Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4010.1510010
Dermatologic Manifestations of Obesity: Part I Mechanical Causes
Reid Alexander Waldman and Anne H Kettler
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: January 16, 2016
Over the past several decades, the proportion of Americans suffering from obesity has risen drastically. Accompanying this increase in obesity is a concomitant increase in many of the co-morbidities associated with obesity, many of which are seen less frequently in persons with normal body weight. Notably, there has been an increase in dermatologic conditions seen in this special patient population....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510035
The Impact of the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) Chapter <800> On Nursing Practices
James P. Amerine and Lindsey B. Amerine
Article Type: Short Communication | First Published: February 21, 2016
Guidelines of handling hazardous drugs (HD) have been in existence since the early 1980s. Subsequent guidelines and recommendations by nursing and pharmacy organizations have further enhanced HD safety in health care settings. In early 2016, the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) Chapter <800> (USP <800>) will be published in its final format providing health care facilities recommendations and requirements for handling HD in an attempt to reduce exposure to health care workers....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510033
Engagement and Ethics Entwined
Kathleen Hudson
Article Type: Short Commentary | First Published: February 07, 2016
Due to the intimate nature of nursing and caring, the ethical perspective of one's nursing is directly related to one's morals-along with one's inner sense of being a nurse. The nurse's ability to be engaged and connected within the work environment is reflected by a greater ethical dedication and reflection on her/his clinical practice. Notably, the current healthcare environment has a large impact on nurses' levels of work engagement. This is due to many factors within the environment: the per...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510032
Students' Perceptions of Psychomotor Skills Training: A Qualitative Study
Ayse Demiray, Ayla Kececi and Meral Yildirim Cetinkaya
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: February 03, 2016
Psychomotor learning is defined as learning new actions or reapplying the existing ones by modifying them. Psychomotor learning involves consistent and integrated operation of processes related to affective and cognitive functions. Individuals learn manual skills with the support of visual perception as well as exploring objects by touching. The principal learning objective in nursing education, as is the case for other occupational groups in the healthcare field, is to develop psychomotor skill...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410068
Electrocardiographic Changes in Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Alexander Alzate, Marcela Munoz Urbano and Kenny Buitrago-Toro
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 15, 2015
Electrolytic variability modifies normal structures of segments and intervals on the electrocardiogram (ECG). We present a case that was referred to the Internal Medicine department by the Neurosurgery division for several pathological fractures.The electrocardiogram led us to a diagnostic approach and finally we show how electrocardiographic tracing changed after a treatment implementation. Finally, in this study we highlight the importance of an electrocardiogram on a patient's approach....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5807/1510026
The Cardiovascular Risk Prognostication in Diabetes Mellitus: The Role of Myeloid-related Protein Complex Calprotectin
Alexander E. Berezin
Article Type: Mini Review | First Published: February 26, 2016
The low-intense inflammation is discussed as a one of the clue of various faces of pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus (DM) including insulin resistance, mitochondrial dysfunction, lipotoxity, oxidation injury that contributed in cardiovascular (CV) disease and clinical outcomes. However, there are a lot of candidates for on early biological marker that could stratify DM patients at CV risk. The myeloid-related protein 8/14 known as calprotectin is a heterodimeric complex of calcium-binding protei...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5807/1510025
Integration to Advance Translation
Estela S. Estape
Article Type: Commentary | First Published: February 26, 2016
The science of translation has been taken over very fast by health stakeholders such as: investors, shareholders, sponsors, practitioners or any interested party in healthcare. The main reason is the demand to transfer discoveries faster to the ones who are in most need: the participants or patients. Translation can be seen as the art of transferring scientific knowledge into evidenced based everyday practice; paving the way to increased effectiveness and efficiency in health care. The concept o...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5807/1510023
Glutamate Concentrations in Plasma and CSF in Patients with Glioma and Meningioma
George Dimogerontas, Alexia Polissidis, Petros Karkalousos, Epameinondas Konstantinidis, Zeta Papadopoulou-Daifoti and Charis Liapi
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: February 07, 2016
Glioma, a malignant intra-axial brain tumor, can release glutamate that facilitates tumor expansion, stimulates tumor-cell proliferation and motility and promotes epileptic activity. Glutamate acid is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian Central Nervous System. We explore correlations of glutamate concentrations in blood and cerebrospinal fluid in patients with glioma in comparison to patients with meningioma which is the most common benign cerebral tumor....