Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510037

An Outcome Evaluation of a Standardized Computerized Prescriber Protocol for the Management of Clostridium Difficile Colitis in a Teaching Tertiary Care Facility

Linda Nwachukwu, Courtney Armstrong, Zachary Mulkey, Kristen Fuhrmann and Charles F Seifert

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 20, 2017

Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) continues to be the leading cause of healthcare-associated infectious colitis in the United States, replacing oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as the most common cause of healthcare-associated infection....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510036

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Hepatitis B: A Survey among the Internet Users in Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abubaker Ibrahim Elbur, Nawaf Almalki, Abdualziz Alghamdi and Housain A Alqarni Alqarni

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 01, 2017

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is an important and serious global health problem. Despite the fact that there is a decrease in the prevalence rate of HBV infection in Saudi Arabia, but still it causes significant morbidity and mortality. This study was conducted to measure the level of knowledge and to identify attitude and practice on HBV....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510035

Maternal and Fetal Death after Dengue Infection: Insights on Dengue Diagnosis

Christiane Fernandes Ribeiro, Ana Carla Gomes Soares, Vania Gloria Silami Lopes, Patricia Brasil, Ana Maria Bispo De Filippis, Priscila Conrado Guerra Nunes and Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira

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

Dengue Virus (DENV) is an arthropod-borne virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus and has four antigenically distinct serotypes (DENV 1-4). Brazil is considered hyperendemic for dengue, and all serotypes have been identified....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510034

Needlestick Injury among Medical Students in an Australian University

Brahmaputra Marjadi, John Doan Nguyen, Peter Hoppett and Mary-Louise McLaws

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 16, 2017

Needlestick Injuries (NSI) commonly occurs in the hospital setting. Medical students are at risk of NSI due to lack of clinical experience. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence and knowledge, attitudes, awareness and practices of NSI among medical students at an Australian university....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410071

Indices for Assessment of the Quality of Glycemic Control and Glucose Dynamics from Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Klaus-Dieter Kohnert, Peter Heinke, Lutz Vogt, Petra Augstein, Andreas Thomas and Eckhard Salzsieder

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 26, 2017

Continuous glucose monitoring data obtained during an observational study involved 256 subjects with type 1 (n = 22), type 2 diabetes (n = 222), and 12 non-diabetic control subjects. We compared the indices for the quality of glycemic control and determined their relationship with glucose profile complexity....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410099

A Case of Sudden Unexpected Death with the Presence of Multiple Myocardial Bridges

Naoki Nishida and Yukiko Hata

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 26, 2017

We present an autopsy case of a 66-year-old man who died during walking. Besides a history of hypertension for 5 years, mild chest oppression appeared to occur shortly before death. A full autopsy and the police examination concluded that the cause of death was sudden cardiac death....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5742/1510028

Serious Complication after Laser Treatment of Ureterocele in an Infant

Stanislaw Warchol and Teresa Dudek

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 24, 2017

Endoscopic decompression has been recently suggested as the first line treatment of ureterocele in children, including laser transurethral incision. We report a case of a unique but very serious complication after simple ureterocele puncture using a holmium laser in an infant....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-407X.1510009

Associations between Thyroid Hormones and Blood and Urine Lead

Ram B Jain

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 01, 2017

Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 2007-2012 were used to evaluate associations between urine and blood lead and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH), Free and Total Triiodothyronine (FT3, TT3), and Free and Total Thyroxine (FT4, TT4)....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410175

Gaisbock's Syndrome: A Case Study

J Kelly Smith

Article Type: Case Study | First Published: July 24, 2017

A 57-year-old hypertensive, obese woman presented with several weeks of a febrile flu-like illness, facial and extremity flushing, and laboratory findings of polycythemia. A workup revealed no evidence of polycythemia rubra vera or a secondary cause of her polycythemia (her erythropoietin level was normal, she had no splenomegaly, and a test for JAK2 v617F mutation was negative)....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410174

Progression from Acute Psychosis to Seizures and Autonomic Instability in an Adolescent with Ovarian Mass

Andy Y Wen Jason Ziplow, Benjamin Wadowski and Tanya Chadha

Article Type: Case Study | First Published: June 30, 2017

Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis (NMDARE) is a complex clinical entity that is both diagnostically and therapeutically challenging. A 17-year-old girl presented to the emergency room with worsening anxiety, confusion, and acute psychosis. While in an inpatient psychiatric unit, she developed progressive catatonia with decreased responsiveness. ...