New Study: How Tonsillectomy Can Help Behavior Of Children Who Snore
A study published in JAMA found that tonsil and adenoid surgery can help behavior and quality-of-life in children who snore. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 11, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Nina Shapiro, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
Tonsil, Adenoid Removal Improved Sleep Quality, Some Behavioral Problems in Children with Mild Sleep Apnea
In a randomized clinical trial, a team led by researchers at Brigham and Women ’s Hospital, in collaboration with the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, evaluated the effects of early adenotonsillectomy. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - December 5, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Tonsil, Adenoid Removal Improved Sleep Quality, Some Behavioral Problems in Children with Mild Sleep Apnea
In a randomized clinical trial, a team led by researchers at Brigham and Women ’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, in collaboration with the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, evaluated the effects of earl (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - December 4, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
What Causes Dysphagia?
Discussion
Swallowing is a complex process with 4 phases:
Preparatory – food is moistened with saliva, chewed and prepared into a bolus by teeth, tongue and hard palate.
Oral – food bolus is moved into oropharynx by tongue and triggers the swallow reflex. Soft palate elevates to prevent nasopharyngeal reflux.
Pharyngeal – food bolus is moved through the oropharynx and hypopharynx to the esophagus. Respiration stops briefly with vocal fold adduction and larynx elevation to prevent aspiration.
Esophageal – the cricopharyngeaul muscle relaxes which allows the food bolus into the esophagus where it is ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 16, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic researchers use new innovative technology to diagnose teen brothers with ultra-rare genetic disorder
When Emery Diffendorfer was a baby, he couldn't hold his head up or babble like other infants his age. His rare genetic disorder enlarged his tongue and head, and he had weakened muscle tone, brittle bones, sleep apnea, poor eyesight and persistent infections in his tonsils and adenoids. By six months old, the tiny Mayo Clinic patient was in the intensive care unit with severe pneumonia. That's when Cheryl Diffendorfer and Amy Honsey — both… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 19, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Dexmedetomidine Cuts Perioperative Respiratory AEs in Tonsillectomy
TUESDAY, Aug. 9, 2022 -- Among children undergoing elective tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, the incidence of perioperative respiratory adverse events (PRAEs) is reduced for those receiving premedication with intranasal dexmedetomidine, according to... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 9, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Trial Picks Best Preop Sedative for Kids' Tonsil Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- Intranasal dexmedetomidine (Precedex) outperformed midazolam as anti-anxiety premedication for children age 12 and younger undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy in a randomized trial.
Children receiving intranasal midazolam... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - August 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Imaging Detects Preoperative Cardiac Changes in Children With OSA Imaging Detects Preoperative Cardiac Changes in Children With OSA
Cardiac imaging measures were similar between pediatric patients with obstructive sleep apnea and controls after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy procedures, despite preop differences.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - January 13, 2022 Category: Cardiology Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy Surgery
Title: Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy SurgeryCategory: Procedures and TestsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/25/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - March 25, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
ArcherDX in New Companion Diagnostic Collaboration with Ayala
ArcherDX is bringing it up a notch through a new collaboration with Ayala Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage precision oncology company.
In the agreement, Denver, CO-based ArcherDX will develop companion diagnostics with Ayala, that will target cancers bearing Notch activating mutations and fusions.
Ayala is broadly developing its product candidates, AL101 and AL102, gamma secretase inhibitors, with clinical and preclinical studies underway in both solid tumors (AL101) and hematologic malignancies (AL102). Ayala's lead product candidate, AL101, is currently in phase 2 for adenoid cystic carcinoma patients with tumor bearing...
Source: MDDI - July 8, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Business IVD Source Type: news
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC)
Title: Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC)Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 6/12/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/13/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Cancer General)
Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - June 13, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Monkees' Peter Tork Dies of Rare Salivary Gland Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- But what is adenoid cystic carcinoma? (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - March 7, 2019 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Medical News Today: What to know about enlarged adenoids
This article provides an overview of enlarged adenoids, including how to recognize this condition, its causes and risk factors, and possible treatments. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ear, Nose and Throat Source Type: news
Health Tip: When a Child's Adenoids Act Up
-- Adenoids are a patch of tissue that are located high in the throat just behind the nose, the National Library of Medicine says.
Along with the tonsils, they ' re part of the body ' s lymphatic system that ' s responsible for inhibiting infections and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
