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Antithrombotic Management of Stroke Patients Before Colonoscopy
Conclusions: In this retrospective analysis, there was no significant difference in the occurrence of stroke, myocardial infarction, venous thromboembolism, and major bleeding between patients who had medications continued around the time of colonoscopy versus those who had temporary discontinuation. A prospective, randomized controlled study is warranted to further elucidate this issue.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - January 13, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Basel Assaad, Veronica Kemerko Sesi, Renzo Figari, Lonni Schultz, Nithin Thummala, Mohammed Rehman, Arun Chandok, Ann Silverman, Brian Silver Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Saving Vanessa, part 1: A mystery rash, a stroke and an epic rescue
Vanessa’s rash first appeared on her arms and legs when she 3 or 4 months old. It was red and bumpy and went away when she was sick with a virus, which happened often. Then it would come back. The dermatology team she saw at Boston Children’s Hospital was puzzled.
“I was expecting they were going to think it was nothing, but they took it very seriously,” says Katherine Bell, one of Vanessa’s mothers. “They took a biopsy and very quickly realized they had no idea what it was.”
Vanessa’s case was even featured at a regional dermatology conference where doctors take up mystery patients. “A hundred to 150 der...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - July 25, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Nancy Fliesler Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Dr. Carolyn Rogers Dr. Pui Lee Dr. Robert Sundel Dr. Scellig Stone Dr. Todd Lyons stroke Source Type: news
Use of Apixaban and Warfarin in Patients Undergoing Procedures: Insights from ARISTOTLE (I2-2.003)
CONCLUSIONS: Procedures are common in patients with atrial fibrillation. The majority of procedures are non-major and non-emergent, and anticoagulation therapy is likely to be stopped peri-procedure. Overall and among emergent procedures, rates of clinical events in the first 30 days post-procedure were low and comparable between treatment groups.Study Supported by: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc. Editorial assistance (i.e., formatting the abstract to ensure compliance with AAN guidelines) was provided by Claire Hall of Caudex Medical and was funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc.Disclosure: Dr...
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Lopes, R., Garcia, D., Wojdyla, D., Dorian, P., Alexander, J., Wallentin, L., Lanas, F., Hanna, M., Held, C., Granger, C. Tags: New Antithrombotic Agents for Stroke Prevention Data Blitz Presentations Source Type: research
Inflammation May Be the Culprit Behind Our Deadliest Diseases
In the early days of my medical residency, I met a man whom we’ll call Jason. He arrived to our emergency room on a holiday, nonchalant yet amiable, and complained of mild chest pain. Jason was tall and trim, with a strong South Boston accent and fingertips still faintly stained from his last home-improvement project. He was only 45 years old, but he looked much younger. He didn’t smoke, barely drank alcohol, and his cholesterol levels had always been normal. No one in his family had a history of heart disease. He asked us if we could work quickly—he wanted to be home for dinner with his daughters.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shilpa Ravella Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news
Use of Apixaban and Warfarin in Patients Undergoing Procedures: Insights from ARISTOTLE (P5.002)
CONCLUSIONS: Procedures are common in patients with atrial fibrillation. The majority of procedures are non-major and non-emergent, and anticoagulation therapy is likely to be stopped peri-procedure. Overall and among emergent procedures, rates of clinical events in the first 30 days post-procedure were low and comparable between treatment groups.Study Supported by: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc. Editorial assistance (i.e., formatting the abstract to ensure compliance with AAN guidelines) was provided by Claire Hall of Caudex Medical and was funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc.Disclosure: Dr...
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Lopes, R., Garcia, D., Wojdyla, D., Dorian, P., Alexander, J., Wallentin, L., Lanas, F., Hanna, M., Held, C., Granger, C. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology II Source Type: research
Predictors of inadequate bowel preparation for colonoscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The aim of this study was to investigate factors contributing to poor bowel preparation in patients undergoing colonoscopy procedures. We used a reproducible search strategy to identify studies, searching 10 medical databases, including PubMed, Ovid, Medline, and Cochrane Library Database for reports published between 2000 and 2016. Fully published studies, evaluating risk factors for inadequate bowel preparation, were included. Two reviewers independently scored the identified studies for methodology and abstracted pertinent data. Pooling was conducted with both fixed-effects and random-effects models; results were presen...
Source: European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - July 6, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Review Articles: Gastroenterology Source Type: research
Adverse events requiring hospitalization within 30 days after outpatient screening and nonscreening colonoscopies
Conclusions:
This study provides further evidence of the safety of colonoscopy in routine practice with regard to delayed and non-GI AEs. Hospitalizations because of the investigated AEs were uncommon or rare for both screening and nonscreening colonoscopies.
Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - February 15, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Christian Stock, Peter Ihle, Andreas Sieg, Ingrid Schubert, Michael Hoffmeister, Hermann Brenner Tags: Clinical Endoscopy Source Type: research
Surveillance for certain health behaviors among States and selected local areas - United States, 2010.
