Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510105
Marital Adjustment of Women Living in Two Different Provinces of Turkey and their Attitudes towards Violence against Women
Betül Aktas, Hasret Yalcinoz Baysal and Medine Yilmaz
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 16, 2018
The study is a descriptive and cross-sectional one. The population of the study included 18-49 year old married women residing in the eastern (Erzurum) and the western (İzmir) part of Turkey. Of these women, 303 who presented to the Family Health Center for any reason and volunteered to participate in the study comprised the study sample. To collect the study data, the Sociodemographic Characteristics Questionnaire, the Attitudes towards Violence against Women Scale and the Marital Adjustment S...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-4630/1410081
Apneic Oxygenation and High Flow
Ayten Saracoglu, Halime Hanim Pence, Mehmet Yilmaz and Kemal Tolga Saracoglu
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: November 16, 2018
Prevention and minimizing serious complications during difficult airway management is an important goal for anesthesia providers. Using the high flow cannula oxygenation systems it is possible to improve the clinical outcomes, increase patient safety and reduce the rate of complications. A possible mechanism of this method can be explain by 'Aventilatory Mass Flow' which is a physilogical phenomenon. Several methods can be used to implement apneic oxygenation such as nasopharyngeal catheter, nas...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5769/1510045
Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in Children: A Case Report and Literature Review
Ping Yuan and Min Zhong
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 16, 2018
Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) is a rare clinical-imaging syndrome with unknown etiology, characterized by acute fulminant severe encephalopathy and brain damage with multifocal symmetry. ANE has no specific clinical symptoms and signs, similar to common encephalitis or encephalopathy symptoms. The characteristic brain imaging examination is diagnostically significant. To date, no specific treatment for ANE is available and the prognosis is poor. Here, we reported a typical case of ANE i...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/ijda-2017/1710007
Pseudodepression as an Anticipatory Symptom of Frontal Lobe Brain Tumors
Domenico Chirchiglia
Article Type: Short Commentary | First Published: November 16, 2018
Frontal brain tumors often cause psychiatric disorders related to the functions of the prefrontal cortex. The prefrontal cortex expresses cognitive functions, which are superior functions concerning personality, conception, planning, ability to manage social relations. The dorsolateral part of the prefrontal cortex, if damaged, causes a depressive symptomatology, consisting of apathy, mood reduction and other symptoms. Kleist defined depression secondary to brain tumors, pseudodepression syndrom...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/IJND-2017/1710004
Multiple Episodes of Full-Body Tremors: An Unexpected Adverse Effect during an Alzheimer's Disease Investigational Drug Study
Jeffrey T Apter, Ivy A Billones and Kaylee White
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 16, 2018
A 69-year-old Caucasian female experienced multiple episodes of full-body tremors during the extension phase of the clinical study. The investigational drug was taken in the mornings. The patient reported that the AE started six months prior with episodes occurring 1-2 times per week eventually escalating almost daily and was more apparent during midnight hours and upon waking up. Further review of previous progress notes states that the patient denied the AE and even stated full compliance and ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-4630/1410080
Hemostatic Coagulation Management in Trauma
Ayten Saracoglu and Sermin Tetik
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: November 15, 2018
Trauma is still a leading cause of death in the 21st Century mainly due to uncontrolled hemorrhage. Trauma has also an increasing cost of treatment in patients. Recently we have been aware of the importance of complex hemostatic and immunoinflammatory responses in pathogenesis of "Trauma Induced Coagulopathy". As a result of understanding of changes on coagulation pathway in trauma, different hypotheses put forward explaining the trauma induced coagulopathy. New treatment algorithms also take pl...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5769/1510044
Childhood Fever Knowledge and Management: A Case of Mothers with Children under Five Years
Reindolf Anokye, Rita Amihere, Patience Abbiaw, Enoch Acheampong, Naomi Gyamfi and Amy Budu-Ainooson
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: November 15, 2018
Most childhood ailments often present with fever which account for the most common reasons why parents seek medical care for their children; particularly, the under-five children. The study aimed to assess the mothers' knowledge of fever in their under-five children and how this is managed at home. This was a descriptive designed study that used a simple random sampling technique to select 100 participants who were mothers of under-five children who presented to the Kwahu Government Hospital, At...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410135
Vulvar Neoplasia in Cameroon, West Africa: Diagnostic Challenges
Simon M Manga, Rosanna F DeMarco, Florence Manjuh, Zacharie Sando and Edith R Welty
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 15, 2018
Disorders of the vulva have characteristically received less attention than disorders of the cervix and other reproductive organs. There are a number of challenges in diagnosing vulvar neoplasia (pre-invasive and invasive vulvar disease) in Cameroon and other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This is primarily because the early signs and symptoms of vulvar neoplasia are non-specific and are predominantly characterized by pruritus vulvae, which can easily be mistaken for vulvar candidiasi...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/ijtd-2017/1710010
High Prevalence of Epilepsy in Onchocerciasis Endemic Communities of Ngie: Lack of Association with Taeniasis but Strong Indicators of Hereditary Factors and Characteristics of Onchocerciasis Associated Epilepsy Observed
Raphael Awah Abong, Fongoh Ayong Hassan, Tatsinkou Betrand Fossi, Peter Ndefon, Theresa Nkuo-Akenji, Samuel Wanji and Anong Damian Nota
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: November 12, 2018
Epilepsy, a neurological condition which affects individuals of all ages has been widely reported to be caused by parasitic, fungal, bacterial or viral infectious diseases of the Central Nervous System (CNS). Taenia solium infection otherwise known as neurocysticercosis in taeniasis endemic zones, Onchocerca volvulus infection in onchocerciasis meso/hyperendemic areas in Africa and other infectious agents have been highly incriminated in different parts of the world. Epilepsy remains an importan...