Ownby honored by American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
The award recognizes leaders in the field who have also been active in the academy.
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The award recognizes leaders in the field who have also been active in the academy.
This week: Future educators will have a chance to find their first job, American music will resonate throughout Maxwell Theatre and a study says less may be more when it comes to red blood cell transfusions in newborns who require ECMO.
An assessment of nearly 250 newborns placed on ECMO because of respiratory failure over 17 years indicates that when breathing, not heart function, is the problem, the safest path is a single cannula in the right internal jugular.
Less may be more when it comes to blood transfusions for babies who need lifesaving ECMO.