This report presents results for 2010 for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, 192 MMSAs, and 302 counties. Results: In 2010, the estimated prevalence of high-risk health behaviors, chronic diseases and conditions, access to health care, and use of preventive health services varied substantially by state and territory, MMSA, and county. In the following summary of results, each set of proportions refers to the range of estimated prevalence for the disease, condition, or behaviors, as reported by survey respondents. Adults reporting good or better health: 6...
Source: MMWR Surveill Summ - May 31, 2013 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Xu F, Town M, Balluz LS, Bartoli WP, Murphy W, Chowdhury PP, Garvin WS, Pierannunzi C, Zhong Y, Salandy SW, Jones CK, Crawford CA, Division of Behavioral Surveillance, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, CDC Tags: MMWR Surveill Summ Source Type: research
What You Should Know Before You Schedule Your Next Doctor Appointment
Before we were able to Google our every itch and twinge and ache, we had very different relationships with our doctors.
“In the early years of my career, information was something the doctor had and the patient didn’t,” Dr. Michael L. LeFevre, a professor and physician at the University of Missouri, tells The Huffington Post. Today, he says, patients bring their information to him for his input. “They want my opinion about how good the information is and what it means and how to interpret it for them in their lives.”
Of course, the Internet is rife with misinformation, and sometimes a well-meaning patient will ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Optimizing Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy: What are the predictors of an inadequate preparation?
Publication date: Available online 12 February 2015 Source:The American Journal of Surgery Author(s): Ruby Yee , Shiana Manoharan , Christine Hall , Allen Hayashi Introduction This retrospective study evaluates factors that are associated with an inadequate bowel preparation. Methods A chart review was performed on 2101 patients who underwent colonoscopy. The quality of preparation was classified as adequate or inadequate. Univariate and multivariate regression analyses identified factors associated with inadequate preparations. Results 91.5% of preparations were adequate. Standard preparations using polyethylene glyco...
Source: The American Journal of Surgery - February 14, 2015 Category: Surgery Source Type: research
10 Must-Do Health Checks For Women Over 50
This article first appeared on the Golden Girls Network blog. Earlier on Huff/Post50: -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Healing through music
The last time I had a mammogram, I got a big surprise — and it was a good one. A string quartet was playing just outside the doors of the breast imaging center, and my thoughts immediately shifted from “What are they going to find on the mammogram?” to “Is that Schubert, or Beethoven?” By the time my name was called, I had almost forgotten why I was there.
The unexpected concert was the work of Holly Chartrand and Lorrie Kubicek, music therapists and co-coordinators of the Environmental Music Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. But bringing music to hospital corridors is just a sideline for music therapist...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - November 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Beverly Merz Tags: Behavioral Health Mental Health Pain Management Surgery Source Type: news
Severe Symptoms, but a Truly Treatable Disease
BY NOURA MAHDI; DARRON LEWIS; JEREMY OSBORNE; & AHMED RAZIUDDIN, MDA 73-year-old man was brought to the emergency department from his nursing home for rectal bleeding and anemia. The patient mentioned he had had episodes of bright red rectal bleeding and constipation for a few months. A colonoscopy had been done prior to the visit, which revealed a large intestine tumor and biopsy confirming adenocarcinoma. He was awaiting an appointment with his surgeon.The patient reported bloody rectal leakage, and a CBC done at the nursing home showed a hemoglobin level of 7.2. He also complained of dyspnea but denied any other ...
Source: The Case Files - March 20, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: research
Recurrent ischemic cerebrovascular events in a patient with type I antithrombin deficiency caused by 9788 G>A splice site mutation: a case report
We report here the case of AT deficiency in a 43-year-old man free of cardiovascular risk factors who experienced venous thromboembolism and ischemic stroke followed by two transient ischemic attacks after interruption of oral anticoagulation due to colonoscopy. DNA sequencing of the antithrombin gene revealed heterozygosity for the previously reported substitution G to A at nucleotide position 9788 in intervening sequence four. To our knowledge, this report is the first to show that this genetic abnormality can be associated with recurrent cerebrovascular ischemic events.
Source: Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis - January 31, 2013 Category: Hematology Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis: Modern diagnostic modalities
We read with interest the article by Masuda et al. on the use of computed tomographic (CT) colonoscopy for the diagnosis of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. We would like to share our experience of a similar case. A 73-year-old woman with history of hypertension and ischemic stroke was referred for evaluation of chronic constipation and abdominal distention. Taking into account the patient's desire for a non-invasive exploration, a CT colonoscopy was initially performed; CT disclosed multiple air-containing cysts within the wall of the sigmoid colon, suggesting the diagnosis of idiopathic pneumatosis cystoides intestina...
Source: Digestive and Liver Disease - March 11, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Georgios Mavrogenis, Xavier Chapeaux, Véronique Benali, Philippe Warzée Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
