Pediatrics
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Bariatric Surgery Prevents Type 2 Diabetes
Major Finding: During follow-up, type 2 diabetes developed in 110 of the bariatric surgery patients and in 392 controls, corresponding to...
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FDA Warns About Pediatric Codeine-Related Deaths
Case Reports
Isolated Laceration to the Deep Motor Branch of the Ulnar Nerve by a Retained Foreign Body
This report describes an isolated laceration to the deep motor branch of the ulnar nerve by a retained foreign body. The patient sustained a...
Case Reports
Chronic Multifocal Mycobacterium fortuitum Osteomyelitis Following Penetrating Plantar Trauma
We present the case of a 10-year-old girl with Mycobacterium fortuitum osteomyelitis following a plantar puncture wound with vegetative material....
Conference Coverage
Surgery for Pediatric Pleural Effusions No Better Than Conservative Treatment
Major Finding: Hospital stays are thousands of dollars less expensive and may be shorter when pediatric pleural effusions were treated...
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Men Benefit Most From Combined Weight-Loss Procedure
Major Finding: At 6 months after undergoing BPD-DS surgery, men had a significantly greater reduction in weight (–-30% vs. –26%, respectively),...
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No Consensus on Best Surgery for Neonatal Heart Syndrome
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FDA Warns of QT Prolongation with Ondansetron Dose
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Treating Kids' Sleep Apnea Can Improve Brain Function
Major Finding: Ratios of N-acetyl aspartate to choline in the frontal cortex of children with obstructive sleep apnea normalized after treatment,...
Conference Coverage
Check Vitamin D in Adolescents Before Bariatric Surgery
Major Finding: Fifty-four percent of obese adolescents being evaluated for bariatric surgery had vitamin D deficiency, including 8% with a severe...
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Diagnostic Imaging on the Rise Even in 'Accountable' HMOs
Major Finding: CT scans tripled, MRIs quadrupled, ultrasounds doubled, and PET scans rose by a factor of 15 from 1996 to 2010 among adults in six...