These New Pediatric Development Clinics in Rwanda Save Lives
By D éogratias Rwangabo Nkurunziza,
Communication Officer ; Richard Kalisa,
Newborn and child health advisor
A PDC nurse examines baby Sebastien at Ruhengeri Referral Hospital. Photo by Deogratias Rwangabo Nkurunziza for IntraHealth International.January 31, 2023The birth of a baby is often a joyous, momentous occasion. For Izabayo Marcel, however, August 2021 was a heartbreaking month. His wife died while giving birth to their baby, Sebastien Duhirwe, and Sebastien suffered from birth asphyxia, which left him fighting for his life.The doctors and nurses at the Ruhengeri Referral Hospital acted quickly—and t...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health Health workforce development Midwives Nurses Source Type: news
Small victories: South Africa is struggling to improve kids ’ health decades after apartheid’s demise
KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA—
By her country’s standards at the time, there was nothing too unusual about how Nosipho Mshengu arrived in the world. She was born on the side of the road on 20 September 1993, as her mother tried to get from Mafakatini, a rural village in South Africa where there was then no health facility, to a Roman Catholic clinic an hour away. The bus she awaited was nowhere in sight when time ran out, and Mshengu made her entry then and there.
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
A little more than 14 years later, Mshengu was pregnant herself. Her labor story...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 22, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Indian medical devices more cost-effective: Union Minister
The Minister of State (independent charge) for Science and Technology was addressing the faculty and students after inaugurating the combined devices block at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) here. Technologies like the artificial heart valve, hydrocephalus shunt, oxygenator and drug-eluting intra-uterine device developed by the SCTIMST are being manufactured in countries like the USA, Japan, Brazil, and China, he said. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - November 15, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Gene Treatment for Rare Epilepsy Causes Brain Side Effect in 2 Children
The side effect, a buildup of fluid in the brain, led to the death of one of the children and presents a grave setback for a class of personalized medicine. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erika Check Hayden Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Genetics and Heredity Hydrocephalus Brain your-feed-science Clinical Trials Epilepsy Research Genetic Engineering Source Type: news
Yale neurosurgeons first in US to implant device to treat hydrocephalus
The eShunt, a new device that can be placed with minimally invasive techniques, could help adults with a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - September 6, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
CereVasc Announces FDA Approval of Second IDE Study of the eShunt(R) System
US Based Pilot Study to enroll patients who develop communicating hydrocephalus following subarachnoid hemorrhage
BOSTON, Aug. 9, 2022 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- CereVasc, Inc., a privately held, clinical-stage, medical device company... Devices, Neurosurgery, Interventional, FDA CereVasc , eShunt System, hydrocephalus (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - August 9, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Doctors in Anti-Abortion States Now Have No Idea When They ’re Allowed to Save a Pregnant Person’s Life
One of the first patients emergency medicine physician Dr. Taylor Nichols ever treated on his own was a woman who had an ectopic pregnancy—a dangerous condition in which a fertilized egg grows outside the uterus, potentially causing life-threatening bleeding if it ruptures the organ in which it’s growing. She came into the hospital stable. By the time Nichols examined her, she was hemorrhaging.
Nichols got her into emergency surgery, where an ob-gyn operated to save the patient’s life. By that point, it was clear there was no other option. But had he been practicing in a state where ending a pregnancy is ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme and Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized abortion healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
New ArticleUpstate scientists collaborate on hydrocephalus research
REaCH Organization contributes $20,000 in support of work of Satish Krishnamurthy, MD, and Frank Middleton, PhD, (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - May 4, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Research Source Type: news
Upstate scientists collaborate on hydrocephalus research
REaCH Organization contributes $20,000 in support of work of Satish Krishnamurthy, MD, and Frank Middleton, PhD, (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - May 4, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Research Neuroscience Neurosurgery Source Type: news
CereVasc Receives FDA IDE Approval to Begin Initial Clinical Study of the eShunt(R) System for Patients with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
BOSTON, Feb. 8, 2022 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- CereVasc, Inc., a privately held, clinical-stage, medical device company developing novel, minimally invasive treatments for neurological diseases, announced today that the U.S. Food and Dr... Devices, Interventional, Neurosurgery, FDA CereVasc , eShunt System, hydrocephalus (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - February 8, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Rhaeos, Inc. Raises $2.2 Million in Oversubscribed Seed Round
EVANSTON, Ill., Dec. 24, 2021 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Rhaeos, Inc., a private, clinical stage medical device company developing a platform wireless and non-invasive wearable sensor initially targeting the neurosurgical suite, today an... Devices, Monitoring, Neurosurgery, Venture Capital Rhaeos , FlowSense, hydrocephalus (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - December 24, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Is external hydrocephalus a possible differential diagnosis when child abuse is suspected? Editorial - Akalan N.
This is a retrospective review of 28 infants collected from two different countries and institutions whom their caregivers had been convicted of "child abuse." The purpose, descriptions, and the conclusion are well accepted but the article as a whole is ra... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Hydrocephalus Cases Go Unidentified, Untreated
[The Herald] When Sinikiwe Mpofu (not her real name) gave birth to her daughter 32 years ago, she was filled with the overpowering love only a mother can have for their child. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 12, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Is It or Isn ’ t It Abnormal in This Classification System?
Discussion
Chiari I malformations have caudal displacement of cerebellar tonsils with elongation of the 4th ventricle. It is associated with syringomyelia in up to 80% of patients. Syringomyelia is a cyst-like formation within the spinal cord that contains altered glial elements. This may be asymptomatic or have symptoms occurring from infancy to adulthood. Most patients present in the 3rd decade. Hydrocephalus may be present. A review can be found here.
Classifying information and diseases is important in clinical care as it can help determine treatment and prognosis, and improves communication among clinicians and facili...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 8, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What Are the Clinical Characteristics of the Most Common Skeletal Dysplasia?
Discussion
With more than 200 skeletal dysplasias and multiple variations even for one dysplasia, it can be difficult for the general practitioner to know a lot of specific information about all the skeletal dysplasias. Achondroplasia (ACP) is the most common skeletal dysplasia and specifically short-limbed dwarfism. The incidence is about 1 in 15-40,000 live births. ACP is autosomal dominant with about 80% arising from new mutations with a single nucleotide substitution in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) gene on chromosome 4. This gene regulates the conversion of cartilage to bone, with the problem showing...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 1, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
