Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4045.1510034
Transplantation of Decellularized Venous Valvular Grafts in an Ovine Model
Alexandru Mogaldea, Karolina Theodoridis, Klaus Hoffler, Axel Haverich, Andres Hilfiker and Serghei Cebotari
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 31, 2017
The surgical treatment of end-stage chronic venous insufficiency involves valvular repair or transplantation to restore venous valve function and structure. Current valve substitutes can have issues with durability, thrombogenicity, susceptibility to infection, and a lack of growth potential. Therefore, the development of tissue-engineered venous valves represents a promising solution....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4045.1510033
Impact of Conditioning Including Anti-Thymocyte Globulin on Engraftment Kinetics and GvHD after Matched Related Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
Olga Blau, Axel Nogai, Kathrin Rieger, Lutz Uharek, Antonio Pezzutto, Eckard Thiel and Igor Wolfgang Blau
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 12, 2017
Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GvHD) remains a major complication of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation (alloSCT). Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (ATG), however, reduces the incidence and severity of GvHD after alloSCT. A small number of studies suggest a role for ATG in Match-Related Donor (MRD) alloSCT. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of acute and chronic GvHD, engraftment, survival, and mortality in patients who received ATG prior to MRD alloSCT....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/iaim-2017/1710001
Novelties on Stress Echocardiography for the Assessment of Ischemia
Jesus Peteiro and Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: August 31, 2017
Stress echocardiography is an established tool for clinical assessment and decision making-process in patients with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). Current indications include diagnosis and assessment of patients with suspected CAD and intermediate pre-test probability of the disease, assessment of patients with already known CAD, and diagnosis and assessment of patients with non diagnostic ECGs or with inconclusive exercise ECG tests....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510060
Laparoscopic Versus Laparotomy Approach in Surgical Treatment of Endometrial Cancer: Pelvic Lymphadenectomy Results
Eduardo Gonzalez-Bosquet and Carlos Lozada
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 25, 2017
Case control retrospective study of 226 women treated of early endometrial cancer. 79 patients in the laparoscopy group and 147 in the laparotomy group. Variables analyzed in both groups were patient age, body mass index, duration of follow-up, FIGO 2009 surgical stage, tumor grade, histopathologic type, number of lymph nodes yielded, operating time, postoperative hospital admission, perioperative and postoperative complications, conversion to laparotomy, recurrence, and survival....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510059
Psychosocial Well-Being Indicators of Pregnant Women of the Ethnic Mexican Teenek
RA Castillo-Reyther, SI Lara-Rodriguez, M Galarraga-Robledo, J Lumbreras-Marques, M Salas-Barraza, YI Hernandez-Rayon and F Vazquez-Alaniz
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 18, 2017
Pregnancy is a period of physiologic and physics changes in addition of cultural, social, religious and emotional influences. The type of violence during pregnancy period can be physical, sexual, emotional or psychological. ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510058
The Design and Application of Health Asset Practice Methods and Tools: A Case Study
Irene Podolak, Marion Birnstill, Karen Manson, and Gaurav Mehta
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: August 31, 2017
Health systems in the developed world are becoming unsustainable and health inequalities continue to widen around the globe. Applying asset-based approaches offers a new way of enhancing tangible and intangible collective attributes, such as: building capacity, strengthening resilience, and empowering individuals, communities and systems to promote women's and men's health and impact social change....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510057
Disrespectful Maternity Care: A Threat to the Maternal Health 2030 Agenda in Jamaica
Cynthia Pearl Pitter, Sandra Latibeaudiere, Tania Rae and Lorna Owens
Article Type: Opinion | First Published: August 18, 2017
Amidst advance action to increase positive pregnancy outcomes globally, sufficient focus and considerations have not being given to the human element, specifically the interpersonal relationships between care providers and the childbearing family. The attitude and behaviours of healthcare practitioners are critical to the overall delivery of quality maternity care and the mother's experience during childbirth....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510070
Call to Action: Enhancing 'Exercise is Medicine' from the Perspective of Fitness Professionals
Taniya S Nagpal, Liza Stathokostas, Harry Prapavessis and Michelle F Mottola
Article Type: Short Communication | First Published: August 31, 2017
Exercise is Medicine (EIM) is an international initiative that aims to incorporate exercise in primary healthcare by encouraging physicians to prescribe exercise and/or refer patients to Fitness Professionals (FPs). To determine how to increase referral and prescription practices previous research has focused solely on the perspective and recommendations of physicians, not FPs....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510069
Exercise, Nutrition and Gut Microbiota: Possible Links and Consequences
AV Costa, G Leite, A Resende, F Blachier and AH Lancha Jr
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: August 24, 2017
Gut microbiota plays an important role in the modulation of physiological processes associated with the digestion of nutrients, immune system and control of energy homeostasis. Changes in gut microbiota composition have been associated notably with obesity, diabetes, and inflammatory diseases. Diet is one of the major factors capable of modulating the intestinal microbiota composition....