TREATMENT WITH SILVER NITRATE VERSUS TOPICAL STEROID TREATMENT FOR UMBILICAL GRANULOMA: A NON-INFERIORITY RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL.

Treatment with silver nitrate versus topical steroid treatment for umbilical granuloma: A non-inferiority randomized control trial.

OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial was to compare the efficacy of silver nitrate cauterization against that of topical steroid ointment in the treatment of neonatal umbilical granuloma.METHODS:An open-label, non-inferiority randomized controlled trial was Outdoor Loveseat conducted from January 2013 to Jan

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Platelet Priming and Activation in Naturally Occurring Thermal Burn Injuries and Wildfire Smoke Exposure Is Associated With Intracardiac Thrombosis and Spontaneous Echocardiographic Contrast in Feline Survivors

Wildfires pose a major health risk for humans, wildlife, and domestic animals.We previously discovered pathophysiologic parallels between domestic cats with naturally occurring smoke inhalation and thermal burn injuries and human beings with similar injuries; these were characterized by transient myocardial thickening, cardiac troponin I elevation

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Acute appendicitis after closed abdominal trauma: A case report

We present the case of a 14-year-old female patient with no clinical history who was admitted due to an impact on the abdomen Carvin skimmer and pelvis with a soccer ball during a match and who developed acute post-traumatic appendicitis.Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen.The diagnosis is mainly clinical and based

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