Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4466/1710030
Reliability and Validity of the Arabic Version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23 Questionnaires
Ghufran Jassim and Ahmed AlAnsari
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: October 19, 2020
A cross-sectional study was carried out on a total of 337 subjects recruited from the Oncology Centre in Bahrain. The European Organization for Research and Treatment-QOL questionnaire and breast cancer specific module (EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23) were used to measure the HRQOL among women with breast cancer. All statistical tests were performed using SPSS Version 20. The reliability of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23 questionnaires was examined using Cronbach’s alpha test. The construct validi...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410324
Congenital Methemoglobinemia with Multiple Limb Anomalies in an 11-Year-Old Boy
Sheetal Agarwal, MD, Dhirendra Singh, MD, Ankur Agarwal, MS, Ridhima Sharma, MD and Savitri Singh, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 21, 2020
An adolescent male presenting with multiple congenital limb defects planned for corrective surgery was incidentally detected to have low oxygen saturation on room air at rest. The child was not on any medication. After a pediatric cardiologist opinion a 2D Echocardiography and ECG were done which turned out to be normal. Proper history, detailed examination and simple bedside test carried out by the pediatricians proposed the possibility of methemoglobinemia. Since the child was not on any medic...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510158
Large Left Atrium Myxoma Protruding into Left Ventricle
Sudeb Mukherjee, MBBS, MD, DM and Suhana Datta, MBBS, MS
Article Type: Image Article | First Published: October 21, 2020
44-year-old male presented with shortness of breath for last 8 months. He had history suggestive of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea. He had no history of rheumatic fever and had no complains of chest pain, palpitation or syncope. His ECG revealed no significant abnormalities, Auscultation revealed mid diastolic rumbling murmur best heard in the apical region. This murmur was changing in intensity and duration along with positional changes from standing to supine. Tumour plop was audible distinctly...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410178
Spontaneous Conception after Hysterosalpingography in an Infertile Woman with Bilateral Tubal Factors: A Case Report
Ayissi Grégory, Astrid Ndolo Kondo, Kasia Onana Yves Bertrand, Ebode Koa Vanessa, Azambou Kenteu Sandrine, Ngo Dingom Anne Madye and Essiben Felix
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 16, 2020
Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is an outpatient fluoroscopy procedure that evaluates the uterine cavity and fallopian tube patency. In some cases, HSG may have a therapeutic effect. We present the case of a 35-year-old HIV-positive woman with a 3-years-old history of secondary tubal infertility, a hysterosalpingogram revealing bilateral proximal tubal obstruction and presented later on with a 6-weeks pregnancy on ultrasound after HSG evaluation. Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is an inexpensive and wid...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410177
SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy: A Case Report on the First Emergency Cesarean Section in Vietnam and Literature Review
Tran Dinh Vinh, Vu Van Long and Pham Chi Kong
Article Type: Case Report and Literature Review | First Published: October 12, 2020
We report the first case of a pregnant woman infected with SARS-CoV-2 having an emergency cesarean section in Vietnam. This is the 569th patient infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam and is one of the first two pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam (along with patient number 495 who is 11 weeks pregnant). The patient has a history of treatment at Da Nang General Hospital (an outbreak in Da Nang City) due to urinary tract infection. The patient was discharged from the hospital on July ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410176
Gynaecological Near-Miss from Meleney’s Gangrene Post- Abdominal Myomectomy: A Case Report
Babatunde Olaniyi ROSIJI, Omagbeitse Henry ABIYERE, Babatunde Ajayi OLOFINBIYI, Olalekan Oladipupo ROSIJI, Blessing Oluwatosin OLANREWAJU and Olakunle John AYELOJA
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 03, 2020
Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe, rare, potentially lethal soft tissue infection that develops in the scrotum and perineum, the abdominal wall or the extremities. It progresses rapidly and septic shock may ensue. When the anterior abdominal wall is involved it is referred to as Meleney's gangrene. It is seen as a serious complication of surgery which evolves rapidly and could carry a high mortality rate of 30-50%, approaching up to 90% in diabetic patients. It is a synergistic infection involvi...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5726/1510086
Monoarticular Sero Negative Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joe Thomas,MBBS, MD, MRCP, DNB, Vijaya Mohan, MBBS, D (Ortho), DNB and Shyam Gopal V, MBBS, D (Ortho), DNB
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 16, 2020
Rheumatoid Arthritis is a very common entity, yet monoarticular presentation is very infrequent. We are reporting a case of sero negative rheumatoid arthritis affecting the knee joint. 32-year-old male presented to our department with pain and swelling of his right knee. There was no other joint pain, extra-articular manifestation or co morbid illness. His blood tests showed elevated inflammatory markers and negative autoantibodies. MRI showed effusion and extensive synovial hypertrophy. Arthros...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4193.1510090
Intra-Operative Findings in Middle Ear Cleft in Cases of Chronic Inactive Mucosal Otitis Media
Sourabh Shankar Chakraborty, MBBS, DNB (ENT) and Anil K Monga, MBBS, MS (ENT)
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: October 14, 2020
To assess intra-operative findings of mastoid bone; their prevalence in patients with chronic otitis media (inactive mucosal) and their correlation with age, sex of the patient, duration of complaint and degree of hearing impairment; to establish the prevalence of aditus block. In this study 100 patients, ranged from 11 to 74 years, with inactive mucosal chronic otitis media were subjected to type I tympanoplasty with cortical mastoidectomy. All the Intraoperative findings of middle ear & mastoi...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3278/1510046
Nutritional Status Evaluation of a Critically Ill Patient with Chagasic Cardiopathy Treated in an Intensive Care Unit in Santo Antonio de Jesus, Bahia, Brazil: A Case Report
Adriane de Jesus Santos, Vanessa Gomes Santiago, Jamille Souza Costa Barreto, Simone Santos Menezes, Danielle Brito Alves, Priscilla Carvalho da Silva Ribeiro, Thamires Barros dos Santos, Bianca Sena Bitencourt, Naiara Santos Barreto, Ludmila de Cássia Ornelas dos Reis, Jussara Argolo Guilhardi, Maria Fernanda Coni Magalhães and Carlos Alberto Soares da Costa
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 16, 2020
Malnutrition at hospital admission has negative impact on clinical outcomes such as patients’ hospital length of stay, rehospitalization and death. The aim of the current study is to present a case report describing the nutritional status of a critically ill patient with chagasic heart disease who was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Santo Antonio de Jesus County, Bahia State. Socioeconomic data, laboratory exams, anthropometric parameters and objective measurements suc...