Should we do early and frequent charcoal hemoperfusion in phenytoin toxicity?

Charcoal hemoperfusion for phenytoin intoxication.

Accidental ingestion of phenytoin can lead to severe neurological sequelae. Charcoal hemoperfusion decreases phenytoin levels but has never been reported before in children. We present a child with accidental ingestion of phenytoin who responded to charcoal hemoperfusion.

Should we treat pyrexia? And how do we do it?

The concept of pyrexia as a protective physiological response to aid in host defence has been challenged with the awareness of the severe metabolic stress induced by pyrexia. The host response to pyrexia varies, however, according to the disease profile and severity and, as such, the management of pyrexia should differ; for example, temperature control is safe and effective in septic shock but ...

What we should do is blame do ∗

Thus, it is not the pseudocleft construction as a whole that results in the star on (1a). Rather, the problem is with the verb do that appears in the pseudocleft clause. This generalization has the virtue of differentiating the pseudoclefts in (1) from those in (2), since the latter lack any ∗My thanks to the participants in the Semantics II discussion section of April 10, 2001, for their help ...

Mental Health What Do We Know? What Should We Do?

Multimorbidity: What do we know? What should we do?

Multimorbidity, which is defined as the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, has moved onto the priority agenda for many health policymakers and healthcare providers. Patients with multimorbidity are high utilizers of healthcare resources and are some of the most costly and difficult-to-treat patients in Europe. Preventing and improving the way multimorbidity is managed is now a key...