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In a prospective study of the actual oral nutritional intake of patients with respiratory failure in the first week following extubation, average intake failed to exceed 50% of daily requirements on all seven days.
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Although lower extremity fractures are much less common than upper extremity fractures in children, the correct diagnosis and management of this type of injury is critical. In the second part of this series the authors review common lower extremity fractures, fractures common in abused children and the diagnosis and treatment of radial head subluxation. Children are much more likely to sustain fractures rather than ligamentous injuries and identification of injuries and timely management will maximize an optimal outcome. Awareness of certain unique pediatric fractures such as the triplane juvenile fracture and the juvenile Tillaux fracture will allow for prompt treatment and referral. The authors also provide a table encompassing guidelines for ED management and treatment of common pediatric orthopedic injuries.
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Young black men are disproportionately more likely than other groups to be victims of violent crime. But when researchers set out to study this group, they encounter difficulty in recruiting and retaining subjects.
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When Vanderbilt University Medical Center set about creating its BioVU biobank, it went in a different direction than most institutions.
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Based on a survey of research participants, the office of research compliance and quality improvement at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA, has come up with these four key areas to demonstrate informed consent.
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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) in Washington, DC, recently published letters that explain the agency's revised stand on the use of central or external IRBs.
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The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) in Washington, DC, is indicating to research institutions that the agency favors the use of centralized IRBs for multisite studies.
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When the federal Office of Human Research Protections raised questions about a quality improvement (QI) initiative to reduce catheter infections in Michigan hospitals in 2007, it reignited a debate over the line between QI and human subjects research necessitating IRB review.