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Diagnostic Radiation Doses High in Trauma Patients
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Adult trauma patients are exposed to significant amounts of radiation from diagnostic radiographic imaging, according to findings published in the August issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Reuters Health Information
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CO Poisoning Causes Direct Myocardial Toxicity
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Carbon monoxide (CO) decreases myocardial contractility in a manner distinct from the effects of oxygen deprivation, and this effect persists even after all of the CO is removed from the system, according to experiments conducted in rats, researchers have shown. Reuters Health Information
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