Stocking stuffers

Endoscopic retrieval of baggies in body stuffers

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Body packing/stuffing is currently a huge medical problem. A conservative approach and waiting for spontaneous packet expulsion are usually recommended. However, in a patient with packets stuck in the stomach, surgical treatments are generally advocated if complications occur. Endoscopic evacuation of the packets is generally not favored because of its potential hazard...

Medicolegal issues surrounding body packers, pushers and stuffers.

Body packing, pushing and stuffing are methods by which individuals conceal illicit drugs for the purposes of transporting them across borders or evading police discovery. Body packers swallow drugs in rubber or latex packets for trafficking; body pushers insert drug packets into their rectum or vagina, and body stuffers swallow wrapped or unwrapped drugs to dispose of the evidence when fearing...

Stocking oncology's medicine cabinet.

Stocking Density and Supplemental Feeding

Pond carrying capacity is largely determined by management practices. Earlier work on semiintensive culture of tilapia using manure or inorganic fertilizers indicated that carrying capacity might reach 2,000 to 3,000 kg/ha (Diana et al. 1991a, b; KnudHansen et al. 1991). As stocking density is increased in fertilized ponds, carrying capacity remains largely the same and density-dependent growth...

Adequacy of antidote stocking in British Columbia hospitals: the 2005 Antidote Stocking Study.

BACKGROUND Inadequate hospital stocking and the unavailability of essential antidotes is a worldwide problem with potentially disastrous repercussions for poisoned patients. Research indicates minimal progress has been made in the resolution of this issue in both urban and rural hospitals. In response to this issue the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre developed provincial ant...