Emergency department patients treated for gunshot wounds to the chest or abdomen are more likely to wind up in the hospital again than those who have such wounds in other areas of the body, a new ...

This video demonstrates the use of eFAST — or extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma — a point-of-care ultrasound examination performed in patients with a traumatic injury to the ...

HOUSTON — Doctors in Houston have successfully separated twin toddlers who were born in 2016 conjoined at the chest and abdomen. A spokeswoman at Texas Children’s Hospital says 13-month-old Anna and ...

A biomedical engineer at Purdue University has developed a new method to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation that promises to be more effective than standard CPR because it increases nourishing ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Chart of a human thorax and abdomen ...

HOUSTON — Conjoined identical twin girls joined at the chest and abdomen were successfully separated last month by doctors at a Texas hospital. A team of nearly 75 surgeons, anesthesiologists, ...