Sentences with phrase «risk for surgeries»

Many of these little ones can not have shots or have bad reactions, are at high risk for surgeries like spay and neuter, do nt handle anesthesia well, many have physical issues like luxating patellas and collapsable tracheas... the list goes on and on.

As a result, many cats are considered high risk for surgeries.

The FDA approved the CoreValve System to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high risk for surgery based on groundbreaking research showing the transcatheter heart valve had superior survival rates at one year when compared to open - heart surgery, the current gold standard for aortic valve replacement.

«The system means patients with aortic valve disease who are considered high risk for surgery, now have a new option,» said Deepak Vivek, MD, interventional cardiologist and director, Orlando Health Heart Institute Valve Center.

«For the past five years, TAVR has been growing in use and acceptance largely based upon clinical evidence from multiple randomized controlled trials, but these have been limited to patients at the highest risk for surgery,» said Martin B. Leon, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy at Columbia University Medical Center - New York Presbyterian Hospital and co-principal investigator of the PARTNER trials.

The CoreValve US Pivotal was a prospective, non-randomized single - arm, multicenter trial to determine the safety and efficacy of self - expanding TAVR at two - years in patients at extreme risk for surgery.

The study enrolled a total of 489 patients undergoing transfemoral self - expanding TAVR deemed to be at extreme risk for surgery.

«Patients who received Lucentis showed a little bit better central vision, much less loss of their side vision, and substantially less risk for surgery than patients who received laser treatment,» said Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center and Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.

Finally, we know that treatment early in the disease course is associated with improved efficacy of drugs and better outcomes, such as reduced risk for surgery.

There are two main scenarios with pyometra which is dependent on whether Sox was spayed or not; plus there is the matter of her age and risk for surgery.

Not exact matches

I won't reveal yet who my favorites are, but I will say that these young scientist - founders came up with very creative solutions for preventing infections in some common surgeries, tackling resistance in targeted antibody drugs, improving gene vectors for cell therapies, helping the vision - impaired «see» faces and better read their environments, imaging hard - to - see spots in the lungs and other organs, improving genetic risk analysis, and expediting the logistical operations of hospitals.

FITBIT DATA AIDS RESEARCHERS IN UNDERSTANDING SURGERY RECOVERY: Fitbit data can help researchers and doctors predict the risk of 30 - and 60 - day readmission after surgery for cancer patients, according to a study published in the Annals of Behavioral MeSURGERY RECOVERY: Fitbit data can help researchers and doctors predict the risk of 30 - and 60 - day readmission after surgery for cancer patients, according to a study published in the Annals of Behavioral Mesurgery for cancer patients, according to a study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

«Expensive, lifelong hormone treatments and irreversible surgeries associated with gender dysphoria would negatively affect personal deployability and mission readiness, without resolving underlying psychological problems, including high risks of suicide,» said Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness.

Identifying more accurately low risk pre-cancerous lesions avoids unnecessary surgeries and allows clinicians to monitor patients regularly for peace of mind.

Central Albertans are waiting longer for surgery, and the lives of some are even at risk, that's according to a group of doctors speaking out.

Preemptive Love Coalition is a global community of peacemakers remaking the world by providing lifesaving heart surgeries for children, food and shelter for those persecuted by extremists, education for at - risk children and small - business empowerment grants so people can put their own lives back together.

Due to this risk of growth disturbance, surgeries for many ACL injuries in young athletes were delayed until patients were done growing.

Unlike adult patients for whom the decision to undergo ACL reconstruction is relatively straightforward, the fact that many of our patients are still growing adds an additional level of complexity to the decision to undergo surgery for a torn ACL because there is a potential risk of growth disturbance.

But it was a dumb risk for the Seahawks to pay $ 7M for any player coming off 3 - ligament knee surgery.

Surgeries like this one and similar ones, result in rapid weight loss, lower daily intake and increase the risk factor for nutritional deficiencies.

But the spinal anesthesia used during the procedure presents a unique risk for pain after the surgery.

The risks of the cataract surgery must be explained including the risk of total blindness for this patient, including the impact of that disability, which would not necessarily have to be emphasised for other patients.

The data «could indicate that the potential window of opportunity for optimized ACL injury risk reduction may be before the onset of neuromuscular deficits and peak knee injury incidence that occurs after the onset of maturation in female athletes and / or during the mid-teen years,» said lead author, Gregory D. Myer, PhD, FACSM, CSCS, of the Division of Sports Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery, at the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, and the Athletic Training Division, School of Allied Medical Professions at The Ohio State University in Columbus.

Obstetricians have special training in high - risk pregnancy and surgery and are therefore appropriate caregivers for women with established serious medicalconditions or who are at high risk for developing such conditions.

