Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410265
What is New with Bordetella?
Shamsuddin Anwar MD, Allison Glaser MD and Mahreen Anwar
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 29, 2019
A 27-year-old HIV-1 positive male was admitted in September 2018 for sudden onset of vomiting and diarrhea and was conservatively managed for positive Norovirus on a Gastrointestinal PCR panel. It was anticipated to start him on ibalizumab intravenous infusions and enfuvirtide upon discharge and a PICC line was placed in the right internal jugular vein. On the third day of line placement, he developed a fever with mild respiratory symptoms. His respiratory PCR panel for Rhino/Enterovirus was pos...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5750/1510069
Dermatologic Manifestations in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis
Ahmed Bouhamidi, Mohamed El Amraoui, Hicham Rafik, Mohammed Boui and Naoufal Hjira
Article Type: Research article | First Published: April 27, 2019
Dermatological manifestations are frequent and varied among chronic hemodialysis patients. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and characteristics of cutaneous abnormalities observed in hemodialysis patients. We led a transversal study, conducted at the Nephrology Department of the 5th Military Hospital in Guelmim, from March to May 2017, including 44 hemodialysis patients....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4193.1510059
Changes in Auditory Steady - State Response and Tympanometry Post Adenotonsillectomy in Otitis Media with Effusion
Aman, Jagat Singh, Ashiya Goel, Chandni Sharma, Vikasdeep Gupta and Swati
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: April 27, 2019
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is an important and common condition in paediatric age group. It is the leading cause of hearing loss and a social morbidity in children which has long-term consequences for speech and language development. Adenoid hypertrophy is an important etiological factor in the causation of OME. Recurrent attacks of rhinitis, sinusitis and chronic tonsillitis may cause chronic adenoid infection and hyperplasia. Allergy of the upper respiratory tract may also contribute to ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410100
Role of Laparoscopy in Abdominal Trauma
Ala Wafa, Mustafa Elsagier, Rawad Friwan and Abdulaziz Baio
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: April 27, 2019
The role of laparoscopy in abdominal trauma has increased in the last years in diagnosis as well as therapeutic interventions. It is a viable alternative for the diagnosis of intra-abdominal injury in both penetrating and blunt trauma. The number of negative laparotomies decreased since the use of laparoscopy in trauma patients. A retrospective study of twenty eight patients with abdominal trauma (22 penetrating trauma, 6 blunt trauma) were laparoscopic intervention done by general surgery depar...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710014
Frequency of Diseases Inducing a Systemic Oxidative Stress in 175 Patients with Intracranial Aneurysms
Thierry Patrice, MD, PhD, Romain Bourcier, MD, Hubert Desal, MD, PhD, Bertrand Rozec, MD, PhD and Yvonnick Blanloeil, MD
Article Type: Case Study | First Published: April 26, 2019
Oxidative stress (OS) could be involved during intracranial aneurysms (ICA) progression but knowledge about comorbidities likely to induce OS is poor. We studied the medical and surgical history of patients with an ICA discovered after a subarachnoidal haemorrhage (SAH) or unruptured (UIA). 175 patients, 58 with a UIA, had been successively recruited from a single centre. Their medical history, comorbidities and treatments had been gathered from hospital files, general practitioners, relatives a...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510122
Nursing Students' eHealth Literacy in the U.S. and South Korea
Hyejin Park
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: April 26, 2019
Online health information is a critical resource for health information seekers and, thus, nursing professionals must be able to find and distinguish the quality of health information online to support patients and caregivers. This study evaluated perceived eHealth literacy skills among nursing students in the U.S. and South Korea. eHEALS was used to assess 169 undergraduate nursing students' eHealth literacy. The study results showed that nursing students lacked confidence in using online healt...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510077
A Case Control Study of Risk Factors for Depression in Intensive Care Unit Patients
Sherif Abdelmonem, PhD, Ghada Abdel Hadi, PhD, Akram Fayed, PhD, Iman El Sayed, PhD and Khaled Mogazy, MD
Article Type: Observational Study | First Published: May 04, 2019
A case-control study was conducted on 159 adult patients admitted to the ICU of a governmental hospital, Alexandria, Egypt. We classified the patients using the Arabic version of Hamilton scale as either depressed or not. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were done to detect the relation between depression and different predictors after controlling the confounding effect of all other factors. The prevalence of depression in the ICU patients was 46.5%. The strongest risk factor for depression w...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-584X/1510064
Migrated Esophageal Stent Endoscopic Extraction through Gastrostomy Site in a Patient with Severe Esophageal Stricture
Claire M Shin and Steven B Clayton
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 18, 2019
A 36-year-old woman with a history of benign refractory esophageal stricture from gastroesophageal reflux disease was treated with anesophageal stent and a gastrostomy tube 2 months prior to presenting with acute dysphagia and odynophagia. Esophagram and upper endoscopy revealed esophageal stent migration into the stomach and a pinpoint stricture of the distal third of the esophagus, which made retrograde extraction unfeasible. The stent was successfully extracted through the pre-existing gastro...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3516/1410106
The Bronchoscopy Role for Malignant Central Airway Obstruction
Francisco Leon-Roman, Alfonso Lopez-Frias Lopez-Jurado, Beatriz Pintado-Cort, Joaquin Asensio-Sanchez, Edwin Mercedes-Noboa, Beatriz Prieto-Gonzalez and Deisy Barrios-Barreto
Article Type: Clinical Case Report | First Published: April 26, 2019
We present the case of an active smoking 44-years-old woman (10 pack/years) diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma T4N3M1a (stage IV) in the right upper lobe (RUL) in January 2017. She received four cycles of cisplatin-pemetrexed and radiosurgery of brain metastasis. The patient had a body mass index (BMI) of 28, with no other significant comorbidities. In July 2017, tumoral growth with secondary airway stenosis and invasion of the superior vena cava was evidenced. Given the progression of the disea...