Open Access DOI:10.23937/ijor-2017/1710011
Effect of Specific Music on Psychoneuroimmunological Responses
Abdul Waheed, David Kossor, William Collins and Amy Camie
Article Type: ORIGINAL ARTICLE | First Published: December 31, 2018
A pilot study was done to measure quantitative EEG (qEEG) brainwave frequencies and behavioral indices of five women undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer, before and after listening to specific music (The Magic Mirror-Inspired Reflections solo harp CD written, performed and recorded by Amy Camie) once a day for ten days. Following treatments, the EEG profile for all five participants improved and subjective reports from daily questionnaires confirmed a positive effect of the music....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3308.1510037
H1-Antihistamines for Allergic Diseases: Old Aged but Not Old-Fashioned Drugs
Luisa Ricciardi, Fabiana Furci and Isola Stefania
Article Type: REVIEW ARTICLE | First Published: March 04, 2019
Histamine is a chemical messenger synthesized from the amino acid histidine by L-histidine decarboxylase. It plays an important role in the system of immunoregulation and in acute and chronic allergic inflammation binding to four subtypes of receptors H1, H2, H3 and H4, described as heptahelical transmembrane molecules that activate specific G-proteins. These receptors placed on the membranes of different cellular jambs (mast cells, endothelial cells, sensory nerve fibres, bronchial smooth muscl...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4037.1510039
Personality Organization Traits and Expected Countertransference and Treatment Interventions
Robert M Gordon, ValeriyaSpektor and Linh Luu
Article Type: RESEARCH ARTICLE | First Published: March 01, 2019
There is little empirical research on patients at the severe level of personality organization who generally need more clarifications of roles, tasks, boundaries, and supportive interventions, and often create increased problems with countertransference. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between clinicians' ratings of their new patients' level of personality organization traits (i.e.: Defensiveness, identity integration, object relations, and reality testing) and degr...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5742/1510054
New Parameters in Evaluation of PSA Decrease after Antibiotherapy; PSA half-life and PSA-ENT2.5
Oktay OZMAN and Zubeyr TALAT
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: March 01, 2019
Antibiotherapy has shown a clinically significant decrease in PSA levels in some patients. However, the clinical benefit of this decrease, which would increase the diagnostic efficacy of PSA, has not yet been established. To our knowledge, PSA half-life and PSA-ENT2.5 (expected normalization time according to 2.5 ng/mL cut-off value) were unexamined parameters. The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of PSA-ENT2.5 and PSA half-life after antibiotherapy for predicting prostate cancer...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5750/1510066
Management of Cutaneous Toxicity Secondary to Targeted Agents in Melanoma
Maria del Carmen Pantin Gonzalez, Diego Malon Gimenez, Beatriz Losada Vila, Beatriz Anton Pascual, David Gutierrez Abad, Nadia Sanchez Banos and Cristina Sanchez Cendra
Article Type: CASE REPORT | First Published: February 28, 2019
Melanoma is the most aggressive skin cancer and its incidence continues to increase worldwide. Molecular targeted kinase inhibitors have improved survival and tumor response for those patients with BRAF mutant disease. We describe the case of a patient under treatment with BRAF and MEK inhibitors (BRAFi and MEKi) who presents cutaneous toxicity grade 3, as an adverse effect due to treatment....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/ijfa-2017/1710025
Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Achilles tendon and Related Pathology: Qualitative & Quantitative Investigation
Muna Al Mulla, PhD, Allison McGee, MSc, Prof. Stephen Eustace, and Louise Rainford, PhD
Article Type: RESEARCH ARTICLE | First Published: February 28, 2019
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is an MRI technique that has shown to be a very promising in facilitating the differentiation of subtle pathological changes within different tissue. However, to date, a conclusive physical basis for the signal contrast on DWI of the Achilles tendon (AT) is yet to be available in literature. The purpose of this work is to evaluate the diagnostic impact of echo planar DWI in distinguishing normal and abnormal AT using ADC mapping as a qualitative and quantitative ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iaos-2017/1710006
Pattern and Outcome of Femoral Fractures Treated in a Regional Trauma Centre in South South, Nigeria
Ibeanusi SE and J Chioma
Article Type: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY | First Published: February 28, 2019
The size, structure, and role of the femur make it a major load bearing bone in the body. Fractures of the femur present with varied patterns in aetiology, treatment modality and outcome. Fracture of the femur usually follows significant trauma which often can be life-threatening particularly in young persons. Even in the elderly, the consequence of fractured femur can be life-threatening. This study aims to evaluate the pattern of presentation of fractures of the femur treated in a regional tra...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410258
An Unexpected Lower Urinary Tract Symptom of Multiple Sclerosis: Valsalva Induced Urge Incontinence
Murat Akgul, MD, CenkYazıici, MD, NildaTurgut, MD, Arzu Malak and Mehmet Fatih Sahin, MD
Article Type: CASE REPORT | First Published: February 28, 2019
A 46-years-old male with the history of multiple sclerosis applied to urology outpatient clinic with frequency, urgency, incontinence, and nocturia. Urodynamic evaluation presented Valsalva-induced urge incontinence, which was an unusual finding for an MS patient. Here we present an MS patient with the urodynamic finding of Valsalva-induced urge incontinence. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, mostly affecting the people between ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410098
Improved Alvarado Score (MANTRELS) for the Early Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis
Alfredo Alvarado, MD
Article Type: REVIEW ARTICLE | First Published: February 27, 2019
After a careful analysis of various diagnostic scores on acute appendicitis I am introducing here an Improved Alvarado score (MANTRELS) that includes several substitute predictive factors aimed to obtain better clinical results. A correct and timely diagnosis of acute appendicitis is very important in the medical practice since it could avoid complications such as perforation, abscess formation and peritonitis, and at the same time could reduce the negative appendectomy rate. It is for this reas...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410097
Treatment of Combined Palmar, Axillary and Plantar Hyperhidrosis with T2-T3 Sympathicotomy
Reza Ershadi, MD and Ahmad Shirinzadeh, MD
Article Type: ORIGINAL ARTICLE | First Published: February 27, 2019
Video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathetic surgery is currently a worldwide accepted treatment of primary upper extremity hyperhidrosis. Compensatory hyperhidrosis is the most common late complication and appeared to correlate with the extent and number of levels of sympathicotomy performed. In patients with combined severe palmar and axillary symptoms, the surgeon must decide whether to divide the chain at multiple levels by combining what is done for palmar and axillary symptoms alone (T2-T3-T4)...