To the Editor. This letter is written in regard to the excellent case report "Reversal of narcotic-induced biliary spasm with nalbuphine hydrochloride" by Thomas McHugh, CRNA (December, 1985 AANA Journal). This case report clearly demonstrates one of several new and unique applications of nalbuphine (Nubain*). In addition, a previous study entitled "Outpatient anesthesia with nalbuphine hydroch...

A description and summary of the latest edition of the AFGL HITRAN molecular absorption parameters database are presented. This new database combines the information for the seven principal atmospheric absorbers and twenty-one additional molecular species previously contained on the AFGL atmospheric absorption line parameter compilation and on the trace gas compilation. In addition to updating ...

After nearly two decades without a diphtheria case in Latvia, the disease reappeared in 1986. From 1990 to 1996, case counts were highest among adults 40-49 years of age, school-aged children, and adolescents. Nonetheless, the average annualized incidence of disease was highest among infants and preschoolers. In August 1995, mass vaccination efforts began to provide adults 25-60 years of age wi...

Patterns of spending for health during 1986 and beyond reflect a mixture of adherence to and change from historical trends. From a level of $458 billion in 1986--10.9 percent of the GNP--national health expenditures are projected to reach $1.5 trillion by the year 2000--15.0 percent of the GNP. This article presents a provisional estimate of spending in 1986 and projections of spending (under t...

Leo Kadanoff is a theoretical physicist who has contributed widely to research in the properties of matter and upon the fringes of elementary particle physics, Most recently he has been involved in the understanding of the onset of chaos in simple mechanical and fluid systems. He was born and received his early education in New York City. He did his undergraduate and graduate work at Harvard Un...

Together with Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig rose to fame because of the Blalock-Taussig shunt. This is a surgical procedure in children who suffer from hypoxia because of a congenital cardiac malformation. Because of this affliction, they are blue. Less known is the fact that dr. Taussig also played a crucial role in the prohibition of thalidomide in the USA, the drug that had been responsible ...

I can th ink of few th ings m o r e p leasurab le t han i n t r o d u c i n g a y o u n g scientist whose re­ search has e n h a n c e d his visibility to such an ex ten t tha t his o r h e r image is clearly distin­ guishable f rom a m o n g the la rge n u m b e r of y o u n g scientists pub l i sh ing excel lent r e sea rch these days. Normal ly , t he rec ip ient of a y o u n g scientist awa...