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L L Alexander

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CT findings in renal ischemia and infarction.

Renal ischemia and infarction present with one basic characteristic: an area of low attenuation on a CT scan. We present three cases of renal ischemia and infarction with various underlying causes.

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The pregnant smoker: nursing implications.

Evidence documents that smoking is especially detrimental to the unborn fetus and to the developing child. The reproductive risks associated with smoking are reviewed, and implications for nurses caring for the pregnant smoker are discussed. Strategies to assist patient smoking cessation efforts are outlined. Nurses must consider cigarette smoking in pregnancy to be as serious a risk factor to maternal and infant health as drugs and infectious diseases.

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