Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510263

Epidemiological Study of COVID-19 in Single Center in Baghdad City-Iraq

Yasmin H Talibv and Suadad J AL-daboony

Article Type: Original Research | First Published: May 31, 2022

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a novel strain of corona virus was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, a city of Chinas Hubei province with population of 11 million, after an outbreak of pneumonia without an obvious cause....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510133

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food and Nutrition Security among Older Adults: A Qualitative Perspective

Lauri Y Wright, PhD, RDN, LDN, FADA, Jenifer Ross, DCN, RDN, LDN, FAND, Leslie T Van Horn, DCN, RDN, LDN, FAND and Carolina N Freiria

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 16, 2022

While the primary predictor of food insecurity is poverty, physical limitations and interpersonal relationships are also common barriers to food access among older adults. The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected older adults, with those ages 65 and older making up 75% of COVID-19 deaths in the United States....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510132

A Rare Case of Delirium after Johnson and Johnson’s Janssen’s Vaccination

Carlos Rivera, MD, Sarah Shi, DO, Parinda Patel, DO, Hammad Choudhry, MD and John Dedousis, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 16, 2022

The SARS-Cov pandemic has impacted our world in unprecedented ways. There is a full spectrum of asymptomatic patients to those who debilitate significantly and culminate in death. The current medical literature has been expanding as we are understanding the repercussions of this novel virus....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510131

Prognostication in Very Old Intensive Care Patients with Acute Kidney Injury

Marc Romain, Michael Beil, Josh Mormol, Ilana Stav, Tali Liberman, Peter Vernon van Heerden and Sigal Sviri

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 15, 2022

Acute kidney injury is an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality during critical illness notably in very old patients admitted to intensive care units. This study was performed to identify prognosticators for these patients....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3286.1510072

Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate

Sameena Iqbal, Barama Dalila, Davine Yang, Khashayar Rafat Zand and Celena Scheede Bergdahl

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: June 05, 2022

Hypothyroidism has been identified as a comorbidity related to chronic kidney disease (CKD). The retrospective study investigated thyroid function and CKD and assessed the relationship between TSH and urine albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR), the slope of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), stratified by CKD grades....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4045.1510065

Older and Bigger Living Donors for Liver Transplantation: Role of Age and BMI in Donor Selection

Patrick E. McGovern, Alexander Fagenson, Sharan Krishnan, Rohit S. Reddy, Nicholas Peterson, Charles Cole, Adam Diamond, Kelvin Lau, Antonio Di Carlo and Sunil S. Karhadkar

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 17, 2022

While obesity and age have historically limited potential living donors in the past, the points at which these factors could affect donor morbidity and mortality are unclear. We sought to identify any age and weight-based limitations for living donor for liver transplantation to expand the pool of potential donors....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-461X/1710064

Clinical Profile of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Brucellosis in Ghindae Zonal Referral Hospital, Northern Red Sea Region, Eritrea

Esayas T Mehari, MD, Dawit Kidane, Abraham Dawit Jeff, Feven T Mehari, Michael Ghebrezghabiher and Fitsum Kibreab

Article Type: Original article | First Published: June 13, 2022

The study aims to uncover the burden of brucellosis in Ghindae Zonal Referral Hospital, the therapeutic approach used at the hospital, and the outcome of treatment....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410141

Role of Briefing and Debriefing in Running Surgical Ward Round Effectively: A Prospective Observational Study

Muhamamd S Sajid, FRCS, Shehram Shafique, BSc, Ahmed M Malik, MRCS, Christi Swaminathan, FRCS, Parv Sains, FRCS and Krishna K Singh, FRCS

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 15, 2022

A surgical ward round (SWR) is a review of all inpatients admitted electively for investigation or an operation or acute surgical admissions. This diverse and complex cohort of surgical patients can pose significant diagnostic and management challenges and therefore, their adequate review during SWR can undoubtedly improve safety of the patients....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410140

Protection Status of Healthcare Professionals Working in the Operating Room from Surgical Smoke

Ikbal Cavdar, PhD, MSc, RN, Yasemin Ozhanli, PhD, MSc, RN, Ahmet Karaman, PhD, MSc, RN, Ayfer Ozbas, PhD, MSc, RN, Cagla Dastan, MSc, RN and Ertugrul Goksoy, MD

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: May 31, 2022

Despite knowledge of the dangerous components of surgical smoke and evidence-based practices to control surgical smoke, healthcare professionals continue to be exposed to surgical smoke. It is critical to determine the possible damages of surgical smoke during the operation and to minimize these damages....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510224

In the Elderly Population does Creatine Supplementation Play a Beneficial Role in Memory and Cognition A CAT Manuscript

Trevor Shaw

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: June 15, 2022

Creatine has been used for decades to aid in performance/ energy system output and even more recently in bone health. However recent literature has suggested creatine has much more far-reaching effects. A combined PubMed and Google scholar search within the last 7 years demonstrated numerous high-quality papers discussing the benefits of creatine on cognition....