My point was that when we say «c - sections are safer» it's because (for example) when we chose a c - section for breech or for failure to progress when there is a risk of infection present, it's the baby we're protecting, while the mother assumes the known and immediate risks of the surgery.

Obstetricians have special training in high - risk pregnancy and surgery and are therefore appropriate caregivers for women with established serious medical conditions or who are at high risk for developing such conditions.

This means, the blood can become thin and you can be at risk for bleeding out during surgery.

We don't think about the risks of the cascade of interventions, beginning with an epidural and going through pitocin and surgery and the risks of having repeat C - sections, the risks for the future babies and to the mother's health.

Scar tissue does pose risks for any woman who tries to have a natural birth after surgery.

However, previous C - sections, as well as uterine surgery, create a higher risk for second and subsequent pregnancies.

There are cesarean risks, as is common for surgeries of this nature.

A freshly circumcised penis needs extra attention since circumcision, despite being routine in some cultures, is still considered minor surgery and along with that goes the risk of infection and the need for careful post-surgical care.

In all these cases, the surgeries and interventions are planned when women are too tired to push and they or their babies could be at risk for complications.

For some not having a surgeon on hand is too high a risk, for others the possibility of their baby being born drugged up or having an unnessesary surgery is too hiFor some not having a surgeon on hand is too high a risk, for others the possibility of their baby being born drugged up or having an unnessesary surgery is too hifor others the possibility of their baby being born drugged up or having an unnessesary surgery is too high.

Although vaginal birth with a big baby carries risks, Cesarean surgery also carries potential harms for the mother, infant, and children born in future pregnancies.

Then reality hits and I think, Oh, wait, I don't want major surgery — I don't like the risks involved and I certainly don't want to be knocked out for weeks at a time.

Those at high risk of uterine rupture (eg, those with previous classical uterine incision or T - incision, prior uterine rupture, or extensive transfundal uterine surgery) and those in whom vaginal delivery is otherwise contraindicated (eg, those with placenta previa) are not generally candidates for planned TOLAC.

«Elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks definitely have some increased morbidity,» says Abdulla Al - Khan, MD, the director and chief of maternal and fetal medicine and surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey Other factors such as type of delivery and reason for early term delivery also affect these risks, he says.

The book examines: - why the research shows so little benefit for physiologic care and so little harm from medical - model management - what's behind the cesarean epidemic - what the research establishes as optimal care for initiating labor, facilitating labor progress, guarding maternal and fetal safety, birthing the baby, and promoting safety for mother and baby after the birth - the true, quantified risks of primary cesarean surgery, planned VBAC versus elective repeat cesarean, instrumental vaginal delivery, and regional analgesia - how the organization of the maternity care system adversely impacts care outcomes

The supine sleep position does not increase the risk of choking and aspiration in infants, even those with gastroesophageal reflux, because they have protective airway mechanisms.8, 9 Infants with gastroesophageal reflux should be placed for sleep in the supine position for every sleep, with the rare exception of infants for whom the risk of death from complications of gastroesophageal reflux is greater than the risk of SIDS (ie, those with upper airway disorders, for whom airway protective mechanisms are impaired), 10 including infants with anatomic abnormalities such as type 3 or 4 laryngeal clefts who have not undergone antireflux surgery.

The AAP supports the recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, which state that infants with gastroesophageal reflux should be placed for sleep in the supine position, with the rare exception of infants for whom the risk of death from gastroesophageal reflux is greater than the risk of SIDS84 — specifically, infants with upper airway disorders for whom airway protective mechanisms are impaired, which may include infants with anatomic abnormalities, such as type 3 or 4 laryngeal clefts, who have not undergone antireflux surgery.

Study reveals risk factors for hip replacement revision surgery Arthritis Research UK.

Patients needing special surgery now face the real risk of dying needlessly because a building in which their lives would be saved has been under renovation for two years, Dr Hadi Mohammed Abdallah, who speaks for the Specialists, lamented.

«Surgery is a low risk treatment option for patients with pectoralis major tendon ruptures.»

As people age, they become very high - risk for open - heart surgeries,» said Dr. Steven Marso, Medical Director of Interventional Cardiology and Professor of Internal Medicine.

«Older black and Hispanic patients admitted to hospitals for common surgeries have a disproportionately higher risk of developing complications.

The new procedure is FDA approved for patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis (valve narrowing) who are considered high - risk for standard valve replacement surgery.

«Despite being perceived as a better alternative to tobacco cigarettes, vaping liquid contains nicotine, which significantly increases the risk for complications during and after surgery.

«It's the nicotine found in vapes and tobacco that results in poor wound healing, increases anesthesia risk, and may lead to a host of other potential complications for surgery patients,» said AANA President Bruce Weiner, DNP, MSNA, CRNA.

These findings, which are published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), indicate that efforts to carefully evaluate risk factors prior to surgery need more attention, particularly for older minority patients.