Button batteries are commonly used in many electronic devices, and the number of children ingesting button batteries is increasing, according to US data. A Five things to Know About… practice article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical ...
Sep 27, 2021
0
4
New research being presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), held online this year (27 Sept-1 Oct), finds that the COVID-19 response has left more than a million people ...
Sep 27, 2021
1
14
(HealthDay)—Robotic gastrectomy (RG) does not reduce intra-abdominal infectious complications compared with laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) for gastric cancer, according to a study published online Sept. 1 in JAMA Surgery.
Sep 22, 2021
0
1
Researchers from Flinders University and the Robinson Research Institute at the University of Adelaide have identified distinctive biological markers that could improve the routine blood tests pregnant women already undergo ...
Sep 21, 2021
0
11
(HealthDay)—Black children undergoing appendectomy have more surgical complications and incur higher hospital costs, according to a study published online Sept. 16 in Pediatrics.
Sep 16, 2021
0
15
Heart abnormalities are common complications of sickle cell anemia (SCA) that can contribute to severe disease symptoms and even death. A study published today in the journal Blood Advances is the first to find that hydroxyurea ...
Sep 16, 2021
0
9
Same-day discharge after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA) is safe in some patients classified as "high risk"—with no increase in complications or other adverse outcomes, reports a study in The ...
Sep 9, 2021
0
38
Clinical cardiac complications were "reassuringly" uncommon among more than 600 patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in 2020, according to research published today by the Medical Journal of Australia.
Sep 6, 2021
0
10
According to three studies presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), using cannabis before total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) can lead to increased ...
Aug 31, 2021
0
27
Some COVID-19 survivors can struggle with lingering medical problems for months.
Aug 30, 2021
0
256
