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Presenter: Denis A. Cortese, MD, Healthcare Delivery & Policy, Foundation Professor and Director, Arizona State University Center for Healthcare Delivery and Policy Emeritus President and Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic 1. To be able to understand a construct of the systems

Presentation title: Parental Authority Panel of Presenters: Megan Land MD - Moderator, Critical Care physician and Ethics Committee Member Michelle Munkwitz, MD, Critical Care James Ahlers, Assistant General Counsel at Phoenix Children's Hospital and Ethics Committee member

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to: Define primary spontaneous pneumothorax in pediatric patients and distinguish it from secondary causes Review epidemiology and risk factors associated with spontaneous pneumothorax Summarize current evidence based

The Thyroid Gland Anatomy of the thyroid gland The thyroid gland is found in the front of the neck. It sits below the voice box (larynx) and on top of the trachea (windpipe). It has a butterfly-like shape. The small, 2-inch gland consists of 2 lobes, 1 on each side of the

Cystic Fibrosis and the Digestive System How does CF affect the digestive system? Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) have a protein in their cells that doesn't work right. The protein is called CFTR (the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator). CFTR controls the flow of water

Uniparental Disomy: Prader-Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome What is uniparental disomy? Chromosome pairs affect how our body works. Normally, a baby gets 1 copy of each chromosome pair from each parent. This means 1 copy from the genetic mother, and the other copy from the