Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510076

Nursing Education, Trauma and Care in the Intensive Care

Marianne Frieri, Krishan Kumar and Anthony Boutin

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 31, 2017

Post operative cardio-thoracic surgical patients experiencing nursing bedside handover, a standardized infant positioning assessment tool and a bedside education program by registered nurses and highly specialized nurses in intensive care and their relation to patient outcome and nursing workload related to obese patients was described....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3278.1510022

Estimation of Nutrient Intake in Thailand: Influence of Differences in Food Composition Tables on Estimated Intake

Minatsu Kobayashi, Yuri Takada, Yuka Utsunomiya and Saowapa Sakkayaphan

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: July 31, 2017

Food composition tables are essential to estimating nutrient intake. For the Thai diet, food composition tables have been established in Thailand and also by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. However, nutritional evaluations to date have been limited because the number of food items and nutritional components in the tables is restricted....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3278.1510021

Exploration of Nutrition Support Team Outcome Predictors for Elderly

Masakazu Hiramatsu, Chika Momoki, Kumiko Kato, Yoko Yasui, Yumi Oide, Chiduko Kaneishi, Akiyoshi Mori, Takashi Fukuda and Daiki Habu

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: July 28, 2017

A total of 101 patients who received NST intervention in 2015 were divided into two groups by NST outcome. Patients who achieved therapeutic targets were classified in the success group. Patients who discontinued treatment because of worsening condition or death were classified in the non success group....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410176

Evaluation of the Functional and Clinical Outcome of Intramedullary Osteosynthesis with Gamma Nail in Treatment of Unstable Peritrochanteric Fractures

Hatim Mohammed A ALShareef, Hossam Mohammed Aref, Ahmed H AlHasan, Amer Mohammed A ALShreef and Mohammed Abdul Wahab Al Juhani1

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: July 24, 2017

Peritrochanteric fractures of the femur rank among the most severe fractures in elderly people. The Gamma Nail is one of the latest advance in the treatment of trochanteric fractures based on intramedullary nailing principles during closed procedures....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5696/1410026

Bone Marrow Necrosis: An Unusual Misdiagnosed Serious Complication

Georges El Hachem

Article Type: Literature Review | First Published: July 31, 2017

Bone Marrow Necrosis (BMN) is an uncommon syndrome characterized by destruction of hematopoietic tissue with preservation of the bone. It presents as localized or diffuse generalized process. Many underlying diseases can lead to marrow necrosis: most commonly malignancies and rarely sickle cell disease....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4193.1510031

Synchronous Clival Chordoma and Sellar-Suprasellar Germinoma in a Pediatric Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature

Vidur Bhalla, Thomas Muelleman, Chelsea S Hamill, D David Beahm, Hesham M Soliman, Roukoz B Chamoun and Kathy Newell

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 31, 2017

Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer in children. While children more likely present with craniopharyngiomas, germinomas or optic gliomas, synchronous intracranial lesions are highly uncommon. Here, we describe the case of a 10-year-old female who presented with central Diabetes Insipidus (DI)....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3243.1510037

Molecular Changes at the Post-Synapse and Improved Motor Function Suggest Accelerated Recovery with SARM Treatment in an Androgen-Depleted Animal Model of Nerve Injury

John Bryant, James MacKrell, David Gifondorwa, Benjamin Yaden, Bethany Monroe, Kimberly Tyler, Joshua Davis, Alexander Culver, Pamela Shetler, Prabhakar Jadhav, Henry Bryant and Venkatesh Krishnan

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 22, 2017

Nerve crush injury at focal sites causes rapid muscle atrophy in the connected muscle downstream of the affected motor end plate, and results in profound functional and metabolic deficits. This report characterizes the resultant functional and molecular changes at the post-synapse in an androgen depleted mouse model of reversible nerve injury....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3243.1510036

Floating First Metacarpal: Fracture Dislocation of the Trapezio-Metacarpal Joint Associated with Fracture of the Base of the Proximal Phalanx: A Case Report

Hamdi Kaziz, Thabet Mouelhi, Walid Osman, Nader Naouar and Mohamed Laziz Ben Ayeche

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 21, 2017

Floating first metacarpal has been scarcely described in the literature. Fracture dislocation of the trapezio-metacarpal joint has been reported more than the isolated form but deemed exceptional....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3286.1510025

Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease: A Case Report of an Uncommon Entity with Atypical Histological Findings

Gerren Hobby, Mohammed Siddiqui, Shree Sharma and Manisha Singh

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 05, 2017

Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease is one of the infrequently encountered nephritic disorders, but one which can lead to poor renal and patient survival. Recent reports have noted the occurrence of anti-GBM disease with atypical histological features on kidney biopsy....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510055

Clinical and Histopathological Comparison of Two Historical Series of 142 Wertheim-Meigs Operations Performed in a Reference Center in Brazil

Roney Cesar Signorini Filho, Leandro Freitas Colturato, Guilherme Bicudo Barbosa, Thaiane Silverio Fatibello Rosa and Luiz Henrique Gebrim

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 12, 2017

Cervical cancer is the third-leading cause of death from cancer in Brazilian female population. Treatment depends on the clinical stage of the disease according to the classification of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)....