COMBINED ETIOLOGY OF ANAPHYLACTIC CARDIOGENIC SHOCK: AMIODARONE, EPINEPHRINE, CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR, LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES AND THE KOUNIS SYNDROME

Combined etiology of anaphylactic cardiogenic shock: Amiodarone, epinephrine, cardioverter defibrillator, left ventricular assist devices and the Kounis syndrome

Anaphylactic shock is a life-threatening condition which needs detailed and mediculous clinical assessment and thoughtful treatment.Several causes can join forces in order to degranulate mast cells.Amiodarone which is an iodine-containing highly lipophilic benzofuran can induce allergic reactions and anaphylactic shock in sensitized patients.Epinep

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The impact of orthographic knowledge on speech processing

The levels-of-processing approach to speech processing (cf.Kolinsky, 1998) distinguishes three levels, from bottom to top: perception, recognition (which involves activation of stored knowledge) and formal explicit analysis or comparison (which belongs to metalinguistic ability), and assumes that only the former is immune to literacy-dependent know

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