ABCD 3.0 Ready to Use

Ready-to-use therapeutic foods for malnutrition.

Médecins Sans Frontières has just released its ninth annual list, for 2006, of the top ten under-reported humanitarian stories. Eight of the ten arose from confl ict situations, but two are of more direct clinical relevance: malnutrition and tuberculosis. The three-part Lancet series on child development in developing countries, which ends today, has much to say about malnutrition, and its sist...

Goodbye to ABCD resuscitation?

Ready to use agarose encapsulated PCR reagents.

Many variations of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have recently evolved, enhancing this powerful tool for use in cloning, nucleic acid sequencing and diagnostic testing. Construction of a large number of PCR reactions typical for diagnostic applications (HLA typing, genetic screening, microbial identification) requires time-consuming and repetitive pipeting. Even a master mix made in the l...

Pediatric residents: are they ready to use computer-aided instruction?

OBJECTIVE To assess pediatric residents' readiness to use computer-aided instruction (CAI). DESIGN Survey. SETTING Pediatric residency program based in a tertiary care children's hospital. PARTICIPANTS Four pediatric residency classes. ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT: Self-administered questionnaire. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Residents' access to computers and the Internet, experience with CD-ROM and...

Platelet-rich Plasma: Is It Ready to Use?

For over 20 years, autologous blood products, such as plateletrich plasma (PRP) have been employed as a means to facilitate the healing process. Platelet-rich plasma has been advocated as a way to introduce increased concentrations of growth factors and other bioactive molecules to injured tissues in an attempt to optimize the local healing environment. This article reviews the basic principles...