Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy occurs in 1 to 3 per 1,000 live full-term births. Of the newborns affected by this condition, 15% to 20% will die while they are in the postnatal period.
New York residents who may be concerned about the medical care that they or their loved ones receive in a hospital may be interested in the results of recent research conducted by physicians. According to the research, there has been a striking uptick in the number of medical malpractice legal cases that stem from patients being found deceased in their beds.
According to statistics, 90% of all gallbladder removals in the United States are performed laparoscopically. Also known as Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, and lap choly for short, gallbladder laparoscopy was first performed in 1987 and since then, there has been a significant increase in the number of people who get their gallbladders removed.
According to statistics, 2,068,349 patients suffered a traumatic injury in 2006, and roughly 47% of these sustained an orthopedic injury. According to sub-specialized orthopedic traumatologists, 25.7% of all trauma patients need an orthopedic traumatologist, while general orthopedists stated that 13.5% of all patients suffering from trauma require an orthopedic traumatologist.
Data from the National Cancer Institute shows that there were almost 12,990 new cases of cervical cancer and 4,120 cervical cancer deaths in the United States in 2016. New York women should know that according to a study published in a peer-reviewed medical journal in January 2017, the assertion that there was a low risk of dying from cervical cancer may have been wrong. They thus should continue to receive their recommended cancer screenings.
