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Timing of Repeat Epinephrine in Pediatric Anaphylaxis: How Long Should We Observe?

PEMBlog

This multicenter retrospective study aims to provide evidence-based guidance by determining when the risk of repeat epinephrine administration becomes acceptably low. The primary outcome was the time from first to last epinephrine dose, whether given before arrival, in the ED, or during hospitalization. What Did They Do?

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Most Pediatric Anaphylaxis ED Cases Clear for Discharge After 2 Hours

Physician's Weekly

“Children presenting to the emergency department with anaphylaxis typically receive at least one dose of epinephrine and are observed in the emergency department or monitored for recurrent (biphasic anaphylaxis) or persistent symptoms on hospital wards for variable durations before discharge is considered safe,” wrote corresponding author Timothy E.

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

Assisting surgeries, disinfecting rooms, dispensing medication, keeping company: believe it or not these are the tasks medical robots will soon undertake in hospitals, pharmacies, or your nearest doctor’s office. These new ‘colleagues’ will definitely make a difference in every field of medicine.

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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

Smart toothbrush While AI helps dental professionals provide better treatments, smart toothbrushes enable all of us to take better care of our teeth. These provide real-time feedback via a companion app warning you if you are applying too much pressure, where you are brushing and even coach the user as to how to brush properly.

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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

So, in 2016, she celebrated her 60th birthday at her local CVS. Deana Hendrickson, 66, who provides daily care for three young grandsons in Los Angeles, sought an additional MMR shot, though she was vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella as a child, in case her immunity to measles had waned. .

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

In 2016, The Guardian reported that a blind woman suffering from this disease was fitted with the implant labelled “bionic eye” in the UK as part of a trial at the Oxford Eye Hospital. The journal Nature provided a commentary report on HKUST’s research into the bionic eye. Google is not the only one working on A.I.

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Episode 384: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 26 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 1

The Clinical Problem Solvers

She is the Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Jeffrey Bridge, a leading researcher at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital.