Catherine Marie Petterson OT
Occupational Therapist
4-901 KUHIO HWY KAPAA HI, 96746About
Dr. Catherine Petterson practices Occupational Medicine in KAPAA, HI. Dr. Petterson evaluates the interaction between work and health. Occupational medicine physicians have general knowledge of worksite operations and are familiar with the toxic properties of materials used by employees and the potential hazards and stressors of work processes; in addition to being qualified to determine an employees physical and emotional fitness for work; diagnosing and treating occupational diseases; handling work related injuries; and having an understanding of rehabilitation methods, health education techniques, sanitation, and workers compensation laws.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Diminishing diversity of signed languages.
- Shoulder girdle function following exploratory thoracotomy and resection for tuberculosis.
- Diminishing diversity of signed languages.
- Splenic rupture after colonoscopy.
- Increasing occurrence of atypical femoral fractures associated with bisphosphonate use.
- Atypical femoral fracture following bisphosphonate treatment in a woman with osteogenesis imperfecta--a case report.
- Are bisphosphonates associated with an increased risk of atypical femoral fractures as a class?-Reply.
- Literature Watch: implications for transplantation.
- Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of liver diseases, is there enough evidence?
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of percutaneous subclavian vein puncture versus surgical venous cutdown for the insertion of a totally implantable venous access device.
- Survival of free and encapsulated human and rat islet xenografts transplanted into the mouse bone marrow.
- Islet of Langerhans isolation from pediatric and juvenile donor pancreases.
- [Cell transplantation: current treatments and future prospects].
- Clinical outcome in acute small bowel obstruction after surgical or conservative management.
- Microencapsulated human mesenchymal stem cells decrease liver fibrosis in mice.
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