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Archive for November, 2007

Varicella Complications

12 Nov, 07 | by Ian Wacogne

A BPSU survey of serious complications of chickenpox revealed a variety of complications in 0.82/100,000 children per year, mostly in previously healthy children.  Here.

Medical Abbreviations

6 Nov, 07 | by Ian Wacogne

In a review of 25 sheets used in handover of patients, 2286 abbreviations were used, many of which were non-standard, were not found in standard medical dictionaries, and were misunderstood by the doctors for which they were intended. Here.

Traumatic Brain Injury

6 Nov, 07 | by Ian Wacogne

Of 117 survivors of severe traumatic brain injury admitted to an Australian PICU, 54 underwent screening or testing for pituitary dysfunction.  Of these, 9 had pituitary dysfunction, 4 with multiple hormonal deficiencies.   Here.

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