At the time, intravenous salt solution was the standard response to diarrheal dehydration.

When vascular surgeon Paolo Zamboni reported in December 2009 that inflating a tiny balloon inside twisted veins in the neck provided relief from multiple sclerosis, he created quite a stir.

Objective To study the effect and feasibility of the treatment of severe neonate hyperbilirubinemia by peripheral arteriovenous synchronous exchange transfusion.