Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510091
Comparison of Normal Skin and Thermal and Chemical Burn Wounds using Vibrational Optical Coherence Tomography
Frederick H Silver, Nikita Kelkar and Ruchit Shah
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 16, 2019
The search for methods to evaluate the extent and severity of skin lesions, such as burns and other skin disorders, has been a subject of extentive research. While suction testing, elastography and other tests can be done noninvasively on intact skin, these tests cannot be done on burns and open wounds due to the possible injury that may occur. In addition, they fail to yield comparable results obtained using destructive tests such as uniaxial tensile testing. We have developed a technique to co...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410158
Systemic Atherosclerosis Treated by Hybrid Surgical and Systemic Percutaneous Endovascular Management
Walid Hassan, MD, MACP, FACC, FSCAI, Amr Aljareh, MD, Mariam Hassan, Khaldoun Al Saadi, MD and Sahar Sharaf Eldin, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 23, 2019
Atherosclerotic disease in one arterial site, raise the probability of having other sites affected by about 50% within the vascular axis. Hence once vascular pathology found in one site i.e. coronary artery disease (CAD), other sites i.e. Cerebral and peripheral circulation must be assessed thoroughly, especially in patients with multiple risk factors. Percutaneous intervention (PCI) is a conservative reasonable solution for high risk and inoperable cases; sometimes it supersedes the choice surg...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410157
A Modified Advanced Cardiac Life Support Algorithm
Abdulhalim Jamal Kinsara
Article Type: PATIENT CARE | First Published: September 21, 2019
Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) has been made with many algorithms. We are suggesting a simple combined one as a time frame expected to attend is minutes and maintaining coherent neurological status is crucial. In institutions with multiple nationalities, the way in which ACLS is taught might vary and the time frame expected to attend the important minutes in saving a life and maintaining coherent neurological status might been delayed....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iavm-2017/1710003
Surgical Treatment of a Popliteal Artery Pseudoaneurysm after Total Knee Arthroplasty
B. Matias Garcia, A Sanchez Gollarte, F Ruiz Grande, S Barrena Blazquez, T Ratia Jimenez, RG Alvarado Hurtado and F Noguerales Fraguas
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 23, 2019
Vascular complications after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are uncommon but they can compromise the viability of the limbs. The incidence of popliteal pseudoaneurysms after total knee arthroplasty varies from 0.03 to 0.5%. We present the case of a popliteal pseudoaneurysm as a complication after a TKA. A 76-year-old woman with a diagnosis of right knee osteoarthritis is undergoing TKA. During the postoperative period, the patient presented a pulsating and progressive growing mass in the poplitea...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510132
Nursing Leadership Learning in Practice: A Four Stage Learning Process
Pieter Jan Van Dam, RN, PhD and Karen Maree Ford, RN, PhD
Article Type: Original Research | First Published: September 19, 2019
There is emerging evidence that most nursing leadership learning occurs in practice and through social interactions. However, how this social process of learning takes place is not clear and there is limited information about how to support nursing leadership learning as it occurs in clinical settings. The purpose of this study was to increase understanding of the nature of leadership learning in nursing practice. It further aimed to discover the ways in which this type of learning is important ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4466/1710020
Clinical Conundrums in Diagnosis and Management of Multisystem Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Jun Park, MD and Vishal Sehgal, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 26, 2019
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder with an incident of 1.8 cases per 1,000,000. It involves granulomatous deposits in multiple organs, leading to a wide variety of manifestations such as bone lesions, pulmonary nodules, pituitary lesions, and skin lesions. With mucocutaneous manifestation, it is often diagnosed in childhood, typically making LCH a childhood disease. However, due to the involvement of multiple organ systems and variable clinical courses, if not diagnosed durin...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4466/1710019
The Relation between Helicobacter Pylori Density and Gastritis Severity
Serhat Sayin
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 21, 2019
Helicobacter pylori affects many individuals in developing countries. Inflammation caused by helicobacter pylori differs depending on the virulence factors, density and host tissue response of the bacteria. This study is intended to investigate the relation between density of helicobacter pylori colonization in gastric mucosa in biopsy specimens and gastric mucosal inflammation severity. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori/Hp) is a microaerophilic gram negative bacilli initially detected in the antra...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510139
Urine Sediment Abnormalities with Sedimax® Contrust PRO in CKD
Sulejmani A, Falbo R, Giacobone C, Spiti S, Sala MR and Brambilla P
Article Type: Image Article | First Published: September 07, 2019
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is an increasing global public health problem and usually occurs as a silent disease, often diagnosed in advanced stages of renal dysfunction. An estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) below 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and/or markers of kidney damage for > 3 months are the criteria that define CKD. Among the markers of kidney damage, urine sediment abnormalities are a simple means to facilitate the diagnosis of CKD. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is an increasing global pub...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5777/1510076
Trauma and Compassion Fatigue in Mental Health Professionals Who Help Refugees in the Middle East
Walid Khalid Abdul-Hamid, MBChB, MRCPsych, PhD
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: August 22, 2019
The impact of working with people and helping them with difficult or traumatic experienced has long been recognized. The problems that affect helping professionals have been termed Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout, Vicarious Traumatization. Since the Iraq War and the Arab Spring, the Middle East has been in constant turmoil that results in traumatisation for the local population and to those trying to help them from local and international mental health care organisations....