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It produces clinical practice guidelines and various other documents relevant to the field of gastroenterology including diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas and biliary tract, and the disciplines of gastrointestinal endoscopy, nutrition, pathology and gastrointestinal surgery.
Surgical embolectomy for massive pulmonary embolism (PE) has become a rare procedure and is often viewed as a last resort. Thrombolytic therapy has become the treatment of choice. [1] Surgical or catheter embolectomy is a procedure performed in patients with pulmonary embolism, which is a blockage of an artery in the lung caused by a blood clot.
Surgery, consisting of excision of part of the lower stomach, also called antrectomy, is another option. [6] [16] Antrectomy is "the resection, or surgical removal, of a part of the stomach known as the antrum". [2] Laparoscopic surgery is possible in some cases, and as of 2003, was a "novel approach to treating watermelon stomach". [26]
Bleeding/coagulopathy: platelet count and international normalized ratio (INR) should be checked before the procedure. Discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy or anticoagulation requires consideration of the risks of hemorrhage vs. thrombosis and management should be based on current guidelines. [8] [9]
Activated clotting time (ACT), also known as activated coagulation time, is a test of coagulation. [1] [2]The ACT test can be used to monitor anticoagulation effects, such as from high-dose heparin before, during, and shortly after procedures that require intense anticoagulant administration, such as cardiac bypass, interventional cardiology, thrombolysis, extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation ...
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The LAA can also be surgically removed simultaneously with other cardiac procedures such as the maze procedure or during mitral valve surgery; specifically, it can be occluded or excluded by over-sewing, excision and resection, ligation, stapling with or without amputation of the LAA or application of a clip system [7] [8] [9] Finally, the left ...
Trump's felony hush-money sentencing had been scheduled for November 26. Trump's election and SCOTUS-bestowed immunity wreaked havoc on that schedule.