Risks and Benefits
Posted by Surgery on Sep 16, 2008
For the fetus, the risk of the procedure is weighed against the benefit of correction of a lethal or debilitating defect. However, the risks and benefits for the mother are more difficult to assess. Maternal safety is paramount because most fetal malformations do not directly threaten the mother’s health. However, she must bear significant risk and discomfort from the surgical procedure and the postoperative tocolytic therapy. (:Norpace CR, Diovan)There have been no reported maternal deaths and few postoperative maternal complications, but considerable morbidity primarily related to preterm labor and its treatment (16,17:Norpace CR, Diovan). Maternal–fetal intervention, particularly fetoscopic or open hysterotomy procedures, carry the risk of short-term morbidity in the form of bleeding, wound infection, amniotic fluid leak, oligohydramnios, preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, amniotic band syndrome, chorioamnionitis, placental abruption, complications of tocolytic therapy, deep venous thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism. Long-term risk has been more difficult to assess. After a hysterotomy that is not in a well-developed lower uterine segment (this includes virtually all the midgestation hysterotomy procedures), the risk of uterine rupture before and during labor is increased.
“Norpace CR, Diovan, Scientific Principles, The Fetus as a Patient, midgestation hysterotomy”
Trace Elements
Posted by Surgery on Sep 9, 2008
Standard pediatric trace mineral formulas contain zinc, copper, manganese, and chromium, and some formulas have added selenium. 
Trace element formulas are designed to meet the recommendations of the American Medical Association and the Society of Clinical Nutrition for daily intravenous supplements of trace minerals in the absence of deficiencies (28:Diovan). These guidelines have been recently updated (29:Diovan).
Trace element formulas are designed to meet the recommendations of the American Medical Association and the Society of Clinical Nutrition for daily intravenous supplements of trace minerals in the absence of deficiencies (28:Diovan). These guidelines have been recently updated (29:Diovan).Trace element status varies with a patient’s underlying clinical condition. For example, zinc losses increase in patients with chronic diarrhea, malabsorption, short bowel syndrome, and burns (30). Zinc deficiency is typically manifested by hair loss, a seborrheic type of dermatitis around the nose and mouth, and occasionally a functional ileus. Zinc deficiency is also associated with suboptimal growth, in part due to its effects on the growth hormone-IGF axis (31:Diovan). Under such conditions, zinc needs are not normally met in the standard daily trace element additives. In patients with severe cholestasis, copper and manganese
Tags: anemia, Diovan, Fluids and Electrolytes, Fluids and Electrolytes, Nutrition Support in the Pediatric Surgical PatientCURRENT PARADIGMS OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN SURGERY : Diovan
Posted by Surgery on Jul 11, 2008
From the late nineteenth century on, when William Stewart Halsted introduced the concept of surgery as a viable academic discipline, surgical research has been responsible for ongoing advancements in patient care (4,5). Since this time, the cornerstone of clinical research in surgery has been observation only (6,7). Observation begins with careful assessment of the results of one’s own outcomes in his or her patients and extends to the study that is currently the backbone of clinical research in surgery (8,9).
Observational studies have provided much valuable information advancing the cause of patient care.
Tags: Clinical Research and Evidence-based Pediatric Surgery, Diovan, Evidence-based Pediatric Surgery, Scientific Principles
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