Be careful …. She has a pituitary gland in her nose

Terry L. Erwin: She Had a Black Eye and in Her Arm She Held a Skunk

Terry L. Erwin is Curator of Coleoptera at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, D.C. and editor-in-chief of ZooKeys. He generated significant controversy in 1982—which continues to this day—when he published an estimate of 30 million species on Earth, which was substantially more than the nearly one million described species. He was born 1 December 194...

Correcting hypotension: be careful!

To cite: Foran E, Abkur TM. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-212904 DESCRIPTION A 42-year-old woman presented with a 2-day history of vomiting. She was drowsy, dehydrated, tachycardic and hypotensive with a blood pressure (BP) of 52/37. The immediate management included infusion of 4 L of normal saline and inotropic support. Investigations sho...

Let's be careful out there.

If we are to change the way these services are regulated, we first must know what the trade-offs are. Consumers need to know what they are giving up if they exchange the certainty of their regulated, monopoly provider for the harsh world of the competitive marketplace. Make no mistake, there is a vast difference in cultures between a monopoly, regulated utility run with the ratepayer uppermost ...

Can We Be Too Careful?

Pituitary Gland

growth blood pressure some aspects of pregnancy and childbirth including stimulation of uterine contractions during childbirth breast milk production sex organ functions in both males and females thyroid gland function the conversion of food into energy (metabolism) water and osmolarity regulation in the body water balance via the control of reabsorption of water by the kidneys temperature regu...