Abstract Background Thyroid surgery, performed for benign or malignant pathologies, is one of the most frequently procedures and its frequency has even been increasing in recent years. Postoperative bleeding, recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) palsy, associated to dysphonia, dysphagia, dyspnea, hypoparathyroidism represent fearful common complications. We conducted a multicenter, observational stu...

19 Risk Factors for Inadequate Pain Relief with Labor Epidurals – Multivariate Analysis, a Prospective Observational Study Abstract Type: Original Research Rudram Naidu Muppuri, M.D.1; Shvetank Agarwal, M.D.1; Daisy Sangroula, M.D.2; Vitaly Soskin, M.D.1 Detroit Medical Center / Vanguard Health SystemsWayne State University1; University of Louisville2Type: Original Research Rudram Naidu Muppuri...

Background: Hematological effects and digestive and neuro-psychological signs and symptoms are some manifestations of lead toxicity. However, there are conflicting reports of their prevalence among lead exposed workers and their relationship with blood lead levels (BLL). This case- control study assessed the relationship between BLL and hematological indexes and digestive (abdominal colic, ir...

Anyone not familiar with mathematical activity may think, when reading and hearing today about the foundational crisis in mathematics or of the debate between “formalism” and “intuitionism,” that this science is shaken to its very foundations. In reality mathematics has been moving for a long time on a smooth wake, so that one senses more a lack of bigger sensations, although there is no lack o...

An 81-year-old male with an implanted DDD pacemaker reported fluctuating edema accompanied by pain and paresthesia affecting the hand arm on side had been implanted. These symptoms, which developed several weeks after procedure, were more pronounced in morning resolved during day. Venography showed axillary vein compression, whose severity varied different positions. Changing location of pocket...