Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-4630/1410098
Anaesthesia Monitoring using Artificial Intelligence Techniques
Harry Mc Grath, Colin Flanagan, Liaoyuan Zeng and Yiming Lei
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: December 07, 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change our lives beyond recognition, it will have a far bigger impact than the internet or mobile technology. We are now at the threshold where machine intelligence is comparable with human intelligence, in certain limited aspects, for the first time in history. Enhancements in technology, both software and hardware, have resulted in some human decision-making being inferior to, and more erratic than, AI in many fields, including medicine. However, it is widely ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5742/1510066
Nephrocutaneous Fistula after Microwave Thermal Ablation and Literature Review
Marius Anglickis, Giedre Anglickiene, Gintare Andreikaite, Lina Miklyciute and Edmundas Starolis
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 13, 2019
Nephrocutaneous fistula is a very rare complication of renal surgery. It may be associated with renal tumors, nonfunctional kidneys, staghorn calculi, renal trauma or chronic urinary tract infections. Because of widely used imaging techniques an early detection of small renal tumors has modified the management of kidney cancer. Nephron sparing surgical resection remains the standard of care for T1 tumors less than 7 cm. For patients who are not amenable for surgery, microwave thermal ablation (M...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4512/1710033
Odontogenic Keratocysts Associated with Dental Displacement for Orbita Floor: Case Report
Marcelo B Bastos, Mariana MM de Carvalho, Daiana CP de Santana, Priscila V Fialho, Luis CC dos Santos, Alana D Barboza, Diego M de O. Barbosa and Alexandre M Seixas
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 14, 2019
The odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) is a benign pathology that presents characteristics of aggression and local recurrence. The WHO considered it as an odontogenic tumor in 2005, but in the most recent classification in 2017 it was once again considered as an odontogenic developmental cyst. Most of the time it presents a symptomatically, but the patient can report the pain symptomatology. The aim of this article is to report a clinical case of OKC on maxilla describing its characteristics and forms...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4193.1510070
Giant Epidermoid Cyst of the Bony External Ear Canal - A Rare Case Report
Muzeyyen Dogan
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 05, 2019
Epidermal cyst of the bony external auditory canal in adults is rare. Only nine cases are reported in the literature. They occasionally tend to develop into a malignancy. A 35-years-old female presented with complaints of decreased hearing and fullness at the left ear. The severity of these symptoms increased gradually for 6 months. On physical examination, the left otoscopy showed a mass that was completely occluding the canal; the tympanic membrane was not visualized. The property of this mass...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510108
Fundal Placenta Percreta Presenting as Acute Abdomen: A Case Report and the Role of CT-scan in Management
Mohamad K Ramadan, MBBCh-FACS, Bassam Sammak, MD, FRCR, Amani Mohsen, MD, Haneen Hijazi, MD and Dominique A Badr, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 06, 2019
Fundal abnormally invasive placentae (AIP) rate is not precisely known, though, it is thought to be infrequent. Acute abdomen due to uterine rupture is an atypical and an extremely rare presentation. Hereby, we report the case of a 33-year-old G3P2002 who presented at 21-weeks with acute abdomen. CT-Scan and color-Doppler ultrasound showed massive hemoperitoneum with a fundal placenta actively bleeding into the abdominal cavity. At laparotomy, the uterus had a 3 cm dent in its left fundal area t...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510093
Electrocardiographic Brugada Pattern Unmasked by Febrile Illness
Antonio Villa, Alfredo Corticelli, Luisa Chiappa and Antonella Savinelli
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 04, 2019
Brugada syndrome is associated with a high risk of sudden cardiac death and some authors suggested the possibility that a febrile state may unmask the Brugada syndrome. We present a case of fever-induced type I electrocardiographic Brugada pattern. This is well known among the cardiologists, but it is necessary to introduce this clinical entity to other specialists, especially among internists and physicians of the emergency. Brugada syndrome, first described in 1992 as a new clinical entity by ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5866/1410032
Assessment of the Topographic Memory in Epileptic Patients
BAKOU Niangoran Francois, KPI-N'DIH Annabelle, BA Abdoulaye and ADOU Kobenan Fieni
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: December 04, 2019
The method used is that of named Route Learning Task (RLT). It is a path learning task (topographic memory) that is based solely on learning a route composed of visual but non-verbal cues so that there is no influence of Examiner language or signposts on patient behavior. At a normal walking pace, the subjects had to travel a 10-minute loop in the cocody university hospital. The route (approximately 200 m) included 7 crossings that required an orientation decision. The examiner showed the route ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacph-2017/1710005
Adult Patients who were Breastfed are Less Anxious but Suffer More Frequently of Non-Diarrheic Functional Bowel Disorders
Michel Bouchoucha, Ghislain Devroede, Pierre Rompteaux, Florence Mary, Bakhtiar Bejou and Robert Benamouzig
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: December 04, 2019
Many patients have persistent and recurring GI symptoms attributed to the digestive system. The Rome criteria, a classification of the functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) has been proposed, for FGIDS not associated to any structural or biochemical abnormalities. These disorders can affect any part of the GI tract (esophagus, stomach, colon, terminal intestine). FGIDs are not psychiatric disorders, although stress and psychological difficulties can make FGIDs worse. There are three prim...