Posted by Maya Pratten on January 25th, 2012
Airway complications following lung transplantation remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The management of bronchial complications in Bronchus Intermedius (BI) is challenging due to the location of right upper bronchus. The aim of this study was to analyze the results of BI Montgomery T-tube stent in a consecutive patients with lung transplantations.
Between January 2007 and December 2010, 132 lung transplantations were performed at Foch Hospital, Suresnes, France. All the patients who had BI Montgomery T-tube after lung transplantation were included in this retrospective study. The demographic and interventional data and also complications were recorded.
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Posted by Mason Brennan on January 25th, 2012
- Anaphylaxis was a rare occurrence after immunizations in children and teens in the U.K. and Ireland.
- Point out that none of those seven anaphylaxis cases was related to the routine vaccination schedule for infants and young children, despite administration of 5.5 million doses of routine vaccines during the study.
Anaphylaxis following immunizations was a rare occurrence among children and teens in the U.K.
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Posted by Jeremy Mickey on January 23rd, 2012
Late last night, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a massive “ultraviolet flash” emitted from the sun, which has turned out to be the largest solar radiation storm since 2005. This M9-class coronal mass ejection is expected to hit earth today at 9 am EST, and could cause widespread communications interference and damage to electrical systems and structures.This M9-class solar eruption is just teetering below an X-class eruption, which is considered to be the most severe type of solar storm. M9-class solar eruptions have been occurring almost daily throughout the past week in an area of the sun known as sunspot 1402. Get more…
Posted by Maya Pratten on January 13th, 2012
Ayurvedic practitioners have been recommending the use of turmeric for treating joint pains for more than five thousand years. The roots of turmeric plants are known to possess maximum healing properties. In the modern era, several medical studies have also found evidences supporting the fact that the turmeric root is filled with healing properties. According to a recent clinical study, curcumin, an active ingredient present in turmeric roots is an excellent anti-inflammatory agent. This active compound of turmeric makes it an effective remedy for join swelling and pain.
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Posted by Jeremy Mickey on January 13th, 2012
A controversial study estimates the risk of venous thromboembolism, or serious blood clot, at 1% for those undergoing knee replacement and .5% for those receiving a new hip during the few days they recuperate in the hospital after surgery.
The authors, Jean-Marie Januel and colleagues from Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland and co-authors in France and Canada, used data from 47 studies, most of them randomized controlled trials.
They suggest that because VTE is the most frequent surgical adverse event besides infections, their rates might be used for quality analysis and hospital benchmarking Additionally, they write, there is no widely accepted estimate of symptomatic VTE risk prior to hospital discharge that might be “conveyed to patients in the informed consent process.”
VTEs, which can result in sudden death, are thought to be largely preventable, especially since one in four VTEs occur in patients who had major surgery such as hip and knee replacements.
All of the patients included received recommended prophylactic medications.