A 65-year-old female patient with severe mitral valve stenosis plus coronary artery disease was scheduled for mitral valve replacement and 2-vessel coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries simultaneously. After a successful procedure, resistance was met on a CVC withdrawal. During postoperative fluoroscopy, fixation of the catheter at the heart was confirmed which necessitated reopening th...

Cooling is one of most common thermal processes used to improve the quality and safety of food products and to extend their shelf life (WANG; SUN, 2003). In industrial processing of poultry, immediately after slaughter, bleeding, hot water immersion, feather withdraw and viscera withdraw, poultry carcasses have to be chilled to reduce their temperature from approximately 40 to 4 °C, which contr...

Are you participating in a research study? What is the general purpose of the study? Are you required to participate in this research study? Is the treatment you are getting now the same as it was before you started the study? [Follow-up: How it is different?] Are you allowed to withdraw from the study? If you decide to withdraw, will you be able to receive treatment? Are there any possible ris...

Twelve cases of unbearable pruritus several days after withdrawal of (levo)cetirizine were reported to the Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb. Eleven reports concerned women and one report concerned a man, aged 19-58 years. These patients had been using these antihistamines continuously for months or years. They had tried to stop using antihistamines on several occasions but felt unable...

The Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) develops practice parameters for neurologists pertaining to diagnostic procedures, treatment modalities, and clinical disorders. The selection of topics is based on prevalence or frequency of use; potential for improving health outcomes; and reducing variations in practice patterns, economic impact, and adequacy of sc...

Background: Couples receiving IVF treatment may choose to have embryos frozen, with the aim of creating a pregnancy and ultimately a live birth in future. Problems can arise when couples separate. Under UK law, embryos can only be transferred with the consent of both genetic parents. The issue came to public prominence in the case of Natallie Evans, who lost the opportunity to have her own gene...