Severe esophageal damage due to button battery ingestion: can it be prevented?

Esophageal button battery ingestion in children.

BACKGROUND Button battery lodged in the esophagus carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to present cases of patients with esophageal button battery ingestion treated at our clinic and to emphasize the importance of early diagnosis and treatment. METHODS Records of patients admitted to our hospital for foreign body ingestion between January 2010 and May ...

Acute tubular necrosis: can it be prevented?

Catastrophic Interference in Connectionist Networks: Can It Be Predicted, Can It Be Prevented?

Catastrophic forgetting occurs when connectionist networks learn new information, and by so doing, forget all previously learned information. This workshop focused primarily on the causes of catastrophic interference, the techniques that have been developed to reduce it, the effect of these techniques on the networks' ability to generalize, and the degree to which prediction of catastrophic for...

Does Diarrhoea Causes Cataract? Can Cataract be Prevented by Aspirin?

Loss of transparency of the lens is termed cataract which is one of the commonest causes of blindness throughout the world. This major health problem appears to be much commoner in many developing countries such as India and Pakistan, where it causes visual disability at a substantially earlier age and several hypotheses have been put forward to explain this higher prevalence in these areas. Re...

Injuries can be prevented.

A A s physicians, public health advocates, and parents, we strive to promote safe environments for our children. Everyone wants to decrease the risk of unintentional injury, the leading cause of death for children under the age of 15. 1 Unintentional injury is a significant burden on our children and youth and a critical issue for public health. In the United States, over 400 people die of inju...