The medical complications associated with purging

Complications Associated with Appendicitis*

I N a discussion of postoperative comphcations CutIer and Scott’ state that, “With the period that fohows operative intervention begin the triaIs and tribuIations of the surgeon.” This statement is probably nowhere more true than in the case of those patients who require surgical attention because of a septic appendix, and in whom infection has extended beyond the confines of this organ. It is ...

Medical complications associated with security and control of prisoners of war in the ancient Near East.

In the ancient Near East, all military protagonists were ruthless in their treatment of prisoners. The Egyptians were forced to undertake repeated punitive operations against their north-eastern neighbours from the second half of the third millennium BC. The Mesopotamians occasionally made military expeditions as far as the Mediterranean coast of Asia Minor, and the Agadean dynasty controlled t...

The medical complications of obesity.

The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing worldwide. A comparison of data from 1976–80 with that from 1999–2000 shows that the prevalence of overweight (defined as body mass index, BMI, of 25–29.9 kg/m) increased from 46% to 64.5%, and the prevalence of obesity (BMI 530 kg/m) doubled to 30.5%. The epidemic of obesity is not just isolated to the US, but is worldwide, including less ...

Complications associated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy

The increasing global prevalence of nephrolithiasis continues to burden the healthcare delivery systems of industrialized nations and exact a disproportionate humanitarian toll on populations of the developing world (1). In the United States alone, the prevalence of nephrolithiasis is nearly twice the rate reported in the 1960s (2-5). The subsequent rise in surgical interventions for nephrolith...

Complications Associated with Cataract Surgery