Open Access DOI:10.23937/2690-3164/1710010
A Case Series Outlining the Relationship between Dolichoectasia and Ectrodactyly-Ectodermal Dysplasia-Clefting Syndrome
Cameron John Sabet
Article Type: Case Series | First Published: July 31, 2021
Ectrodactyly-Ectodermal Dysplasia-Clefting Syndrome (EEC) is a rare heritable condition marked by ectodermal dysplasia with nails, teeth, sweat glands, and hair, eye and lacrimal duct malformations, midfacial hypoplasia, ectrodactyly (loss of fingers or toes), syndactyly, clinodactyly, auricular anomalies, short height, orofacial cleft palates, genitourinary anomalies, malformations within the central nervous system (CNS) leading to mental impairment or hearing loss, nevocellular nevi, flat nose...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5742/1510077
Juvenile Gangrenous Vasculitis of the Scrotum: A Case to Consider
Arlene Rodríguez González, Andrea Orosa Andrada, Jorge Salgado Novoa, Susana Rodríguez Rey, Ana Fandiño Argibay and Venancio Chantada Abal
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 29, 2021
Juvenile gangrenous vasculitis of the scrotum is a rare entity that appears in young men, characteristically after an infection of the upper respiratory tract. We present the case of a 27-year-old male patient who presented with fever and scrotal ulcer after pharyngotonsillar symptoms. The differential diagnosis with other entities that present with scrotal ulcer is proposed, including Fournier’s gangrene and vascular ulcer secondary to infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Juvenile gangrenous va...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4512/1710059
Coagulation and Immune Characteristics in a COVID-19 Case
Zhijun Zhu, Kaiming Hu and Mei Zhu
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: July 28, 2021
An outbreak of respiratory illness, officially named Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), has spread rapidly worldwide. The domestic situation has been controlled, now the resumption of production and work as well as people's normal life has been accelerating. We focused this article on laboratory changes in the infection confirmed case of COVID-19 hospitalized to clarify the immune characterizations and coagulation system. Coagulation dysfunction is common in patient with COVID-19, especially f...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510163
Critical Care Nurses’ Knowledge and Practices on Ventilator- Associated Pneumonia
Nurul Aqilah Bt Selamat, Khin Thandar Aung and May Khin Soe
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: July 26, 2021
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is common in critical care and can happen within 48-72 hours in intubated ventilated patients. Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a condition of high rates of morbidity, mortality, length of stay and hospital costs for ventilated patients. The prevention of (VAP), known as a hospital-acquired infection, is a major clinical challenge such that critical care nurses need to understand the risk factors for developing VAP. And also, nurses are the best position t...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-3966/1710042
A COVID-19 from Laboratory Suspicion to Confirmatory Tests: Controversial Debatable
Yasser Mohammed Hassanain Elsayed
Article Type: Editorial | First Published: July 31, 2021
A coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) patient is currently balanced between laboratory suspicion and confirmatory tests. This is still controversial debatable. Sometimes, the cost and test availability push the physician towards this area. The disease severity, high infectivity, test sensitivity, and specificity are other playing factors. The strong willingness for mortality predictors is an essential tool for clinicians to rapidly triage the severe COVID-19 patients at admission into critical care depa...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4555/1710015
The Outcome of Intrapartum Lamaze Philosophy in Low Risk Pregnant Women in Turkey
Reyhan ERKAYA and Kıymet YESİLÇİÇEK ÇALIK
Article Type: Orginal Research | First Published: July 19, 2021
The Lamaze philosophy identifies six care practices that promote, support, and protect normal birth. This study was conducted as descriptive research in order to determine whether normal childbirth actually occurs in keeping with the six points set forth in the philosophy of Lamaze. The study sample consisted of a total of 460 women. Data were collected over the period November 29, 2017 - June 30, 2018, in a hospital in northern Turkey after permission for the research was granted by the prevail...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710072
Multilevel Percutaneous Vertebroplasty with the Spine Jack® System in a Patient with Cushing Disease
Cuauhtemoc Gil-Ortiz, Alberto Ramírez-Romero, Javier Lagos-Servellon and Dulce Bonifacio- Delgadillo
Article Type: Clinical Case | First Published: June 28, 2021
Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) is a minimally invasive procedure that requires the injection of cement into a fractured vertebral body. Spine Jack® is a vertebroplasty system with an intracorporal implant designed to restore the height of the vertebral body in osteoporotic vertebral fractures. There are no reported cases of PV with Spine Jack® system as treatment for multilevel compression fractures in patients with vertebral osteoporosis due to Cushing disease. A 55-year-old male with lumba...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4193.1510105
Temperature-Controlled Radiofrequency Treatment of the Nasal Valve and Nasal Airway Obstruction: Early Results of a Prospective, Multi-Center Study
William C. Yao, MD, Randall A. Ow, MD and Henry P. Barham, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 10, 2021
Nasal valve collapse is a primary cause of nasal obstruction. Patients with nasal airway obstruction suffer from a variety of symptoms that affect quality of life including congestion, headache, sleep problems, daytime sleepiness, and snoring. To evaluate the effectiveness of a low-power temperature-controlled radiofrequency procedure to treat the nasal valve and measure symptomatic improvement in patients diagnosed with nasal airway obstruction due to nasal valve collapse. A prospective, single...