Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4059/1710014
The Effect of Music Therapy on Cognitive Functions and Adaptation in Alzheimer's Patients
Busra Kayaaslan and Neslihan Lok
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: August 23, 2019
With the increasing life expectancy in the world, chronic diseases are seen in elderly individuals. There is currently no treatment that can prevent, stop or cure Alzheimer’s disease, one of these chronic diseases, or slow down neurodegeneration in AD. The treatments used are symptomatic treatments to slow down the course of the disease. Since the 1960s, psychosocial interventions have been used in addition to medications in the treatment of AD and its use has increased after the 2000s. One of...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4142.1510009
Association of Dairy Intake with Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome in a Community-Based Brazilian Adults
Tatiana Cristina Figueira Polo, Silvia Justina Papini, Katia Portero Sloan, Patricia Baston Frenhani and Roberto Carlos Burini
Article Type: Original Research | First Published: August 26, 2019
Results of epidemiological studies that have evaluated the relationship between dairy food consumption and risk of metabolic syndrome are not consistent and sometimes controversial. This study included 763 individuals clinically selected for the lifestyle modification program “Move for health” and fulfilling the inclusion criteria of having data of socioeconomic, demographic, physical activity and dietary assessments, as well as the anthropometric, clinical and biochemical assessments for th...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3631/1510031
A Grounded Theory Study on the Academic Performance of Female Adolescents in the Context of Family Alcohol Addiction
Nina Aulmann and Simon Forstmeier
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 09, 2019
It is estimated that about 10-20% of children and adolescents live with a parent with alcohol problems. Psychosocial consequences like difficulty concentrating or learning, and the development of maladaptive coping strategies lead to a higher risk of addiction and to further psychological disorders. The aim of the current study is to investigate the subjective consequences of pathological alcohol consumption on the learning behavior of adolescents and young adults at school....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3001/1410088
Posterior Circulation Infarcts and Carotid Disease. Is There a Correlation?
Ingram OD, Ali T, Khosla N, Burney K and Kakar P
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: August 14, 2019
We present a case of a 66-year-old man who presented with a history of Right Hemianopia and Right sided facial droop and weakness. CT and MRI brain imaging demonstrated areas of infarction affecting the vascular regions supplied by Left Middle Cerebral Artery and Left Posterior Cerebral Artery circulation. Carotid Duplex Arterial imaging demonstrated moderate Left Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis and CT Angiography demonstrated a dominant Left Posterior Communicating Artery. The origin of the mu...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410155
Predictors of Heart Failure Caused by Volume Overload Using an Irrigation Catheter during Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Taeko Sato, RN, Issei Yoshimoto, MD, Naoya Oketani, MD, Hideki Okui, MD, Yasuhisa Iriki, MD, Hitoshi Ichiki, MD, Ryuichi Maenosono, PhD, Fuminori Namino, MT, Masaaki Miyata, MD and Mitsuru Ohishi, MD
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: August 14, 2019
Catheter ablation is an effective approach for managing patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Currently, irrigation catheters are widely used in AF ablation. This causes volume overload during the procedure and occasionally causes heart failure after the procedure. Volume overload during catheter ablation caused heart failure not only in the patient with reduced ejection fraction but also who with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Heart failure with preserved left ventricular eject...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5696/1410044
Repeat Ultrasonographic Examinations Reveal Accessory Spleen in a Case with Relapse ITP
Ahmet Sarici, Ayshe Slocum, Hilal Er Ulubaba, Mehmet Hanifi Kandemir, Mehmet Ali Erkurt, Emin Kaya and Irfan Kuku
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: August 09, 2019
The aim of treatment in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is to obtain a safe platelet count to prevent clinically significant bleeding (major bleeding) rather than normalizing the platelet count. In light of this information, treatment indications for newly diagnosed ITP patients include, I) Thrombocyte counts below 30,000/microL and II) Platelet counts above 30,000/microL in correlation with clinically significant bleeding. Corticosteroids make-up the first-line treatment of ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510086
Descriptive Study of Neisseria Meningitidis Isolates from Patients in Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico in 2010 and 2011
Luz Elena Espinosa de los Monteros Perez, Jimenez Rojas LV, Gomez-Barreto D and Vazquez Moreno JA
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 08, 2019
Neisseria meningitidis is recognized as the cause of Infection Meningococcal Disease (IMD) generally develops rapidly 20% of survivors suffer from neurological and disabling sequelae in spite of prompt antibiotic therapy. The disease is a major concern in public heath worldwide and can occur as sporadic cases, outbreaks, and large epidemics. Although in Mexico the invasive meningococcal disease is notifiable, reports about meningococcal diseases are scarce with no data available related to the p...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510109
Factors Related to Disclosure and Nondisclosure of Dietary Supplements in Primary Care, Integrative Medicine, and Naturopathic Medicine
Jennifer R. Guzman, PhD, Debora A. Paterniti, PhD, Yihang Liu, MD, MA, MS and Derjung M. Tarn, MD, PhD
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 08, 2019
Mixed methods study combining qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews with statistical analyses to assess differences in identified factors by provider practice type and supplement type. Seventy-eight English-speaking patients who reported taking 466 dietary supplements in the previous 30 days were recruited from primary care and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), Integrative Medicine (IM), and naturopathic doctors' offices in Southern California....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3419/1410121
Early Aggressive Management of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistulas following Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD): A Five-Year Single Institution Experience
Rohan Thakkar, FRCS, David Bourne, Msc, Stacey Vass, Bsc, Aditya Kanwar, FRCS, Theodore Tsirilis, FRCS, John S Hammond, PhD, Colin Wilson, PhD, Gourab Sen, MD, Steven White, MD, Jeremy French, MD, Richard Charnley, DM and Derek Manas, FRCS
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: August 07, 2019
We retrospectively analysed the data that underwent PD between 2013-2017. We reviewed for all patients who experienced Grade B POPF. Data included details of total parenteral nutrition received, dose of octreotide infusion administered, serial drain amylase levels, effluent volume and anthropometry. Outcome measures were weight changes associated with treatment, the number of lines used per patient, the length of treatment, treatment associated complications and 90-day mortality rates....