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I appreciate this article , and this is by no means meant to be a personal attack or discrediting the validity of the information contained in the article. I consult for a pharma company and disclose it whenever I speak or write about something related to that work. In this case, the Open Payments website shows that one of the authors has received over 128,000 dollars from Ceribell, a company that makes a POC EEG system.
Accidents involving ambulances are on the rise, with serious consequences for patients and rescuers. In this article we will examine the reasons behind such an increase and how regulations and […] L'articolo Ambulance accidents: a worrying increase proviene da Stem Ems.
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My Dad was born in 1934. He grew up in White Plains, New York in a modest house with a small yard enclosed by a white picket fence. His father worked for the telephone company and his mother was a nurse. He read Buck Rogers comic books and adventure classics like the Three Musketeers and The Last of the Mohicans. He played baseball in sandlots and hockey on frozen ponds.
My Dad was born in 1934. He grew up in White Plains, New York in a modest house with a small yard enclosed by a white picket fence. His father worked for the telephone company and his mother was a nurse. He read Buck Rogers comic books and adventure classics like the Three Musketeers and The Last of the Mohicans. He played baseball in sandlots and hockey on frozen ponds.
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I wanted to respond to Dr. Weiner’s concerns about the recent article on the management of status epilepticus by Drs. Marco and Kozak. I also want to use this opportunity to describe to the readers of ACEP Now the process by which we handle unsolicited submissions to our magazine, which the concept for this particular article originated. When assuming the role of Medical Editor-in-Chief, I instituted a more formal process by which emergency physicians can submit articles and case reports to our
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