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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common type of scoliosis in children and young people. It is progressive and the exact cause is unknown. Mild to moderate spinal curvature does not cause any health problems but can cause cosmetic concerns. Severe spinal curvature with secondary rib changes can also cause significant pain and lung problems. Treatment of AIS depends on several factors, including skeletal maturity, location of the spinal curve, speed of curve progression and size ...

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Idiopathic non-obstructive urinary retention is the inability to completely empty the bladder when there is no physical obstruction (in the urethra or bladder neck) to normal urine flow. It can be caused by urethral sphincter dysfunction. This can be because of dysfunctional voiding, urethral sphincter hyperactivity or inadequate relaxation of the urethral sphincter (for example, Fowler's syndrome in younger women and people with female anatomy), or bladder functional problems (detrusor muscle ...

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It's recommended to use local anaesthetic transperineal (LATP) prostate biopsy using the freehand needle positioning device PrecisionPoint as an option for diagnosing prostate cancer.The current standard prostate biopsy is mpMRI-influenced local anaesthetic transrectal ultrasound (LA‑TRUS) biopsy or mpMRI-influenced local anaesthetic transperineal (LATP) biopsy. Both routes use a transrectal ultrasound probe inserted into the anus to image the prostate. Both approaches are done in an ...

Iniciativa MAPAC (Mejorar la Adecuación de la Práctica Asistencial y Clínica)

Servicio Navarro de Salud - Osasunbidea

Do not transfuse platelets prophylactically in adults and children over one year of age who have a platelet count >10 x 109/L unless there are signs, symptoms or risk factors for active bleeding or they are undergoing an invasive procedure.

Use a low dose of platelets (1/2 apheresis/pool of platelets in adults) for prophylactic transfusion (especially in patients weighing <50 kg) or at most intermediate doses (1 apheresis/pool in adults). It is not recommended to use double amounts of ...

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force A and B recommendations

U.S. Preventive Services

Latent tuberculosis infection or latent tuberculosis infection is an infection with M. tuberculosis in which the bacteria are alive but contained by the immune system. Persons with latent tuberculosis infection have no apparent symptoms, do not feel sick, cannot spread tuberculosis to others, and usually have a positive tuberculosis skin test result or positive tuberculosis blood test reaction. Persons with latent tuberculosis infection may develop tuberculosis disease if they do not receive ...