Adenotonsillar Hypertrophy as a Cause of Failure to Thrive
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An unusual cause of failure to thrive.
A 9 months old male child presented ,1·ith the complaints of failure to thriYe. F{;(·r;mg had been inadequate because of fatigue on sucking. He deYeloped noisy breathing at 5 months of age and was treated for repeated respiratory tract infections without a specific diagnosis. Physicai examination reYcalccl that his height and weight were helo\\ tne third percentile. He had noticeable i'lterc,,s...
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tive way of looking at incidents and accidents arising in high-risk environments [3]. He proposed that we look at work in terms of coupling and complexity of interactions. This approach has been applied to anaesthetic practice to break the chain of accident evolution [4]. The headline message from this is that when coupling is tight and complexity is high, the risk of a bad outcome is increased...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0835-7900
DOI: 10.1155/1990/161796