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Just the Facts World Atlas
... line around the center of the Earth. The equator is exactly halfway between the North and South Poles, the most northern and southern points on the Earth, and the axis points the Earth spins on. The ... from the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea in the north to the stormy, cold waters of Cape Horn in the south. The world s longest mountain chain, the Andes, run...
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Just the Facts Prehistoric World
... beneath the next plate at the seam on the other side. The continents are carried by in these plates. ã As the continents move about, they occasionally crash into one another. This causes the edge ... in the last few million years of the Cretaceous. If this is so, then a meteorite impact could have finished them off. The Yucatan impact site at the time was exactly at the...
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Just the Facts Solar System
... star, the Sun, is the center of the solar system. All the planets and asteroids are held in their orbits by its immense gravity. It also attracts objects from the farthest reaches of the solar system, such ... and weather satellites, meteosats. Sol The scientific name for the Sun. Solar Having to do with the Sun. Solar eclipse When the Moon passes between the...
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INTERNAL MEDICINE Just the Facts pptx
... San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto INTERNAL MEDICINE Just the Facts 14 SECTION 1 ã INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICINE ACNE VULGARIS ã The hallmark of acne is the appearance of come- dones. Acne may ... School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Interdisciplinary Medicine Thomas J. Olsen, MD, FACP Professor of Internal Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine Depa...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 1 ppt
... Attending Staff Physician, Department of Emer- gency Medicine, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Chap- ters 10 1, 10 4, 11 9 12 1, 12 5, 13 5) Rodney McCaskill, M.D., WakeMed, Department of Emergency ... double-blind study on sedatives and hemodynamics during rapid-se- quence intubation in the emergency department: The SHRED study. Ann Emerg Med 31: 313 , 19 98. 7....
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 2 ppt
... refractory to IV uid. 12 ã If blood pressure remains Ͻ70 mmHg despite pre- ceding measures, a norepinephrine 8- to 1 2- g/ min loading dose and a 2- to 4- g/min infusion to maintain mean arterial blood ... needles (2 7- to 3 0- gauge), and injecting the anesthetic slowly. ã The addition of epinephrine to lidocaine extends the length of anesthesia and slows systemic ab-...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 3 ppt
... 70 percent in the very elderly. 9, 13 ã The most common causes of abdominal pain are listed in Table 3 8-1 . ã Causes of abdominal pain stratied by age are listed in Table 3 8-2 . TABLE 3 8-1 Most Common ... dif- cile in 10 to 25 percent of cases. ã Broad-spectrum antibioticsmost notably clin- damycin, cephalosporins, and ampicillin/amoxicil- lin—alter the gut flora...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 5 ppsx
... authori- ties begin with a continuous infusion. If the acido- sis has not improved after2hofinsulin therapy the insulin infusion should be increased to 0. 15 to 0.2 U/kg/h. Both the insulin infusion ... age. The classic presentation is sudden epigastric pain with pain-free intervals during which the examination can reveal the classic sau- sage-shaped mass in the right side of...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 6 doc
... drawn if clinically indicated or if the acetamino- phen level falls in the toxic range on the Rumack- Matthew nomogram. ã Activated charcoal 1 g/kg is indicated for GI de- contamination and in case ... decontam- ination, elimination of the toxin, and administra- tion of the antidote. ã The airway should be secured. In the obtunded patient, if gastric lavage is indicated,...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 7 doc
... oxy- gen therapy. DIAGNOSIS AND DIFFERENTIAL ã The primary key to the diagnosis is maintaining a high degree of clinical suspicion. ã The most useful laboratory test is the determina- tion of the ... Med 25:5 17, 1995. For further reading in Emergency Medicine: A Com- prehensive Study Guide, 5th ed., see Chap. 196, ‘‘Electrical Injuries,’’ and Chap. 1 97, ‘‘Lightning Injuries,’...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 8 pot
... Oyhaugen S: The Norwegian polio study 1994: A nationwide survey of prob- lems in long-standing poliomyelitis. Spinal Cord 36: 280 , 19 98. For further reading in Emergency Medicine: A Com- prehensive ... RH: Electroencephalographic monitoring in the emergency department. Emerg Med Clin North Am 12:1 089 , 1994. For further reading in Emergency Medicine: A Com- prehensive...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 9 doc
... hemato- mas in elderly patients. As the brain mass de- creases with advancing age, there is greater stretching and tension of the bridging veins that pass from the brain to the dural sinuses. 7 ã ... an injury with subsequent increase in pain and swelling as the patient continues to am- bulate suggests a sprain rather than a fracture. ã On physical examination, signicant ndings...
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just the facts human body
... ideas. THE BRAIN The brain is inside the cranium, forming the upper half of the head. WHERE IN THE BODY? ã The brain consumes about one- fifth of all the energy used by the body. ã But the brain ... ideas. THE BRAIN The brain is inside the cranium, forming the upper half of the head. WHERE IN THE BODY? ã The brain consumes about one- fifth of all the...
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