Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510274

First Few Cases Study to Investigate Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of COVID-19 in the Early Phase of the Response, Sierra Leone 2020

Kassim Kamara, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru, Angella Sandra Namwase, James Sylvester Squire, Monique Foster, Tushar Singh and Michelle L Sloan

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 08, 2022

Sierra Leone reported its first case of COVID-19 on March 30, 2020. This report describes the clinical characteristics and the epidemiological features of the first few cases and contacts of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510273

Monkey-Pox Virus and It’s Impact

Vikshit Tahiliani and Tetiana Kolotylo

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: August 05, 2022

Monkey-pox has been one of the most recent outbreak in more than 10 countries worldwide. Monkeypox is a DNA virus that is an orthopox virus family which is actually related to smallpox, but not as dangerous. So some key differences are that it is a DNA virus and whereas with SARS-CoV-2 which had 30,000 RNA codes basically, the monkey-pox is a double stranded DNA virus and its much larger virus which has 200,000 base pairs, so probably more pairs to sequence and probably more genes to sequence as...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510272

Incidence and Predictors of Pregnancy among HIV Positive Women on ART in North West Ethiopia, a Retrospective Cohort Study

Yenesew Fentahun Gebrie, Tadesse Mihretie Dessie and Dawit Yeshiwas

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 04, 2022

The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence and significant factors of incidence of pregnancy among HIV positive women under ART follow up....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5807/1510134

Monoclonal Light Chains in Multiple Myeloma: The Sinister Immunoglobulin

Gurmukh Singh, MD, PhD, MBA, Hongyan Xu, PhD and Roni J Bollag, MD, PhD

Article Type: Clinical Research | First Published: August 04, 2022

Multiple myelomas are the commonest hematological malignancy in adults, next to the heterogeneous group non- Hodgkin lymphomas, and account for about 10% of such tumors. About 21% of the multiple myelomas are associated with higher levels of free monoclonal light chains. This subgroup of patients exhibits high incidence of renal disease manifested by significantly lower estimated glomerular filtration rate, higher incidence of dialysis and significantly shorter survival....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-346X/1410139

Ophthalmology Webinars Have the Potential to Enhance the Knowledge of the Participants and Change their Attitude About PANIS Method

Shima Eghtedari, Farhad Nejat, Khosrow Jadidi and Nazanin-Sadat Nabavi

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: August 10, 2022

We have previously presented Plasma-Assisted Noninvasive Surgery (PANIS) as an effective method in managing ocular surface disorders (OSDs). In this study we tried to evaluate the impact of our cobinar (Conference + Webinar) about PANIS method on ophthalmologists either in-person or online....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-346X/1410138

Etiology and Management of Epiphora in an Underserved, Minority Population

Narmien Murdock MD, Raquel T Pinto BSN and Alberto G. Distefano MD

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: August 04, 2022

There is value in understanding the common etiologies of epiphora within different patient populations as well as identifying barriers to adequate treatment and symptom relief. The primary goal of the study is to report common etiologies of epiphora and the impact of treatment in patients of a large, inner-city hospital....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4512/1710082

Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intakes and Salt Reduction Strategies: Systematic Review in Africa (2012-2022)

Kenao TS, Sossa Jerôme C, Paraiso MN, Belo M, Sopoh GP and Agueh V

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: August 11, 2022

Excessive salt/sodium (Sodium > 2 grams/day, equivalent to 5 g salt/day) and low potassium (less than 3.5 grams/day) intake increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. To fight against cardiovascular diseases, the nutritional strategy is to regulate the dietary intake of salt/sodium and potassium according to set standards....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410265

Innovations in Electrophysiology Technologies and Devices

Samir Rafla, Aly Aboelhoda and Amr Kamal

Article Type: Review article | First Published: August 03, 2022

There are major advances and achievements in devices used in electrophysiology diagnosis and treatment. This short summary is collection of recent publications around this subject....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410264

Improvement in Hypertension Symptoms and Measurement Readings of Blood Pressure with Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Hypertensive Patients having Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS)

Original Article

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: August 04, 2022

Hypertension is a common comorbidity in obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). OSAHS can raise blood pressures to pre-hypertensive and hypertensive ranges, increase the prevalence of “nondipping” overnight blood pressure patterns, and increase the risk of resistant hypertension. The gold standard treatment for OSAHS is non-invasive ventilation through CPAP...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510135

Repeated Predictable Loading and Unpredictable Unloading Waist-Pull Perturbations to Elicit Protective Stepping Responses: Clinical Correlations with Fall History in Active Older Adults

Rachana Gangwani, BPT, Tanvi Bhatt, PhD and Louis DePasquale, PT, MA

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 03, 2022

Impairments in reactive stepping responses predispose older adults to fall-risk. Prior research has determined methods to assess reactive stepping responses, however those methods lack objectivity or feasibility for use in clinical settings. Spring Scale Test (SST) is a valid, reliable, safe and a clinical tool that measures reactive stepping responses as a percent of total body weight (% TBW)....