Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3664.1410032
Implantations and Applications of Brain Computer Interfaces as Medical Devices: A Short Review of Engineering Ethics
Akram Jassim Jawad
Article Type: Short Review | First Published: March 28, 2021
Nowadays, smart home devices have started to take a part in everything in our life, which mainly have been developed to consist from brain computer interface (BCI). In recent months, Neuralink BCI (1024-Electode) has been approved to be used by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA. That makes the ethical related studies have more attention to apply these devices and technologies in our daily life with more security. In this work, the ethical challenges of smart home systems that use BCI...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410138
Can Statins Be Beneficial in COVID 19 Patients?
Mouin Jammal, Moussa Riachy and Fady Haddad
Article Type: Letter to Editor | First Published: April 17, 2021
Covid-19 remains a novel pandemic with many controversies and variable clinical expression and severity. Diabetes and a pre-existing cardiovascular disease are the greatest risk factor for severe Covid-19. The overall case fatality rate of 2.3% in the general population increases to 7.3% in presence of diabetes and reaches 15% in presence of a pre-existing cardiovascular disease. Age, smoking, arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes and obesity predict a severe Covid- 19. MyD88 gen...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3419/1410150
Prognostic Significance of Hormone Receptor (ER/PR) Status Inendometrial Carcinoma in Black Women: Implications with Lymph Node Metastasis
Manan Shah, Gabriela Oprea, Saba Shafi, Phani Keerthi Surapaneni, Sandeep Sasidharan, and Sanjay Jain
Article Type: Original Research | First Published: April 19, 2021
Loss of estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER/ PR) independently predicts lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis. Black females in comparison to their white counterparts are diagnosed at a later stage, with higher grade, poorer prognostic histology, and worse outcomes. We reviewed black females (n = 70) diagnosed with endometrial cancer at our institution from 2015-2018 including endometroid/ non-endometroid histology, FIGO stage I-IVA, grade 1-3 for ER/PR receptors and presence or absence o...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3419/1410149
HER2/Neu Distribution in Female Breast Cancer in Libya: Correlation with Clinicopathological Features and Survival
Abdalla O Jebriel, Jens Huober and Fathi B Abdalla
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: April 18, 2021
HER2 protein over-expression is of great importance to guide hormone therapy. The present study aimed to determine the HER2 status of Libyan women with breast cancer and evaluate the correlation of HER2 expression with some clinicopathological features as well as overall survival (OS). Data on 245 women with a diagnosis of breast cancer who were registered at the Misurata Cancer Center (MCC) in Libya from January 2004 to December 2012 were retrospectively studied. Patients’ demographic and cli...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510120
Acute Occlusion of the Lower Limb Artery Associated with Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Coma in a Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Case Report
Kyoko Hayashida, MD, PhD, Shinsuke Masuda, MD, Yuichiro Yuchi, MD, Tsutomu Matsushita, MD, PhD and Kazuki Morimoto, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 17, 2021
A 61-year-old man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) on tracheostomy positive pressure ventilation was brought to the emergency room due to decreased consciousness. He was diagnosed with hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic coma (HHNC) with severe systemic hypotension. He exhibited an adequate response to treatment of continuous intravenous insulin infusion and fluid replacement. On the third day, he developed acute limb ischemia due to extensive occlusion from the left common iliac arter...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510119
Evaluation of Obstetric Patient Transfers by Helicopter in Turkey
Asiye Uzun, MD, Eren Usul, MD, Gülşah Çıkrıkçı Işık, MD, Semih Korkut, MD
Article Type: Original Research | First Published: April 09, 2021
Air ambulance services, which began in 2008 in our country, have become increasingly widespread. Today, there are command centers in 17 cities, and helicopter ambulances are preferably provided during the day, while air craft ambulances are used at night. The aim of the present study was to examine the characteristics of obstetric patient transfers by helicopter ambulance throughout Turkey in 2020. This study was started after receiving permission from the Turkish Ministry of Health, and all obs...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5831/1510034
Psychophysiological Differences in Patients with/without Schizophrenia: A Comparative Study
Theofilidis Antonis and Fountoulakis Konstantinos
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: April 09, 2021
Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder affecting 20 million people worldwide. Characterized by distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self and behaviour. Differences in body mass index, weight and height, in patients with schizophrenia, mood disorders vs. normal controls. The study sample included 76 patients with unipolar depression, 16 patients with schizoaffective disorder, 122 patients with schizophrenia, and 78 patients with other mental disorders,...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510155
Occupational Health Nursing: A Specialty under Debate
Javier González-Caballero
Article Type: Short Review | First Published: March 31, 2021
The exercise of occupational health nursing based on the acquisition of competencies allows them to fully carry out their tasks, acquire levels of autonomous decision, make their role visible as a collective and record their contribution in this very specific work scenario. Considering the active role it plays in the context of organizations, its contribution allows guaranteeing the well-being of the people who are the object of its care, the working population. The occupational health nursing s...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4466/1710032
Type II First Branchial Cleft Cyst Presenting as Parotid Mass: A Case Report
Mayand Vakil, MD, Aron Kandinov, MD and Evelyne Kalyoussef, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 03, 2021
Branchial cleft cysts are frequent causes of congenital neck masses-second only to thyroglossal duct cysts. Often asymptomatic, these masses can be missed until adulthood. The branchial apparatus is comprised of 3 parts: Arch, cleft, and pouch; these parts develop into the soft tissue, cartilaginous, and bony structures the mandible and neck. Incomplete obliteration is thought to result in branchial anomalies. First branchial cleft anomalies (FBCA) are quite rare, comprising less than 8% of all ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410342
Recurrent Anal Abscess in a Young Male Patient with Autosomal- Dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome
Federico Lovisetto, Andrea Guala and Zonta Sandro
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 31, 2021
Here we present the case of a 17-year-old male patient affected by autosomal-dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome (ADHIES) who underwent to incision and drainage of recurrent anterior anal abscess. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case about recurrent perianal infection in autosomal- dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome. Hyper IgE Syndromes (HIES) are a rare primary immunodeficiencies characterized by elevated serum IgE, with an estimated incidence of 1 in 500000 to 1000000 individuals. The HIES are c...