Dr Tanya Parkinson, 15 June 1965–8 August 2016

June 2016

esigner drugs, research chemicals, novel psychoactive substances (NPS), and legal highs are all terms used to describe drugs designed to skirt legal controls. Although the trend toward using these drugs picked up steam in the new millennium, the search for new recreational substances— either through repurposing pharmaceutical research or modifying existing drugs of abuse—is not new. The second ...

Clinical Issues-August 2016.

Assessing discharge risks for infants and toddlers who have undergone moderate sedation Key words: patient discharge, pediatric, caregiver, moderate sedation. Assessing a child for sleep apnea Key words: pediatric, obstructive sleep apnea, moderate sedation. Using a frailty index to assess surgical patients Key words: frailty, surgical complications, older adult, Braden Scale, Fried Frailty Cri...

Arbitrary gap: Lectures June-August

Increase in ECHOvirus 6 infections associated with neurological symptoms in the Netherlands, June to August 2016

The Dutch virus-typing network VIRO-TypeNed reported an increase in ECHOvirus 6 (E-6) infections with neurological symptoms in the Netherlands between June and August 2016. Of the 31 cases detected from January through August 2016, 15 presented with neurological symptoms. Ten of 15 neurological cases were detected in the same province and the identified viruses were genetically related. This re...

Local Mosquito-Borne Transmission of Zika Virus - Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida, June-August 2016.

During the first 6 months of 2016, large outbreaks of Zika virus disease caused by local mosquito-borne transmission occurred in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories, but local mosquito-borne transmission was not identified in the continental United States (1,2). As of July 22, 2016, the Florida Department of Health had identified 321 Zika virus disease cases among Florida residents and visit...