The integration of ortho-plastic limb salvage teams in the humanitarian response to violence-related open tibial fractures: evaluating outcomes in the Gaza Strip - Farhat T, Moussally K, Nahouli H, Hamad SA, Qaraya KA, Abdul-Sater Z, El Sheikh WG, Jawad N, Al Sedawi K, Obaid M, AbuKhoussa H, Nyaruhirira I, Tamim H, Hettiaratchy S, Bull AMJ, Abu-Sittah G.
This study assessed the clinical impact of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Doc Fired After Genitalia Remarks; Baby Food Sugar Gap; Crisis Centers' Data Capture
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
Doctor Fired for Sexualized Behavior, Undisclosed Compensation
A high-ranking orthopedic... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 24, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
What to Do About Your Bunions
April Leonard likes to blame her bunions on her husband. In 2017, she accompanied him to a podiatrist appointment for calluses—and went home scheduled for surgery to correct her misaligned toe bone.
In retrospect, it was a good thing. “He said, ‘I’d really like you to have this done now, because it won’t get better,’” recalls Leonard, 56, of that unexpected first conversation with the doctor. She had painful bunions on both feet and had started to have trouble handling daily chores on her farm in Missouri. Plus, she didn’t like how they looked. “When I went to the po...
Source: TIME: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Blood pressure management and falls in nursing home residents-a matter of balance - Canales MT, Shorr RI.
In this study, Dave et al1 harness national Veterans Health Administration (VHA) clinical data to examine the association between initiation of a new antihypertensive agent with the incidence of fall-related fractures in residents at VHA nursing homes, or ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of limb fractures in Saudi children - Aldhbiban LS, Alhoshan F, Alomari R, Almatrafi SA, Alanazi Y, Alsayegh S, Alfaraidi HY, Jawadi AH, Aljuraibah FN.
BACKGROUND: Children's bones are at high risk of fracture as they grow. The clinical characteristics of fractures in children differ from those in adults. Studying fractures in healthy children is critical for identifying cases of fragility fractures. The... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Non-functional Adrenal Tumours Raise Fracture Risk Non-functional Adrenal Tumours Raise Fracture Risk
Young men appeared particularly vulnerable.Medscape UK (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinical Summary Source Type: news
PET/CT superior to MRI for detecting spinal bone metastases
Gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTATATE PET/CT appears to be the best approach for detecting spinal bone metastases in patients with certain neuroendocrine tumors, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD.
In a study of patients with pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs), the group found the approach was superior to F-18 FDG-PET/CT, MRI of the spine, whole-body CT, and whole-body MRI. The finding is significant regarding efforts to prevent serious complications in these patients, noted lead author Abhishek Jha, MD, and colleagues.
“Bone metastases weaken and destroy skeletal tissue...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Radiation Oncology Source Type: news
Haiti ’s Healthcare Nears Collapse Amid Violence as Hospitals Shutter, Medicine Dwindles
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her.
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They stuck electrodes to her chest and flipped on an oxygen machine while keeping their eyes on a computer screen that reflected a dangerously low oxygen level of 84%.
No one knew what was wrong with her.
Even more worrisome, the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Cite Soleil slum was running low on key medicine to treat convulsions.
“The me...
Source: TIME: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dánica Coto / AP Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight wire Source Type: news
Lower extremity surfing injuries seen at United States emergency departments from 2002 to 2022 - Obana KK, Hasegawa ME, Mueller JD, Berk AN, Rimm JB, Horng JC, Saltzman BM, Parisien RL, Lee LSK, Trofa DP.
BACKGROUND: Surfing is an increasingly popular sport with a high propensity for both traumatic and atraumatic injuries. PURPOSE: To analyze the trends, etiologies, and diagnoses of lower extremity orthopaedic-related surfing injuries presenting to ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
This is why you must see a dentist about osteoporosis, according to our expert GP
Expert GP Dr Rosemary Leonard answers a reader's query about the reason they are being sent to a dentist following an osteoporosis diagnosis (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI proposed to help radiologists detect child abuse injuries
A team at Michigan State University has developed an AI model designed to detect rib fractures in children under three years old, with the ribcage being the most common fracture site in abused children.
The model approached the capabilities of expert human readers on a set of 1,109 pediatric chest x-rays and could serve as a tool to help detect injuries due to physical abuse, noted lead author Jonathan Burkow, a doctoral student, and colleagues.
“Rib fractures are extremely important to detect as they are a sentinel injury for physical abuse in young children that portend poor outcomes; a single rib fracture in child...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Source Type: news
Effects of intermittent overload doses of oral vitamin D3 on serum 25(OH)D concentrations and the incidence rates of fractures, falls, and mortality in elderly individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Tao X, Yang W, Zhang Q, Wang Y, Gao F, Wang Y, Zhang T, Liu H, Chen J.
Vitamin D is commonly used to prevent and treat osteoporosis, with studies indicating its potential to reduce fractures, falls, and mortality. However, meta-analyses present inconsistent findings regarding its efficacy, particularly reflecting significant ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
SIR publishes statement regarding pediatric trauma care
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) has released a position statement that outlines best practices for image-guided endovascular interventions when treating children in emergency situations.
The statement was published April 15 in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. It was written by a team of pediatric trauma experts representing interventional radiology, emergency medicine, intensive care medicine, and surgery; the team performed a literature review to establish 15 recommendations for traumatic injuries to the liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, pelvis, vascular system, and the extremities.
The...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Evaluation of outcome after total hip arthroplasty for femoral neck fracture: which factors are relevant for better results? - Schiavi P, Pogliacomi F, Bergamaschi M, Ceccarelli F, Vaienti E.
BACKGROUND: Femoral neck fractures (FNFs) are frequent orthopedic injuries in elderly patients. Despite improvements in clinical monitoring and advances in surgical procedures, 1-year mortality remains between 15% and 30%. The aim of this study is to ident... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
DR ELLIE CANNON: Are the drugs I'm taking to blame for my hip pain?
Q: I had a mini-stroke and was put on tablets including lansoprazole. After suffering pain, a scan revealed I have early-stage osteoporosis. Should I stop taking lansoprazole? (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
