Developments in Practice XXXI: Social Computing: How Should It Be Managed?

Developments in Practice XXXI: Social Computing: How Should It Be Managed?

How should chylothorax be managed?

The management and complications of chylothorax occurring beyond the neonatal period were reviewed retrospectively. Records from 15 patients treated between 1976 and 1986 were analysed; a combination of thoracocentesis, chest drain insertion, and dietary modification were successful in abolishing chyle leakage in 10 cases. One child died from complications of cardiac surgery rather than from th...

How high should it be?

NASH Cirrhosis - the New Burden in Liver Transplantation: How Should It Be Managed?

BACKGROUND Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a continuously increasing cause of chronic liver disease and a health burden in all populations affected by the obesity and metabolic syndrome pandemic. Cirrhotic alterations or hepatocellular carcinoma developing from NAFLD may require liver transplantation (LTx). METHODS Current literature was screened for data on LTx in the setting of...

Femoral pseudoaneurysm: How should it be treated?

We read with interest the article by Duszańska et al. [1] entitled ‘Predictors of successful iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm compression dressing repair’ recently published in the journal. The authors suggested that compression dressing repair (CPR) might serve as an alternative method of femoral pseudoaneurysm (FPA) management in patients with low forward and reverse velocities of the flow in pseudo...