To identify characteristics associated with definitive peritoneal drainage (PD) in the extremely low birth weight infant diagnosed with spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP). We also sought to ...

Of three surgical approaches for managing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in infants, peritoneal drainage followed by laparotomy had relatively low mortality risk, at 35%, but at $398,173, the ...

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(HealthDay News) — For infants with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), peritoneal drainage followed by laparotomy is associated with reduced mortality but increased costs compared with peritoneal ...

The quality of care to low birth weight (LBW) infants has improved as a result of modern technology and advances in neonatology. Along with this increased survival of LBW infants, the diagnosis of NEC ...

Preoperative imatinib for locally advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): CONVERT trial. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2015 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does ...

Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX, popularly known as BD, recently announced receipt of the FDA’s 510(k) clearance for its PeritX Peritoneal Catheter System. The system is to be used for the drainage ...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from ...

Researchers have discovered that macrophages, a type of immune cell, impair fluid drainage during peritoneal inflammation. Lymphatic vessels in the diaphragm are responsible for draining excess ...

The sponsor submitted a new cost analysis based on a decision tree model with an embedded Markov model. This model evaluated the costs per patient and system impact of the PeritX peritoneal catheter ...