administration via a tracheal tube is preferred over the IO route. IO access was developed in the […]
Read MoreWhat We Already Know about This Topic: Positive end-expiratory pressure protects against ventilation-induced lung injury by improving homogeneity of ventilation, but positive end-expiratory pressure contributes to the mechanical power required to ventilate the lung What This Article Tells Us That Is New: This in vivo study (36 pigs mechanically ventilated in the prone position) suggests that low […]
Read MoreWhat We Already Know about This Topic: Substance abuse remains common among anesthesia clinicians Whether routine, random drug testing deters use remains unknown What This Article Tells Us That Is New: The Massachusetts General Hospital randomly tested residents over a period of 13 yr There was no detected substance abuse among residents during the testing […]
Read MoreLow doses of the tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline may provide some relief for chronic low back pain, a JAMA Internal Medicine study suggests. Nearly 150 adults with chronic, nonspecific low back pain were randomized to receive either low-dose (25 mg) amitriptyline or 1-mg benztropine (an active control with similar adverse events as amitriptyline) every day for 6 […]
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