Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410063
Plastic Surgery Training Courses: Motivation, Money Matters and More
Anne M Collins, Jack FC Woods, Shane PO Neill, Richard P Hanson and Paul F Ridgway
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: Mach 08, 2018
The manner in which surgical training is delivered is changing. Internationally, work practice reform has challenged surgical educators to provide the same level of experience in an environment of reduced clinical contact hours. Extra-clinical training courses afford the opportunity to improve both technical proficiency and knowledge base, yet enrolment has significant implications for participants. The aim of this study was to ascertain the correlation between the perceived importance of specif...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5726/1510059
Synovial Macrophages: Potential Key Modulators of Cartilage Damage, Osteophyte Formation and Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis
Majoska HM Berkelaar, Nicoline M Korthagen, Gerrit Jansen and Willem Evert van Spil
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: March 03, 2018
Synovitis is common in knee OA patients and a known contributor to disease incidence and progression. Macrophages are the most common immune cell type present in this inflamed synovial tissue and expectedly contribute both directly and indirectly to OA progression through the induction of inflammatory mediators, growth factors and proteinases, resulting in enhanced cartilage degeneration and osteophyte formation. Furthermore, macrophage infiltration and soluble macrophage products may be associa...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacod-2017/1710005
Speech-Language Disorders in Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Literature Review
Camila de Castro Correa, Silke Anna Theresa Weber and Luciana Paula Maximino
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: March 08, 2018
Congenital toxoplasmosis is defined as the infection acquisition caused by vertical transmission. During pregnancy, the mother is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, which is transmitted intra-uterus to the fetus. This infection can cause changes in neurologic development, as visual impairment and other neurological abnormalities....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacod-2017/1710004
Communication Related Quality of Life with Different Types of Aphasia Following a Stroke: Preliminary Insights
Mile Vukovic
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: March 08, 2018
It is well known that stroke and aphasia can seriously affect communication related quality of life (QoL). What has been less examined is whether communication QoL differs in relation to qualitatively different forms of aphasia. The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate this possibility in four patients with aphasia caused by stroke: two with Broca's and two with conduction aphasia. The quality of communication life scale (QCL) was administered in the chronic phase after stroke, along...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iacod-2017/1710003
Language Proficiency in Children with Cleft Palate
Maria del Carmen Pamplona and Pablo Antonio Ysunza
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: March 05, 2018
Children with cleft palate (CCP) are at risk of speech disorders, which require a long intervention. Disorders of speech have been the most salient problems encountered by clinicians treating these children and have taken priority in research. Consequently, intervention has been focused on speech production, whereas assessment of language proficiency and the use of strategies for enhancing language development in this population have been overlooked....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5793/1510072
Building a Dream vs. Destroying an Idea
Basem Abbas Al Ubaidi
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: March 05, 2018
Today, we are facing a challenging paradox: A shortage of Health-Care Workers (HCWs), as well as a rise in unemployed health professionals. It is either due to funding short falls, planning in adequacy, in addition to a weak organizational climate that contributes to unhealthy work environments. HCWs face various aspects of physical and psychological violence in the workplace which drastically affects productivity and performance, and ultimately has tremendous effects on the patient's outcome......
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510030
Lifestyle and Hypertension: An Evidence-Based Review
Cosimo Marcello Bruno, Maria Domenica Amaradio, Gabriele Pricoco, Elisa Marino and Francesca Bruno
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: March 01, 2018
Emerging data suggest that lifestyle habits may affect blood pressure values. In this review, authors examine the more relevant clinical and epidemiological studies about the influence that multiple lifestyle factors play on development of hypertension. They conclude that there is clear evidence that lifestyle changes can have a favorable effect on prevention and treatment of hypertension, with emphasis on alcohol and sodium intake, smoking cessation, physical activity level and dietary pattern....