New acute lung injury study finds benefits of autologous cell ... From Science Centric 'Our results obtained from a rabbit model of acute lung injury showed that transplantation of these premature EPCs significantly improved the function of lung blood vessels, reduced the amount of water that leaked into lungs, and decreased bleeding in the lungs.' Dr Lam and colleagues also performed additional laboratory experiments on the antioxidant capacity of premature human EPCs compared to relatively more mature endothelial cells derived from human umbilical cords. 'These findings...

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Obesity Associated with Pediatric Surgery Complications From MedPage Today Feb. 22 -- Obese children and adolescents seem to have an elevated risk of perioperative respiratory complications from common elective operations, researchers here found. Although all events were managed without serious sequelae, the findings add impetus for anesthesiologists to anticipate these events in their anesthetic plan for obese children, wrote Alan R. Hand in hand with the epidemic of overweight and obese children, anesthesiologists have increasingly noted a tendency toward a...

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UMHB Lecture in the Humanities From KWTX Dr. Jones who also serves as the Associate Dean for School of Medicine Admissions and Executive Director for Health Science Pipeline Programs at UT-Austin has been involved in medical school and nursing school admissions for over ten years, being appointed Associate Dean for School of Medicine Admissions in 1997. He has served as the chair of the Joint Admissions Medical Program Council which is responsible for a pipeline program for facilitated admission of economically disadvantaged...

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Resident DO Recommends Rapid Slim SX! From www.grahamazon.com Which is why it surprised me that in your "Talk With Dr. Bryce Swanson" you glaze right over the health benefits of weight loss. "A major diet overhaul must be gradual so it can be sustained over time," but then you go on to say that "I would recommend RapidSlim SX because it delivers amazing weight-loss results so quickly and because available published research reveals it to be a superior formula and brand."

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Considerations before adopting new standards for monitors From upennanesthesiology.typepad.com/upenn_anesthesiology/ How useful does a monitor need to be before it is considered worthy of routine intraoperative use? The ASA has now funded two large-scale studies on the use of brain electrical activity monitoring to decrease intra op awareness; Propensity analysis was required of cohort studies to finally justify studying this monitor, and there are now several studies in different venues which suggest no benefit and potential harm. I therefore believe that there are indications for the BIS monitor, but...

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