Axillary vein puncture guided by ultrasound, using a readily learned technique, was superior to cephalic vein dissection via cut-down for implantation of cardiac device leads in a small, multicenter, randomized clinical trial from Brazil. Use of the axillary vein provided better success with shorter procedure time. In a comparison of the two approaches for pacemaker or defibrillator implantations, "the success rate...was significantly higher in the axillary group, 97.7% vs 54.5%" for the cephalic group, lead author Ana Paula Tagliari, MD, MSc, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, said in March at an online presentation for the virtual congress of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) 2020. Continue reading →

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Global Cardiology EMR Software Market Research Report 2020 accountable for its research which provides a top to bottom evaluation of this market so far as sales and developing business sector. The Cardiology EMR Software report comprises business overview, product offering, revenue share, strategies, and service offering of these prominent players. This report covers several vital regions from the global Cardiology EMR Software industry. Continue reading →

July 03, 2020 With the upcoming school year seven weeks away, it is time to recognize that no matter what the classroom and the class schedule may look like, completion of the immunization requirements is still going to be in force. Besides the battery of vaccinations due upon entry to school, there is a requirement for children entering the seventh grade, or age 12, to receive their second meningococcal vaccine. A plan had been developed between school officials, school nurses and this department to hold immunization events at the end of the school year and summer to ensure that this population received their immunization. Continue reading →