INTRODUCTION to describe antithrombotic-related major haemorrhage, therapeutic management and outcomes in patients admitted to an emergency department of a teaching hospital. MATERIAL AND METHOD This prospective cohort included patients older than 16years with antithrombotic-related major haemorrhage identified by monthly diagnostic codes computerised requests. Major haemorrhage was defined b...

Intracranial haemorrhage is commonly found at necropsy in association with hyaline membrane disease. The bleeding usually occurs in the subarachnoid or intraventricular sites (Hutchison, Kerr, Douglas, Inall, and Crosbie, 1964), but its cause is as yet poorly established. Cerebral haemorrhage unrelated to hyaline membrane disease frequently occurs in premature infants (Craig, 1938), and anoxia ...

BACKGROUND There has been little research on bathroom accidents. It is unknown whether the shower or bathtub are connected with special dangers in different age groups or whether there are specific risk factors for adverse outcomes. METHODS This cross-sectional analysis included all direct admissions to the Emergency Department at the Inselspital Bern, Switzerland from 1 January 2000 to 28 Fe...

Post-partum haemorrhage is defined as being "excessive bleeding from any part of the genital tract after the birth of a child." Some authorities make a hair-splitting definition and describe intra-partum haemorrhage when excessive bleeding occurs before the placenta has been delivered, and confine the term post-partum haemorrhage to excessive bleeding after the completion of the third stage of ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate potential risk factors, presenting symptoms, management, and outcomes of intracranial haemorrhage in Chinese children with immune thrombocytopenia managed in a regional hospital. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING A regional hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS All paediatric patients with immune thrombocytopenia complicated by intracranial haemorrhage in the perio...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Tonsillectomy represents one of the main surgical procedures for the otolaryngologist, with haemorrhage being the most common postoperative. The objective of this study was to determine the post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage rate, and relate the surgical technique, diagnosis and patient age. METHODS This was a retrospective study, from April 2012 to January 2014, cover...

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal haemorrhage is a common complication of duodenal ulcers. Patients who bleed are at substantial risk of recurrent bleeding. AIM To determine whether appropriate therapeutic steps were taken to reduce the risk of recurrent haemorrhage in patients with a bleeding duodenal ulcer. METHODS The management of patients surviving a duodenal ulcer bleed in the University Ho...

BACKGROUND The management of major colonic bleeding is problematic. A proportion of patients require emergency surgery which is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Percutaneous embolotherapy, previously considered a high risk procedure in the colon, may provide an alternative treatment in this group of patients. AIMS To assess the safety and efficacy of embolotherapy in the treatmen...

Haemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder with variable deficiency of Factor VIII in the plasma and is characterised by bleeding into joints, muscles and tissues either spontaneously or in response to trivial trauma. Perioperative care requires multidisciplinary involvement. Perioperative management involves the risk of excessive bleeding from surgical site as well as spontaneous bleeding i...

Abstract Introduction Acute lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage can potentially be life-threatening. We present a case of massive rectal bleed which was managed successfully with balloon tamponade device designed for upper haemorrhage. Presentation A 75-year-old gentleman, history human immunodeficiency virus and cirrhosis portal hypertension, presented bright red bleeding. Investigations showed...