Obstetrics & gynaecology

Comprehensive maternal hemorrhage protocols improve patient safety

In a study to be presented on February 16 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will report findings that suggest comprehensive maternal hemorrhage ...

Neuroscience

Seizures in half peds patients with intracranial hemorrhage

(HealthDay)—Acute symptomatic seizures occur in about half of pediatric patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and are often a presenting symptom, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in JAMA Neurology.

Neuroscience

Infant, child stroke survivors prone to seizures, epilepsy

About one-third of American infants and children who suffer bleeding into brain tissue, may later have seizures and as many as 13 percent will develop epilepsy within two years, according to new research reported at the American ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

People movement drives dengue virus transmission

(Medical Xpress)—To stop the transmission of dengue, a mosquito-borne virus that threatens some 4 billion people worldwide, it's crucial to focus on people movement, not just on the traditional mosquito control-and-prevention ...

page 27 from 31