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Structural valve dysfunction (SVD) has occurred in nearly one in four young women with bioprosthetic heart valves (BPVs) at the first antenatal visit, and this may have harmful effects in pregnancy outcomes, reports a study. Specifically, SVD of left-sided BPVs is associated with high rates of adverse events (AEs).

An exercise regimen, administered remotely using a wearable device, leads to improvements in body composition and health-related physical fitness, according to a recent study.

In children who had had choledochal cysts, management with robotic and laparoscopic surgery leads to comparable outcomes, a recent study has found.

The use of general anaesthesia (GA) in children undergoing elective surgeries does not lead to long-term deterioration in behavioural outcomes, according to a study presented at Anesthesiology 2022.

In intensive care units (ICU) in low-resource settings, older patient age, moderate to copious secretions, and prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV) appear to increase the risk of extubation failure, a recent study has found.