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With the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warning that unintentional poisonings are responsible for more than 1 million calls to poison control centers and 78,000 hospital visits for children younger than age 5 in 2003, Southwestern Oklahoma State University professor of nonprescription products and devices W. Steven Pray, PhD, DPh, outlined in U.S. Pharmacist some recent developments in poison control.
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Is inhaled insulin (Exubera®, insulin human [rDNA origin]) really as efficacious as regular humulin insulin subcutaneous (RHISQ)? Is it really just as simple as taking a breath or does complicated dosing create a barrier that makes it difficult for patients to self manage their disease?
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Judge: IL pharmacists may challenge EC law
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Of 11 pharmacists who responded to the 2006 Drug Formulary Review salary survey, six are earning between $100,000 and $129,999 (see chart), while three earn $130,000 or more and the salary for the remaining two is less than $59,999.
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New anticoagulants, including low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) and nonheparin compounds, are changing the way ED nurses care for patients with acute thrombotic disorders.
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A 35-year-old man told ED nurses at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver that he had severe back pain and reported taking three or four 500 mg acetaminophen tablets every two hours for the previous week.
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The rules for which trauma patients require fluid resuscitation are different for children than adults, says a new study.
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Knowledge of the requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is lacking in the emergency department, according to a recent study.
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