Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410074

Elevated Hemoglobin A1C is Significantly Associated with Decreased Post-Exercise Heart Rate Recovery in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Hasan Hareem, Everman Sarah, Alawi A Al sheikh Ali, Farooqi Hamed, Blanchon Bruno and Hassoun Ahmed

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 11, 2017

Heart Rate Recovery (HRR) has been associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in both healthy individuals and those with diabetes. We examined the association between Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) and post-exercise HRR in patients with diabetes. Participants who were free from known cardiac disease or severe orthopedic problems referred to an exercise specialist for a fitness assessment....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5858/1510035

Body Adiposity Index is Worse than Body Mass Index when Evaluating the Factors Associated with Adiposity in Elderly People

Aline Siqueira Fogal, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini, Giana Zarbato Longo and Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: October 30, 2017

Body Mass Index (BMI) is an easily measurable indicator of body fat and with low cost. However, as an indicator of risk of development of chronic diseases in the elderly, it has limitations, as it does not reflect mainly the regional distribution of fat that occurs with the aging process....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5726/1510057

Rheumatoid Pulmonary Nodules and Significantly Elevated Urinary Cadmium in a Kaolin (China Clay) Worker: Could Cadmium Adsorption onto Occupationally Inhaled Dust Explain Caplan's Syndrome?

Dan Murphy, Robert Marshall, Chris Harrington, Andrew Taylor and David Hutchinson

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 10, 2017

Over 60 years ago Caplan's syndrome was described in the coal miners of South Wales (UK). Higher rates are seen in mining populations globally, particularly in kaolin workers. We describe Caplan's syndrome in a kaolin worker associated with a raised urinary cadmium level....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4193.1510032

Epiglottis Reconstruction with Auricular Free Flap for Rehabilitation of Dysphagia: A Case Study

Bottini G, Brandtner C,Rasp G and Gaggl A

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 15, 2017

Supraglottic laryngectomy for laryngeal cancer aims to remove cancer of the larynx whilst preserving its functions of airway protection, breathing and voice production. A well-known long-term complication of this procedure is aspiration....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5742/1510033

Evaluation of Functional Bladder Recovery in Patients with a Chronic Foley Catheter for Urinary Retention: A Randomized, Prospective, Blind and Comparative Study with 18 Months of Follow-up

João Antonio Pereira-Correia, Rodrigo Furtado Miranda, Gustavo Fiedle, Marco Antonio de Azambuja Corsetti and Valter José Fernandes Muller

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 08, 2017

To analyze the repercussions of chronic Foley catheter use in patients with urinary retention on the functional recovery of the bladder following corrective surgery....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410195

Methemoglobinemia after Local Anesthesia with Prilocaine in a Newborn after Aortic Coarctation Repair: A Case Report

Dilek Altun, Adnan Yüksek, Ahmet Arnaz, Yusuf Kenan Yalçınbaş and Tayyar Sarıoğlu

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 17, 2017

Prilocaine, widely used local anesthetic, can cause methemoglobinemia in pediatric patients even in therapeutic doses. Although complications related to local anesthesia are rare, it may occur especially in pediatric population when used in large doses exceeding the safe limits. Local anesthetic agent oxidizes hemoglobin and may cause methemoglobinemia....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410194

Tetanus after Application of Traditional Topical on Severe Burn

Irie bi GS, Asse KV, Pete Y, Kadiane NJ, Nda-koffi C, Ogondon B, Kouadio S, Kouame KE, Boua N and Yapo Brouh

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 16, 2017

The possibility of the occurrence of tetanus after application of a traditional topical for the treatment of a severe burn is a reality in tropical environment. This is true for this case....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410193

Aggressive Resection of Cervical Desmoid Tumor Invading the Paraspinal Muscles without Recurrence at Eight Year Followup: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Daniel G Eichberg, Timur Urakov and Steven Vanni

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 16, 2017

To provide an overview of head, neck, and spine Desmoid Tumor (DT), to describe the case of a patient who underwent aggressive surgical resection of a large invasive cervical DT, and to analyze the DT literature. We discuss the importance of aggressive surgical margins in decreasing recurrence risk in head, neck, and spine DTs....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510044

Risk of Severe Influenza Infection: Hypercytokinemia Gene Polymorphisms and Related Plasma Proteome in Canadian Young Adults

Sirbarinder Bryn Dhir, Ahmed El-Sohemy and Alaa Badawi

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 13, 2017

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes influencing hypercytokinemia have been implicated in the clinical manifestations of severe influenza infection. Genotype-phenotype studies in healthy subjects may help to identify biomarkers of early prediction for severe disease outcome....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510043

Applied Medical Mathematical Modelling Technique for Epidemiology Approach for New Emerging Infection

Viroj Wiwanitkit

Article Type: editorial | First Published: November 08, 2017

Infection is the common pathology in medicine. The new emerging infection is the present problem worldwide. Within the past few years, there are several new emerging infections. The diseases are usually problematic and need good management and control....