a 29 days old pakistani female infant was presented to our outpatient department with two weeks history of a rapidly progressing large size facial hemangioma involving most of the right cheek and right eyelids. the infant was unable to open the right eye. there was also a small hemangioma on the right second toe. additionally, three similar lesions were found on the right side of the palate and...

background: critically ill children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (picu) are at increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding due to stress related mucosal injury. reducing gastric acid by acid suppressant medication is the accepted prophylaxis treatment, but there is not any definitive guideline for using prophylaxis in picu patients. the present study aimed to assess the effect of p...

objective: to study the pregnancy outcomes in first trimester vaginal bleeding. materials and methods: this cross sectional study was done on 60 pregnant women with first trimester vaginal bleeding referring to university hospitals affiliated to islamic azad university, tehran, iran. all women were evaluated for the outcomes including abortion, preterm rapture of membranes, preterm labor, secon...

discussions as one ich patient whose pt and aptt suggest a coagulation disorder secondary to vitamin k deficiency or coagulation factor deficiency, unresponsiveness to vitamin k therapy should be useful to take fx deficiency into consideration. background inborn factor x deficiency (fxd) is a very rare (1: 500,000) hereditary coagulation disorder, which is characterized by clinical manifestatio...

Background—Approximately 7000 intracerebral hemorrhages (ICHs) annually in the US are caused by use of antithrombotic therapies. We review the incidence, risk factors, and predictors of ICH in patients receiving long-term anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy. Summary of Review—ICH rates range from 0.3% to 0.6% per year during oral anticoagulation in recent reports. Major risk factors are adv...

Citation: Penza V, De Momi E, Enayati N, Chupin T, Ortiz J and Mattos LS (2017) EnViSoRS: Enhanced Vision System for Robotic Surgery. A User-Defined Safety Volume Tracking to Minimize the Risk of Intraoperative Bleeding. Front. Robot. AI 4:15. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2017.00015 enVisors: enhanced Vision system for robotic surgery. a User-Defined safety Volume Tracking to Minimize the risk of intraop...

OBJECTIVE: To present an analysis of the occurrence of gastrointestinal bleeding in children and emphasize: i) diagnostic methods; ii) the organized use of different therapeutic approaches in upper gastrointestinal bleeding; iii) the review of concepts, classifications and techniques used in endoscopy, which are important to the practice of clinical pediatrics. METHODS: Literary review of chapt...

In the treatment of women with abnormal uterine bleeding, once a thorough history, physical examination, and indicated imaging studies are performed and all significant structural causes are excluded, medical management is the first-line approach. Determining the acuity of the bleeding, the patient's medical history, assessing risk factors, and establishing a diagnosis will individualize their ...