Adult problems occurring in kids is rare, but not impossible. Kids can get strokes (CVAs) and one issue that can cause CVA is Moyamoya.
Source: Moyamoya — Pediatric EM Morsels
Author: SupremeCmdr
Opioid Deaths Up, Illicit Fentanyl to Blame – Medpage Today
Deaths from synthetic opioids spiked 72% in one year
Source: Opioid Deaths Up, Illicit Fentanyl to Blame | Medpage Today
Thank you China. Thank you Mexico.
Hospital Nurse Staffing Ratios
Stratfor looks at the drug cartel’s insurgency against Mexico – Fabius Maximus
Summary: Immigration from Mexico was a hot issue in Campaign 2016. An equally serious danger was ignored — contagion to the US from the insurgency of drug cartels against Mexico. (Graphic copyright Stratfor 2016)
Source: Stratfor looks at the drug cartel’s insurgency against Mexico | Fabius Maximus website
With increasing legalization of marijuana in the US the cartels are now selling more heroin and methamphetamine. It’s been a while since I read up on this issue.
Still looking to buy that beachfront bargain in Mexico?
Right heart strain in PE, Part I – 5 minute sono
Source: Right heart strain in PE, Part I | 5 minute sono
I just discovered this blog and I love it.
Plague in Domestic Cats — Idaho, 2016 – MMWR
Cat-associated human plague cases, including fatalities, have been reported in the western United States since 1977 (3). Compared with dogs, cats are highly susceptible to plague illness and can transmit disease to humans directly through exposure to respiratory droplets and infectious body fluids associated with bites or scratches (1).
Source: Notes from the Field: Plague in Domestic Cats — Idaho, 2016 | MMWR
For all my cat loving readers.
Immune system, unleashed by cancer therapies, can attack organs – American Pharmacists Association
Immunotherapy drugs have been regarded as a breakthrough in cancer treatment, but as their use grows, doctors are finding that they pose serious risks. A separate paper found that 30% of patients experienced “interesting, rare, or unexpected side effects,” with a quarter of the reactions described as severe, life-threatening, or requiring hospitalization. Some patients have died…Problems with the pancreas have been particularly unusual, causing patients typically aged 50 years and older to lose insulin production all at once.
Source: Immune system, unleashed by cancer therapies, can attack organs | American Pharmacists Association
Oops.
How to interpret urine drug tests for marijuana – The Poison Review
Data Scientists Chart the Tragic Rise of Selfie Deaths
73 people died from selfies in the first eight months of 2016 alone.
Source: Data Scientists Chart the Tragic Rise of Selfie Deaths
Thunderstorm Asthma
It was only after it settled down that we realised what we had achieved. In a 24 hour period our emergency department would typically see around 200 patients. During “Thunderstorm Asthma,” over a 12-hour period between 7pm and 7 am we treated 296 patients; 208 of them had respiratory symptoms. Of these patients 170 went home, 36 were admitted including four that went to the intensive care unit. The peak occurred at 9pm, when 43 patients arrived in an hour. It wasn’t until 2am before our numbers dropped below 20 an hour.
Source: Thunderstorm asthma: ‘It was like a war zone,’ emergency doctor says
Here`s why.
Source: Thunderstorm asthma – Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
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