Even with prophylaxis, hip arthroplasty patients carry an overall rate of DVT of 10% to 15% (proximal DVT 3% to 7%) as determined by routine venography at the time of discharge.

When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

aDivision of Hematology and Hematological Malignancies, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada bDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine ...

Researchers enrolled 280 pregnant women with highly viremic HBV infection (HBV DNA, >200,000 IU/mL) to compare interventions for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission. Patients were randomly ...

However, after her and her five children — Liam, 17, Stella, 16, Hattie, 13, Finn, 12 and Beau, 7 — were forced to evacuate their Woodland Hills rental house, she felt she had to speak out.

Data on patients whose VTE was attributable to the use of a central venous line, who had a history of pulmonary embolism (PE) or DVT ... Although VTE prophylaxis was provided in some of the ...

Sleepwalking is a common condition that occurs in children, but what underlies this behavior? You may wonder not only about the causes of sleepwalking but whether it requires treatment and how best to ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales's eldest child, Prince George, is preparing for the next stage of his education, having sat his first major set of exams in 2023. And while Eton College has long ...

Children who spend hours sitting in front of computer games or televisions are at risk from deep vein thrombosis, doctors have warned. The alert came after a 14-year-old boy developed the ...

Does an aspirin regime following meniscus root repair elevate the risk of deep vein thrombosis? Co-author Robert A. Magnussen, M.D., M.P.H. of The Ohio State University in Columbus tackled that ...

Brain tumors are the most common solid tumors affecting children and adolescents, with close to 5,000 children diagnosed each year. Because of their location, some pediatric brain tumors and their ...