The benefit coordination provision did not specify whether it was to be applied to workers injured before its effective date, March 31, 1982. Petitioners took the position that the 1981 law allowed them to reduce workers' compensation benefits to workers injured before March 31, 1982, who were receiving benefits from other sources. For example, GM cut respondent Romein's weekly payment by $132 per week, and Ford cut respondent Gonzalez' payment by $176 per week. The lower state courts disagreed with petitioners' interpretation, holding that coordination was allowed only for employees injured after 1982. See,e. g.,Franksv.White Pine Copper Div., Copper Range Co., 122 Mich. App. 177, 185, 332 N. W. 2d 447, 449 (1982). Both Houses of the Michigan Legislature passed a concurrent resolution declaring that the coordination provisions were "not designed to disrupt benefits which were already being received by an employee prior to the effective date of this act or benefits resulting from injuries incurred prior to the act's effective date." See Senate Con. Res. 575, adopted by the Senate on April 1, 1982, and by the House on May 18, 1982; 1982 Senate J. 626, 706-707; 1982 House J. 1262. The same year, a bill was introduced in the Michigan Senate to amend the statute in this respect,

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additional question

Q1

What treatment is recommended for recurrent attacks of generalized

Q 2

Is an osmotic diuresis, due to hyperglycaemia for instance, a cause of

both hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia. Please explain how this can be

the case.

Q3

What is the mechanism of 2-agonists (albuterol) in correcting

hyperkalaemia in emergency? How does it cause a shift of potassium?

Qu4

Why do we give sodium lactate along with sodium bicarbonate in

acidotic patients? How does sodium lactate then act?

Q5

How does hypochloraemia alone cause a metabolic alkalosis?

Question 6

The mitral area (of auscultation) normally corresponds with the apex

beat. When the heart is dilated and the apex beat is shifted laterally, will

the mitral area follow the apex beat to its new location or remain at the

place where the apex beat is normally situated?134

Question7

Please explain in detail how to measure the pulsus paradoxus using

a sphygmomanometer.

Question8

What is the difference between dicrotic pulse and pulsus bisferiens?

Question 9

1. Why does the radial pulse become more prominent when the hand is

lifted overhead?

2. Please explain the mechanism of a collapsing pulse. Which is the best

artery to elicit it: radial, brachial or carotid?

Question 10

What is the mechanism of Durozier's sign?