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Open AccessChanges in total body fat and body mass index among children with juvenile dermatomyositis treated with high-dose glucocorticoids
High-dose glucocorticoids (GC) remain the primary therapy to induce remission in Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM). Studies of the natural history of GC associated weight gain in children are very limited, especi...
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Open AccessThe Importance of Professional Discourse for the Continual Advancement of Practice Standards: The RBT® as a Case in Point
The Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB®) created a third level of certification, the Registered Behavior Technician™ (RBT®) in 2014. The RBT® was created based upon the requests of stakeholders who wan...
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Direct versus indirect laryngoscopy using a Macintosh video laryngoscope: a mannequin study comparing applied forces
Upper airway injury and sympathetic activation may be related to the forces applied during laryngoscopy. We compared the applied forces during laryngoscopy using direct and indirect visualization of a standard...
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Open AccessNeonatal near-misses in Ghana: a prospective, observational, multi-center study
For every newborn who dies within the first month, as many as eight more suffer life-threatening complications but survive (termed ‘neonatal near-misses’ (NNM)). However, there is no universally agreed-upon de...
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Correction to: Behavioral Artistry: Examining the Relationship Between the Interpersonal Skills and Effective Practice Repertoires of Applied Behavior Analysis Practitioners
The article Behavioral Artistry: Examining the Relationship Between the Interpersonal Skills and Effective Practice Repertoires of Applied Behavior Analysis Practitioners, written by Kevin Callahan, was origin...
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Open AccessBehavioral Artistry: Examining the Relationship Between the Interpersonal Skills and Effective Practice Repertoires of Applied Behavior Analysis Practitioners
This study investigated interpersonal skills associated with the concept of behavioral artistry (BA), a repertoire of practitioner behaviors including care, attentiveness, and creativity, among others, associa...
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Front-of-neck airway meets front-of-neck simulation: improving cricothyroidotomy skills using a novel open-access three-dimensional model and the Airway App
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The effect of verbal and video feedback on learning direct laryngoscopy among novice laryngoscopists: a randomized pilot study
Skill acquisition in direct laryngoscopy (DL) and tracheal intubation is complex. This pilot study aims to assess feasibility and determine sample size for a subsequent trial comparing DL instruction using a M...
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Dealing with phthalates in medical devices: a case of primum non nocere (first do no harm)?
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Epiglottic melanosis
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Open AccessThe difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 2 – The anticipated difficult airway
Appropriate planning is crucial to avoid morbidity and mortality when difficulty is anticipated with airway management. Many guidelines developed by national societies have focused on management of difficulty ...
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Open AccessThe difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 1 – Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient
Previously active in the mid-1990s, the Canadian Airway Focus Group (CAFG) studied the unanticipated difficult airway and made recommendations on management in a 1998 publication. The CAFG has since reconvened...
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A prospective trial on a new sutureless securement device for central venous catheters
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Management of a patient with tracheomalacia and supraglottic obstruction after thyroid surgery
We describe an unusual combination of dynamic supraglottic, glottic, subglottic, and intrathoracic airway obstructions following a total thyroidectomy. These problems were anticipated, documented videographica...
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Superior glottic views with the GlideScope® and Airtraq® laryngoscopes compared with an anterior commissure laryngoscope
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Open AccessHematocolpos secondary to imperforate hymen
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ProSeal LMA — how long is too long?
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Complications associated with the use of the GlideScope® videolaryngoscope
Tw o cases are presented wherein the GlideScope® videolaryngoscope (GVL) facilitated laryngeal exposure and successful endotracheal intubation, but resulted in pharyngeal injury.
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T-Type Ca2+ Channels Are Involved in High Glucose–Induced Rat Neonatal Cardiomyocyte Proliferation
Infants develop hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in ≈30% of diabetic pregnancies. We have characterized the effects of glucose on voltage-gated T-type Ca2+ channels and intracellular free calcium concentration, [Ca2+]
