A5074531259- Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Abdominal Surgery and Complications
- Hernia repair and management
- Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions
- Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Diverticular Disease and Complications
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Global Health and Surgery
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
University of California, Los Angeles
2011-2024
Kaiser Permanente
2008-2023
Franciscan Health
2023
Seattle University
2023
McLaren Health Care
2023
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
2023
Yerevan State Medical University
2022
Mattel Children's Hospital
2020-2021
Keck Hospital of USC
2019
Woodland Hills Medical Center
2019
The Heimlich maneuver is a well-described emergency procedure for management of foreign body airway obstructions. Although rare, complications the do exist. purpose this report to review known procedure. All reported published in English on Medline and PubMed were reviewed. Additionally, we present rare case acute pancreatitis with associated pseudocyst formation after administration healthy 3-year-old boy. life saving, may be significant complications; thus, symptomatic patients should...
Recently the use of a single umbilical incision to perform an appendectomy has been described. The purpose this study was review our initial experience with transumbilical laparoscopic-assisted (TULAA) in pediatric population. A retrospective all patients treated for appendicitis over 10-month period performed. surgical technique involved using standard 3-mm or 5-mm trocar visualization and insufflation. dissecting/grasping instrument used adjacent through same incision. Patient...
Pancreatitis-Panniculitis-Polyarthritis (PPP) syndrome is rare and its physiopathology unclear. A 6-year old boy suffered of traumatic pancreatitis complicated by PPP syndrome. Extensive investigations demonstrated high levels pancreatic lipase fatty acids in the affected peripheral tissues. These findings support sequence lipolysis acid accumulation inducing tissue inflammation.
We evaluated the outcomes for nonoperative management (NOM) of all children with suspected nonperforated appendicitis, including those patients an appendicolith. Parents appendicitis were offered NOM versus laparoscopic appendectomy. included administration intravenous antibiotics and hospital admission. If no improvement within 24 hours, appendectomy was performed. Primary initial success rate recurrence rate. Fifty selected NOM. The failure 20%. Of 10 who failed, 7 had complicated...