PICC Line, Dialysis Catheter Associated Blood Stream Infections: Safer Alternative Designs Await
“Collectively, the artificial vascular endothelium coating (AVEC) should provide a novel, safe and generalized anti-thromboinflammation strategy for diverse blood-contacting medical [...]
2025 Altis Mid-urethral Sling Litigation: Nerve Damage Cases Moving Forward
“The Altis mid-urethral sling was a bad device during the IDE study and there is nothing reassuring about the safety [...]
Importance of Wound Care Nurses in Decubitus Ulcer Cases
California and national malpractice attorney, states, “We are seeing cases across the country where certified wound care nurses evaluate our [...]
Botox for Children with Cerebral Palsy with Lower Limb Spasticity
“There is now clear evidence that the consequences of persistent increased muscle tone can be limited by applying an integrated [...]
TephaFex P4HB Mid-urethral Sling: Chronic Polypropylene Complications Gone
“TephaFex sling is completely removed by the body over two years. This would eliminate more than half of all mesh [...]
Delays in Antibiotic Initiation of Hospitalized Patients Reported
“The probability of antimicrobial initiation among patients with new hospital-onset sepsis declined at shift changes and overnight. Time to antimicrobial [...]
Mid-urethral Sling Complications: Early Complete Mesh Removal for Groin Pain
“When patients report lower limb or groin pain immediately after surgery, injury to the obturator or pudendal nerve is often [...]
Prospective Study: Altis Polypropylene Sling versus TephaFex P4HB Sling
“I doubt a study comparing the Altis to the TephaFex mid-urethral sling will ever happen. I anticipate the P4HB technology [...]
Birth Centers and the Increased Risk of Adverse Neonatal Outcomes
“Birth Centers are popping up all over the place … despite the data on adverse neonatal outcomes. This is simply [...]
Tele-ICU MDs and Traditional Care Show Similar Outcomes in ICU Length of Stay
“Daily multidisciplinary rounds conducted by a board-certified intensivist through telemedicine did not reduce ICU LOS in critically ill adult patients,” [...]
Complications of Physical and Chemical Restraint in Hospitals
“Complications of restraints include documented falls, decubitus ulcers, fractures, and death," states John Ellis Agens, MD, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics. Dr. [...]
Phasix Mesh, the Safer Alternative Design for Mesh Augmented Hernia Repair
“Phasix Mesh and P4HB Plug demonstrated significant mechanical strength compared to the native abdominal wall, despite significant material resorption over [...]