BACKGROUND Thoracentesis and antibiotics remain the cornerstones of treatment in stage I empyema. The management of disease progression or late presentation is controversial. Open thoracotomy and ...

Objective—To assess the complication rate of tube thoracostomy in trauma. To consider whether this rate is high enough to support a selective reduction in the indications for tube thoracostomy in ...

bDepartment of Internal Medicine IV, Division of Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany cInstitute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic ...

BACKGROUND: The Pressure biofeedback unit (PBU) is an assessment tool used in clinical practice and research aimed to indirectly analyze the transversus abdominis (TrA) muscle activity. The concurrent ...

Objective To evaluate the analgesic effectiveness of two novel regional nerve blocks in paediatric patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) after open reduction surgeries. Design ...

Soviet soldiers supposedly used weighted Russian twists to build a battle-ready physique for the Cold War. If that’s true, we could see why… While used as a popular core training weapon, Russian ...

Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China ...

1 Consultant in Paediatric Accident and Emergency and General Paediatrics, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK 2 Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London ...

The iliac crest is the part of the hip bone you can feel when you touch your waist. Hip pointer injuries happen when the iliac crest gets hit during sports. The iliac crest is used to get bone marrow ...

Department of Maternal and Paediatric Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy Correspondence to Nicola Principi, Department ...