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Adult supraglottitis

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 1993
Airway management of supraglottitis in the adult is controversial as regards the choice between observation and acute intervention. This study was undertaken to determine whether factors exist that place patients at higher risk of airway obstruction and to review conservative treatment outcome.
H N, Barrow, A P, Vastola, R C, Wang
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Adult vaccinations

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2001
Adult vaccination saves lives and is cost-effective. During influenza epidemics, more than 20,000 estimated deaths occur in the United States. Despite the benefits of adult vaccination and the availability of usage guidelines, vaccination rates remain low. In 1999, only 67% and 55% of elderly persons reported receiving influenza and pneumoccal vaccines.
R K, Zimmerman, J A, Ball
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Adult tonsillectomy

Clinical Otolaryngology, 1991
One hundred consecutive adult patients having tonsillectomy were carefully analysed with regard to preoperative history, operative findings and pathology. Follow-up was made at 1 and 3-year intervals, with particular reference to the patient's view of the outcome.
M R, Laing, W S, McKerrow
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Adult Immunization

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1989
Although often overlooked in adults, vaccination is an inexpensive, cost-effective means of preventing serious morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases. Primary care physicians have a unique opportunity to implement systems to ensure that their patients are adequately immunized.
J E, Korn, G A, Poland
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Adult osteosclerosis

Metabolic Bone Disease and Related Research, 1983
Quantitative bone histology was carried out in five osteosclerotic adults. The bone was extremely hard in all patients, and open biopsy was usually required. One patient, aged 18 years, presented with hypoplastic anemia, and the most probable explanation for the osteosclerosis is a marrow stem cell defect leading to defective osteoclasts.
R A, Evans   +6 more
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Adult epilepsy

The Lancet, 2006
The epilepsies are one of the most common serious brain disorders, can occur at all ages, and have many possible presentations and causes. Although incidence in childhood has fallen over the past three decades in developed countries, this reduction is matched by an increase in elderly people. Monogenic Mendelian epilepsies are rare. A clinical syndrome
John S, Duncan   +3 more
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Adult Gliomas

Continuum, 2020
This article highlights important aspects of the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of adult gliomas, including lower-grade astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas, glioblastomas, and ependymomas.The appropriate initial evaluation and accurate diagnosis of gliomas require an understanding of the spectrum of clinical and radiographic presentations. Recent
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Adult supraglottitis

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1985
Hospital records from 1974 through 1983 contained the cases of 20 patients over 18 years old admitted with supraglottitis (epiglottitis). Most patients presented with pharyngitis and odynophagia, and were diagnosed by laryngoscopy and neck radiographs.
T O, Stair, B E, Hirsch
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Safeguarding adults

Nursing Management, 2012
The Department of Health and the Social Care Institute for Excellence ave published advice on the legal framework that underpins safeguarding adults at risk of harm. The guide aims to give care professionals an understanding of the current legal position, but warns that the law changes and that every case must be considered individually.
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Adult phenylketonuria

The American Journal of Medicine, 2004
Newborn screening for phenylketonuria began 35 to 40 years ago in most industrialized countries. Because of this initiative, which resulted in early institution of phenylalanine-restricted diets, there are now many young adults with this disease who have normal or near-normal intellectual function.
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