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  Last Updated: March 19, 2026

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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510059

Illness Perceptions and Adherence to Medication Regimen among Hypertensive Patients Attending a County Referral Hospital in Kenya

Salome Oyiela Otenyo and Deborah Kemunto Kereri

Article Type: Original Article | Publication Updated: May 24, 2021

Although various factors have been investigated across hypertensive patients to try to explain the factors that affect medication adherence, the role of illness representations among the Kenyan hypertensive population is still unclear. This study aimed at investigating the influence of illness representation on medication adherence among hypertensive patients attending a County Referral Hospital in Kenya. A Quantitative research design, utilizing a simple random sampling method was adapted. The ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510112

Hospital Induced Deconditioning

Jiya Liz Peter, MBBS

Article Type: Patient Care | Publication Updated: May 24, 2021

Medicine is considered to be one of the most noble as well as premium profession. We love saving lives each day and cherish a deep sense of accomplishment in what we do. However, the experience of being in a hospital is quite different from a patient’s perspective, and I hope to talk more about the impact here. Deconditioning is a lesser known subject that factors the psychological as well as physiological impact on an individual. While deconditioning could occur anywhere, it is quite commonly...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4563/1710029

Epitope Spreading and the Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Cancer

W. Robert Liu, PhD and David E. Fisher, MD, PhD

Article Type: Commentary | Publication Updated: May 28, 2021

Therapeutic antibodies that target immune checkpoints have revolutionized cancer therapy. While these checkpoints restrain T cell activation in response to antigen engagement, checkpoint inhibitors de-repress such tumor-associated T cells, and have generated major clinical responses in multiple tumor types. Nonetheless, the vast majority of cancers remain resistant to this therapeutic approach as currently deployed, either through intrinsic or acquired resistance mechanisms. One key question inv...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-3885/1710055

Contact Mechanics Modeling of the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament on the Plantar Surface of the Foot

Vitale Kyle Castellano, Robert L Jackson, and Michael E Zabala

Article Type: Prospective, Descriptive Study | Publication Updated: May 27, 2021

Neuropathy is a disease which results in the loss of sensation in the extremities. One method for assessing the degree of neuropathy is with a monofilament evaluator which buckles at a prescribed force depending on the filament diameter. However, as this assessment is conducted by the clinician’s hand, the true force delivered is unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to model the effects of both insertion depth and monofilament diameter on the contact force and normal stress produc...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410142

The Effects of Vitamin E on Non-proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

En Yng Ng, Yilynn Chiew, Sonia Chew Wen Phang, Yeek Tat Ng, Gerald Chen Jie Tan, Uma D Palanisamy, Badariah Ahmad and Khalid Abdul Kadir

Article Type: Research Article | Publication Updated: May 23, 2021

Vitamin E, which exhibits anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-thrombogenesis properties, has been shown to improve retinal blood flow in diabetic retinopathy. This study aim to investigate the effects of Vitamin E (Tocovid) on retinal microhaemorrhages and diabetic macular edema (DME) in diabetic retinopathy. A total of 30 participants were randomly allocated to the treatment group or placebo group. The participants in the treatment group (n = 19) received 200 mg Tocovid twice daily while ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410141

Systematic Review with Meta-analysis: Denosumab in Glucocorticoids Induced Osteoporosis

Mariya M El Akkawi and Ashish Shrestha

Article Type: Meta Analysis | Publication Updated: May 17, 2021

American College of Rheumatology recommends Bisphosphonates as the first choice drug for Glucocorticoids Induced Osteoporosis (GIOP). But denosumab is the promising drug that is recommended as the first choice for post-menopausal osteoporosis. This study was conducted to light up the efficacy and safety of denosumab compared to bisphosphonates in GIOP. Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), retrospective, prospective observational Studies, conference abstracts were searched in PubMed, Web of Scien...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510121

Clinical Characteristics of Suspected COVID-19 in Pediatric Patients

Heather Yerdon, BS, Lauren Mutter, MD, Rick Tivis, MPH, Trevor Olsen, PhD and Anna Suessman, DO

Article Type: Original Research | Publication Updated: May 20, 2021

This study reviews patients aged 21 and younger, who presented to the Ochsner Medical Center’s Pediatric Emergency Department during the COVID-19 pandemic. A retrospective analysis was completed comparing demographics, symptomology, and laboratory analysis between COVID positive and negative patients. This study examined pediatric patients presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Department at Ochsner Medical Center between March 11 and May 20, 2020. All children included in the study underwent C...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410225

Evolution of Pediatric Cardiology over the Last 50 Years - Part III

P Syamasundar Rao, MD

Article Type: Review Article | Publication Updated: May 14, 2021

The author has just written a book on the evolution of the specialty of Pediatric Cardiology over the last 50 years. The intent of this review is to present a summary of this book. Because of large amount of this material, the review is separated into four parts. In these first and second parts, transcatheter interventions (balloon angioplasty/valvuloplasty procedures and percutaneous occlusions) were appraised. In this paper, electrocardiography, echocardiography, and cardiac catheterization wi...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4512/1710057

An Audit of Paediatric Trauma Management in the Already Established Adult Trauma System

Nadeem Haider, Nijamudeen Kabeer, Kamil Vallabh, Zeyn Mahommed, Marcus Larsson and Fawzi Al Ayoubi

Article Type: Original Article | Publication Updated: May 26, 2021

To study the joint management of paediatric trauma by adult and paediatric surgeons, in an adult trauma system with an embedded paediatric component. We looked at the trauma registry data from January 2019 to June 2020 at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Ajman, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The medical records, radiology findings and post discharge outpatients visits records were studied. We had total of 137 paediatric trauma patients (excluding burns). These ages range was between 6 weeks to 16 yea...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510159

The Opinions of Patients Diagnosed Diabetes on Medical Nutrition Therapy: A Phenomenological Study

Leyla Muslu, Melek Ardahan and Ilhan Gunbayi

Article Type: Qualitative Study | Publication Updated: May 20, 2021

For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, medical nutrition therapy is one of the most essential components of a healthy life. The aim of this study was to investigate participants’ perceptions of the process of medical nutrition therapy. In this study, a qualitative phenomenological approach was adopted in order to explore in depth the experiences of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus during the medical nutrition therapy process, which is the most important component of diabetes treatme...

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