OBJECTIVE: To assess the relative importance of the extent and regional distribution of fat for metabolic risk factors in young adults. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of findings from a hospital-based ...

What is Abdominal Compartment Syndrome? Abdominal compartment syndrome is defined as an intra-abdominal pressure of more than 20 mm Hg that results in the failure of an organ like the kidney or the ...

Delivering high-quality emergency care for kids may mean fewer CT scans, according to a new study. The research validates intra-abdominal injury (IAI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) prediction rules ...

The Surgical Infection Society (SIS) presents new evidence-based guidelines for the management of intra-abdominal infection (IAI) in the journal Surgical Infections. "These guidelines are critical in ...

A recent prospective study published in the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology in February 2025 reveals that endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (EUS FNAC) achieves an ...

Researchers from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) have found a potential new strategy to treat peritoneal carcinomatosis, a metastatic form of intra-abdominal cancer, where patients are ...

For the first time since 2010, the Infectious Disease Society of America published new guidelines for treating complex abdominal infections. The revisions were prompted by “significant morbidity and ...

Approval of this indication is based on limited clinical safety and efficacy data for Emblaveo. In REVISIT, study participants with cIAI (n=312) were randomly assigned 2:1 to receive ...

These infections can be caused by certain Gram-negative microorganisms, making the infections challenging to control due to high antimicrobial resistance. FDA has approved Emblaveo (aztreonam and ...

A 29-year-old man presented to the emergency department with right abdominal pain and nausea. He recently moved from Mexico and had not been evaluated by a physician prior. The man reported a 9-year ...