Des Plaines, IL – Eighty-eight percent of emergency department (ED) patients with suspected septic olecranon bursitis treated with empiric antibiotics without aspiration had resolution without need ...

A person with a tracheostomy has a higher risk than usual of aspiration, which means they may take unwanted substances into their airways. A tracheostomy is a procedure in which a surgeon makes an ...

Severely subluxated crystalline lenses pose a difficult situation to anterior segment surgeons and can only be managed surgically by removal of the lens as well as the capsular bag. Several techniques ...

This summary reviews suprapubic bladder aspiration in children, both with and without the use of ultrasound guidance. Familiarity with this procedure is important when neither a clean-catch urine ...

To describe conservative management of spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) in preterm infants using peritoneal needle aspiration (PNA). PNA as primary therapy for SIP is a viable option, ...

Portrait of a small child choked on food eating in the kitchen and a parent slaps his hand on the back This review provides a concise overview of the epidemiology, etiology, history, diagnostic ...