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Christchurch Hospital Anaesthetists Drug overdose on Propofol
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Neo-Conduit
This Anaesthetist at our local Hospital was injecting propofol into himself while present at surgeries. Oops sorry he would go to the toilet to do it then return to the patient. He died sadly. I commented on Happy Hospitalist's post the other day regarding this topic. I read in a British Hospital Journal a few years back while I was living there a ...
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Genetic Test Can Predict Drug Side Effects
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Lisa E. L.
There’s a dramatic piece in the Washington Post today about how genetic testing can predict whether a person will process certain medications, or experience side effects. The Mayo Clinic has been using these tests, particularly with children and people with family histories of bad side effects. But this testing hasn’t hit mainstream usa ...
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Codeine, Breastfeeding and Your Genes
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Lisa E. L.
Some women carry multiple copies of a gene that metabolizes codeine into morphine. These women process codeine at much higher rates than the average person, which means that when they take an average dose of codeine, it is rapidly converted to unusually high levels of morphine.For new mothers prescribed codeine after childbirth, this can be a tragi ...
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FDA Warns Breastfeeding Moms: Genes and Codeine Risk
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Lisa E. L.
With the recent FDA’s activity in personalized medicine, I asked DNA Direct’s director of pharmacogenetics, Dr. Huijun Z. Ring, if she’d give us a guest post.Huijun writes:FDA warns breast-feeding moms of genetic risk for using codeine products Gene test can help to prevent life-threatening side effects in nursing babiesWhen I was ...
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Thursday Thirteen
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Donna
And here we go! 59 Days until the half-marathon. And while I've not fully embraced running, it is quite possible I am in some sort of denial, or why then would Iregister for a 12.5 mi. trail run? Seriously. That said, it should be fun -- I will take my time and not risk injury, but I do understand that it will be a very different experience from ...
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A lonely girl trying
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Coco ..
Warning: negativity ahead!Mom left yesterday morning, as it was expected, I feel sad and lost. I haven’t been alone for >3 months so it’s hard to adjust to the loneliness again.I tried to be positive by listing the Pro and Cons of being alone, but the length of the lists are not even comparable. I tried to focus on work to distr ...
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For Kim’s son
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Kenn C.
I met her at a meeting probably eleven or twelve years ago. We instantly connected because of our shared status as HIV-positive people in recovery. I adopted the runt of a litter of kittens. Emma is with me to this day.During a subsequent relapse Kim became pregnant but quickly came back to our fold determined to give birth to a healthy child. ...
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On Monday this week, the physica ...
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cancerhat
On Monday this week, the physical therapist came to give TB a work out session. But TB ended up over doing it. He keeps telling his friends and whoever else will listen, that I was worried he would overdose on the amount of Oxycodone and Oxycontin he was taking after the session and through to Tuesday morning, and that there was no need to call the ...
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Article Review: Learning assessment using virtual patients
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Michelle Lin, MD
I am developing a new microsimulation module to help EM clerkship students gain a more realistic exposure to high-acuity patients. Emergent conditions, such as ectopic pregnancy, acute tricyclic overdose, and ST elevation MI, are usually cared for by senior residents and attendings. Rarely are students primarily involved in these cases. That's why ...
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Article Review: Learning assessment using virtual patients
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Michelle Lin, MD
I am developing a new microsimulation module to help EM clerkship students gain a more realistic exposure to high-acuity patients. Emergent conditions, such as ectopic pregnancy, acute tricyclic overdose, and ST elevation MI, are usually cared for by senior residents and attendings. Rarely are students primarily involved in these cases. That's why ...
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