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Scooter injury
An injury sustained on a scooter, a foot-operated board mounted tandemly on two wheels with an upright steering handle attached to the front wheel. The wave of popularity of scooters has created a major new cause of pediatric injuries and…
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- Infection, rotavirus Rotavirus: A leading cause of severe winter diarrhea in young children. Each year, rotavirus (RV) causes an…
- Moisturize To dampen; to replenish lost liquid; to add vapor; to humidify. 'Moisturize' usually suggests that the thing…
- Poisoning, carbon monoxide See: Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Naltrexone treatment program Treatment of opiate addicts with naltrexone, a long-acting synthetic opiate antagonist with few side effects…
- Retrosternal Behind the sternum (the breastbone)
- Genetics, transplantation The field of biology and medicine relating to the genes that govern the acceptance or rejection of a…
- Macrosomia Overly large body. A child with macrosomia has significant overgrowth
- Atorvastatin L ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Atorvastatin Main…
- Test, ThinPrep Pap A modified Pap test technique designed to reduce some of the technical problems inherent in the traditional…