7 day antibiotic course equally effective as 14-days course for GNB Vinay Singh singh24 April 2018 7:30 PM ISTA seven-day course of antibiotic treatment for Gram-negative bacteremia (GNB), a serious infection that occurs when bacteria get into the bloodstream,...
World's first: John Hopkins Doctors perform total penis and scrotum transplant Vinay Singh singh23 April 2018 8:25 PM ISTAfter 14 hours of comprehensive surgery by the dedicated team of Johns Hopkins reconstructive surgery, a veteran of the US Armed Forces has a new,...
Indian doctors conducted hip replacement surgery in a patient as old as 103-years Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 April 2018 7:03 PM ISTA team of orthopaedic and joint replacement surgeons led by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Associate Director, Orthopedics Department, Jaypee Hospital, Noida,...
Phacoemulsification increases tonographic outflow facility ,reduces IOP Vinay Singh singh27 April 2018 7:00 PM ISTPhacoemulsification increases tonographic outflow facility TOF and fully accounts for the IOP reduction following cataract surgery, suggests study....
Apollo Children’s Hospitals Performs World’s first DUCTAL Stenting on the smallest baby Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 April 2018 7:02 PM ISTApollo Hospitals, Asia’s largest and most trusted multi-specialty chain of hospitals has given a new lease of life to a two-week-old girl child by...
Indian Doctors pull out motorcycle key lodged in patient's brain Vinay Singh singh29 April 2018 7:03 PM ISTIn a unique surgery, doctors of Anand Rishi Hospital, Maharashtra have successfully removed about 1.5 inches of a motorcycle key after 3.5 hours of...
Empyema Thoracis in children : Govt. of India Guideline savita thakur thakur4 May 2018 7:01 PM ISTEmpyema thoracis constitutes 5-10 % cases seen by a paediatrician in our country.The government of India has released its Guidelines for Empyema...
132-pound tumor removed from woman’s abdomen in Connecticut Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 May 2018 7:02 PM ISTDoctors at a Connecticut hospital say they removed a 132-pound tumor from a woman’s abdomen, and she is expected to recover fully.The ovarian tumor...
Emergency Surgery by older surgeons has lower mortality rates Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 May 2018 7:01 PM ISTPatients undergoing emergency surgery who are treated by older surgeons (aged 60 or over) have slightly lower death rates in the first few weeks after...
Regional anaesthesia during surgery prevents persistent post op pain Vinay Singh singh6 May 2018 7:32 PM ISTWeinstein EJ et.al conducted a study to determine if the use of Regional/local anesthesia at the time of surgery reduces the risk of having pain that...
Kids exposed to GA have poor literacy & numeracy skills Vinay Singh singh9 May 2018 7:30 PM ISTChildren exposed to general anesthesia, GA are at 17 percent increased risk of poor development as compared to those unexposed to general anesthesia,...
Ketorolac May Increase Hematoma Risk in Reduction Mammaplasty Vinay Singh singh10 May 2018 7:00 PM ISTKetorolac exposure may lead to the occurrence of hematoma after reduction mammaplasty. Reduction mammaplasty is the plastic surgery procedure for...
