Egypt Has First Death From Bird Flu In more ominous news on the avian flu front, a 30 year old woman in Egypt has died of the bird flu. The woman … [Read more...]
March 17, 2006
Gastrointestinal Bleeding - Part 1 Patients are usually quite alarmed when they pass blood from the rectum or in their vomit, although for surgeons, … [Read more...]
March 17, 2006
Surgeons Remove Wrong Kidney It is every patient's (and surgeon's) horrible nightmare - they go in for surgery and the surgeons cut out the wrong … [Read more...]
Surgeon Sues Attorney for Malpractice and Bad Legal Outcome
In a reversal of roles, a cardiothoracic surgeon who was convicted two years ago of murdering his wife has sued his former defense attorney for legal … [Read more...]
Fetal Monitoring in Pregnant Surgical and ICU Patients
It is not uncommon for a pregnant patient to develop a surgical condition or to be placed in an intensive care unit for a critical illness. Trauma, … [Read more...]
Well-Regarded Neurosurgeon Invisible to Hospital
Neurosurgeon Harry Lippmann can not figure out why All Saints Hospital in Racine, Wisconsin tells patients in his own hospital with urgent … [Read more...]
Liver Hemorrhage
Because of its large size, the liver is the most frequently injured solid abdominal organ secondary to both blunt and penetrating trauma. It can also … [Read more...]
March 15, 2006
Surgeon Successfully Sued for Improvising in the Operating Room In a frankly baffling case, a Hawaii jury has awarded $5.5 million to the family of … [Read more...]
March 14, 2006
Nasogastric Tube - Part 2 There are several management errors that can be made by physicians and other healthcare providers when inserting NGT's and … [Read more...]
March 14, 2006
Woman In China Seeks Beauty Perfection Through 70 Plastic Surgery Operations A 34 year old woman from Singapore has decided to devote her life to … [Read more...]
March 13, 2006
Nasogastric Tube - Part 1 Anyone who has ever had one of these put in will never forget the experience. Nasogastric tubes (NGT) are large plastic … [Read more...]
March 13, 2006
Another Reason Not To Smoke New research reported by an oral surgeon in Boston shows that if the threat of lung cancer, breast cancer, and emphysema … [Read more...]
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