NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Porcine surfactant (poractant alfa) may work better than bovine surfactant (beractant) in preterm newborns with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), according to results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A retrospective study found that children diagnosed with biliary atresia had elevated direct or conjugated bilirubin levels soon after they were born, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cutting balloon (CB) therapy is effective and safe for pulmonary artery stenosis resistant to conventional angioplasty techniques, results of a randomized study suggest.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with sore throat, signs and symptoms of streptococcal pharyngitis, either alone or in combination, cannot be used to definitively diagnose or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of a more selective approach to urinary tract imaging after an initial febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in children outweigh the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As many as 4 in 10 boys with testicular torsion require orchiectomy, according to a report in the September 23rd online issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – One in five of patients with congenital heart disease need surgery in adulthood, and reoperations make up about 40% of these surgeries, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children having surgery, isotonic parenteral maintenance fluids (PMS) are safer than hypotonic PMS in guarding against postoperative hyponatremia, with six the number…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing is sensitive and rapid in diagnosing the cause of acute respiratory infection in children, it does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Young patients who undergo surgical reconstruction of an acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear more than 3 months after the injury, appear to…