Biocrude oils from the fast pyrolysis of poultry litter and hardwood.

The safe and economical disposal of poultry litter is becoming a major problem for the USA poultry industry. Current disposal methods such as land application and feeding to cattle are now under pressure because of pollution of water resources due to leaching, runoffs and concern for mad cow disease contamination of the food chain. Incineration or combustion is potentially applicable to large scale operations, but for small scale growers and EPA non-attainment areas, this is not a suitable option because of the high cost of operation.

Economic impact of prolonged motor weakness complicating neuromuscular blockade in the intensive care unit.

Objective: We compared a case-series of ten patients who developed prolonged neuromuscular weakness after continuous, nondepolarizing, neuromuscular blockade with a group of controls without neuromuscular weakness to determine the economic impact of the neuromuscular weakness.

Design: Frequency-matched case control trial.

Setting: Medical and surgical intensive care units of a 937-bed tertiary care, university-affiliated teaching hospital.