NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children in the ER, use of ketamine at a high IV dose increases the risks of airway and respiratory events, emesis, and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of ACE inhibitors prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with an increased risk of death, need for inotropic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of 18F-FDG PET imaging can reduce the rate of futile laparotomies in patients with colorectal liver metastases from 45% to 28%, according…
Yan Trokel, MD, Cosmetic Surgeon, Founder and Director, The YAN Center for Corrective & Cosmetic Surgery, discusses the Zerona laser which allows loss of body fat in a…
Ivan Grunberger, MD, Chief of Urology, New York Methodist Hospital, Clinical Professor of Urology, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, and Edward Zoltan, MD, director of Voiding Dysfunction New…
Todd Schaeffer, MD, FACS, Assistant Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The New York University School of Medicine, discusses endoscopic liposhaving, a new technique…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even with its toxic effects, adjuvant chemotherapy improves quality-adjusted survival in patients with non-small-cell-lung cancer, according to a report in the Journal of…
Todd Schaeffer, MD, FACS, Assistant Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and New York University School of Medicine, discusses how all doctors can safely incorporate…
Marsha Kay, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Children’s Hospital Cleveland Clinic, Director, Endoscopy Unit, discusses consequences of swallowing magnets particularly when 2 magnets are ingested and attract across the GIT…
Marsha Kay, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Children’s Hospital Cleveland Clinic, Director, Endoscopy Unit, discusses management of children who have swallowed foreign objects, starting with an X-ray. Summary: About 90%…