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A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office in 2003, Medical Malpractice: Implications of Rising Premiums on Access to Health Care (GAO Medical Malpractice Report) asserted that the average payout for the average malpractice claim has been steadily rising since 1986, from about $95,000 in 1986 to about $320,000 in 2003.
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Appendicitis is a serious diagnosis with the potential for catastrophic outcomes in any age group, but especially in the young child. Although the clinician may have this diagnosis in the differential for select patient populations, this article highlights the clinical scenarios when the clinician should consider the diagnosis in a child.
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Although the majority of children have structurally normal airways, normal changes occur with the child's physical maturation.
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In this article, the authors discuss the "less sexy" aspects ACS mangement, those agents and treatments that have either a long history of use in ACS patients or are still too new to judge.
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The AHA guidelines for 2005 were first released in December 2005. Several significant changes have been made, and new evidence has been reviewed to guide the management of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This article will review all of the updates in BLS, neonatal care, and PALS.
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