Publications by authors named "Lucy Dong Xuan Li"
CSACI position statement: transition recommendations on existing epinephrine autoinjectors.
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol
December 2021
Article Synopsis
- - Epinephrine is the primary treatment for anaphylaxis, administered intramuscularly in the thigh at a dose of 0.01 mg/kg, with a max initial dose of 0.5 mg.
- - In Canada, epinephrine autoinjectors come in three doses: 0.15 mg, 0.30 mg, and 0.50 mg, but there's a lack of studies comparing the 0.3 mg and 0.5 mg doses for effectiveness.
- - The CSACI advises that for individuals weighing 45 kg or more, doctors should consider prescribing the 0.50 mg EAI after discussing it with the patient, as larger individuals may receive inadequate dosing with
Introduction: Nipple-sparing prophylactic mastectomy (PM) is an option for women at high-risk for breast cancer, and may offer better cosmetic results than a skin-sparing PM where the nipple-areolar complex (NAC) is removed. However, there may be residual breast cancer risk due to the maintained NAC. It is unclear if sparing the NAC with PM impacts on psychosocial functioning, including cancer-related distress and body image after PM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSibling cannibalism occurs across diverse taxa and can affect population size and structure, as well as the fitness of parents and the cannibal, via density effects and variation in individual propensity to cannibalize. We examined these effects on sibling cannibalism in juveniles of a web-building spider (Latrodectus hasselti, Australian redbacks). Adult redbacks are solitary, but juveniles live in clusters of variable density for a week after hatching.
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