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High-Flow Nasal Cannula Use for Respiratory Support Outside the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in Children Over 1 Year: A Narrative Review
Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Data Availability Statement Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study. Supporting Information Filename Description jpc70572-sup-0001-Supinfo.docxWord 2007 document , 138.4 KB Data S1: The PRISMA 2020 reporting checklist.
Opinion: E-cigarettes are not part of the solution to a tobacco free Ireland
LAST WEEK, THE JOURNAL published the opinion article “why are we waging war on e-cigarettes when they help smokers quit”. I have been given the opportunity to explain why this is a war that should be pursued. In 2013, the government launched a bold plan for Ireland to become Tobacco Free by reducing the prevalence of tobacco smoking to 5% by 2025. As of 2021, 18% of the Irish adult population are current smokers so we will not meet this ambitious target.
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Poll: Do you prefer tea or coffee? TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL Coffee Day, something you may or may not have been aware of. This year, the International Coffee Organization is working to highlight the plight of coffee farmers and the threat they are facing to their livelihoods. “While the price of a cup of coffee in your local café has never been higher, the amount that coffee farmers are paid for the beans they produce is at an all-time low.
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Poll: Do you think Ireland should implement a rental freeze? DUBLIN MIGHT BE experiencing surging rents, leaving many people feeling squeezed, but it isn’t alone. Berlin’s government has been looking at a proposed law to freeze rents in the capital for five years from 2020 after rental increases caused tenants to take to the streets in protest. The law is still in development, with some policy makers and property companies reacting skeptically to the caps.
Opinion: Is there now an argument for banning e-cigarettes in Ireland?
E-CIGARETTES HAVE HIT the headlines across the world over the past month because of a spate of lung illnesses associated with their use in the US. There are now over 800 reported cases, including 11 deaths, across 46 states in the US. Most of these cases resulted in the patients being admitted to hospital and several required admission to the intensive care unit with respiratory failure.
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