The Aural Department of St Bartholomew's Hospital

St George Hospital, Renal Department – INTERNAL ONLY Treatment of Chronic Hypertension and Hypertensive Urgency on Haemodialysis

Acute control of blood pressure on haemodialysis (HD) should be differentiated from chronic BP control; Hypertension in HD is multi-factorial; Patients requiring total ultrafiltration volume greater than 2.5 kg may have an elevation in pre-systolic and pre-diastolic BPs; Larger fluid removals of range >10-13ml/hour/kg are associated with increased all cause and cardiovascular mortality; Both pr...

The Operations of Aural Surgery

Hospital Readmission Through the Emergency Department

BACKGROUND Hospital readmission places a high burden on both health care systems and patients. Most readmissions are thought to be related to the quality of the health care system. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the causes and rates of early readmission in emergency department in a Tehran hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional investigation was performed to study ...

The Treatment of Aural Sepsis

an antiseptic powder or the instillation of eardrops. In abdominal surgery, as in the opening of an appendix abscess, the danger of spreading infection by energetic washing, lias been recognized and the practice has been abandoned, but in aural sepsis syringing is still done. Dr. W. StuartLow, F.R.C.S., Surgeon, Central London Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, condemns this practice most emphatica...

Prevalence of Gastroesophageal Reflux during the Infant’s First Year of Life in the Pediatric Department of Imam Reza Hospital

Introduction: Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is the most common esophageal disorder, which occurs at all ages. GER is defined as the passage of gastric contents into the esophagus. GER disease (GERD), which is a long-term complication, is a common pediatric problem. Clinical manifestations of GERD in infants include regurgitation, irritability, choking, gagging, vomiting, poor weight gain, and r...