Open Access DOI:10.23937/iaoms-2017/1710016
A Rare Occurrence of Mucous Retention Cyst in Midcheek Region - A Case Report
Sushrut Vaidya, Srivalli Natarajan, Usha Asnani, Nitesh D Patkar and Adil Gandevivala
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 30, 2018
Cystic lesions of the minor salivary glands are very common. These lesions are referred to clinically and collectively as mucoceles and can be of either the extravasation or the retention type. Intraoral retention phenomenon is quite common but the presence of retention cyst extraorally mimicking as midcheek mass is rare. These lesions often arise from the salivary glands, but can also originate from the muscles, buccal fat pad, or other structures. We report a case of 40-year-old female present...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510111
Correlation between Alcohol-Based Handrub Consumption and Adherence to Hand Hygiene Protocols in Individual Nurses
Yoko Yamamoto, Kiyomi Harada, Masako Murota, Yukie Takishita, Yoko Iwawaki, Tomoko Matsuoka, Yukari Nishiuchi, Toshie Ibayashi and Kenya Matsumoto
Article Type: Brief Report | First Published: November 30, 2018
Hand hygiene helps prevent health care-associated infections. Prior studies have investigated methods to measure adherence to hand hygiene protocols and have attempted to determine the correlation between alcohol-based handrub consumption and hand hygiene adherence via direct observation in healthcare facilities or wards, but there remains need for methods measuring hand hygiene adherence in individual health care workers. The failure of even one worker to adhere to the hand hygiene protocols ca...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5777/1510066
Medial Clavicle Fracture Dislocation Surgically Treated: Case Report
Miguel Frias, Renato Ramos, Marco Bernardes, Tiago Pinheiro Torres and Pedro Lourenco
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 30, 2018
The medial clavicle fracture is a rare injury and almost all the times conservatively treated. Therefore, the number of operations reported in the literature are limited. Posterior dislocation can result in serious complications and such injuries require rapid diagnosis followed by effective treatment to avoid future complications. The present case reports a case of a 33-year-old healthy man that was involved in a high-fall, being diagnosed with a rare displaced medial clavicular fracture associ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410138
Evaluation of the Symptoms of Fibromyalgia in Premenopausal Women with Urinary Incontinence
Keziban Dogan, Filiz Yılmaz Aydın and Meltem Vural
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 30, 2018
Both urinary incontinence (UI) and fibromyalgia symptoms affect the physical function of women and lead to negative effects on the quality of life and emotional status. Our aim is to identify the prevalence of symptoms of fibromyalgia (FM) in women with UI and the relationships of FM with subtypes of UI. UI was diagnosed based on clinical histories, gynecologic examinations and urodynamic investigation results. FM was diagnosed according to the 2010 American Community of Rheumatology criteria......
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410137
Non-Painful Out of Pill Membranous Dysmenorrhoea
Brandao P, Portela-Carvalho AS and Oliveira C
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 29, 2018
Membranous Dysmenorrhoea is defined as sudden sloughing of thickened endometrium as a whole with the shape of the uterine cavity, which may be associated with severe abdominal cramping. Although not rare, there are few cases described. It's more common in young females who were on either combined or progesterone only contraceptive pill, causing the decidualization of the endometrium. Due to its similarities to a gestational sac, miscarriage is the main differential diagnosis....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510108
The Effect of Core Exercise Program on Motoric Skills in Young People
Yildiz Yaprak
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 28, 2018
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of an 8-week core exercise programme performed on Swiss ball and BOSU ball that on dynamic balance, flexibility, spinal Range of Motion (ROM), back muscle endurance, back muscle strength, abdominal muscle strength, and body composition for healthy young males. The present findings show that there were significant increases between pre and post-training values for back muscle strength, abdominal muscle strength, spinal ROM and dynamic bala...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410244
A Welcome Seizure
Juan-Ignacio Perez-Calvo
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 28, 2018
Clinical diagnosis is one of the most demanding tasks, even for experienced physicians. In daily clinical practice, common diseases may require, developed skills. Not only by the intrinsic difficulties of the disease itself, but also because some of them may threaten patients' life and demands a prompt and safe attention. As examples of that are sudden dyspnoea, chest pain or syncope....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510093
Health Care Practitioners Level of Awareness on Antimicrobial Resistance in Grenada
Lindonne Glasgow, Stephanie Fletcher-Lartey, Owen Gabriel and Martin Forde
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 28, 2018
The study found that while most practitioners could correctly define AMR, there was variability in knowledge about the judicious use of antimicrobials. About one in four physicians (26.4%) did not know whether AMR was a significant problem in the institution(s) where they practiced, compared with the majority (61.7%) who said it was not a problem. However, 41.6% of pharmacists felt that AMR was a national problem; although all (100%) laboratory technicians reportedly did not know if AMR was a si...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3278.1510029
Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Factors in Cancer
M Waheed Roomi, Aleksandra Niedzwiecki and Matthias Rath
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: November 28, 2018
Epidemiological and experimental studies suggest that a proper diet and a healthy life style can decrease the risk of cancer by up to 70%. The cancers most closely related to nutrition are breast and endometrial cancers in women and prostate and gastrointestinal cancers in men. The review outlines that many anti-oxidants, vitamins, phytochemicals, and other micronutrients in food have cancer preventing effects, while many food additives, pesticide residues and high consumption of charbroiled mea...