Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Children who take only ibuprofen or acetaminophen after routine elbow surgery report similar pain control to patients who take opioids, according to a new study by…
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Two easy fixes could reduce bleeding after cesarean delivery
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Two simple solutions could help prevent severe bleeding (postpartum hemorrhage) after cesarean delivery, suggests research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2023 annual meeting. As the leading cause…
Recommendations announced for performing pediatric heart surgery in the US
Credit: World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (2023). DOI: 10.1177/21501351231190353 A set of recommendations to address the known variation in outcomes at US congenital heart surgery centers has…
Islet transplantation boosts long-term survival in kidney transplant recipients with type 1 diabetes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Islet transplantation significantly reduces the risk of transplantation failure and enhances life expectancy in individuals with type 1 diabetes who undergo kidney transplantation, a new study…
Neonatal kidney transplantation offers new hope in the organ shortage crisis, study shows
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research, presented at the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Congress 2023, demonstrates that neonatal kidney transplantation can offer a ‘game-changing’ solution to the pressing…
Inflammation may influence weight loss surgery outcomes, new study reveals
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research shows that higher levels of inflammation in the blood of patients with obesity undergoing bariatric surgery predicts poorer weight loss six months after the…
Redo transcatheter aortic valve replacement proven effective, safe
Raj Makkar, MD, Cedars-Sinai’s vice president of Cardiovascular Innovation and Intervention and the study’s senior author. Credit: Cedars-Sinai Cedars-Sinai investigators are experienced in the use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement…
Some hospitals ban vaginal birth after cesarean. A California obstetrician rebelled and won
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Annette Fineberg realized the policy was bull. The obstetrician’s patient—who was overweight, in active labor, delivering a premature and thus small baby—had previously undergone a C-section,…
New research expands insights into most adequate treatment for uterine descent
Credit: CC0 Public Domain When uterine descent requires surgery, various procedures exist. A randomized clinical trial of the two most common uterus-sparing procedures in 26 Dutch hospitals has now been…
Popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy may raise risk of complications under anesthesia
Instruments sit on a table in an operating room June 15, 2023, in Jackson, Tenn. Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy for weight loss may face life-threatening complications if…
