Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5769/1510115
Factors Associated with Neonatal Mortality at Kyeshero Hospital, Goma, North Kivu, DRC
Endanda Zawadi E, Tshivwadi Tshilomb A, Tongota Ntwali J, Mulangu Mutombo A, Imani Musimwa P, Buhoro Baabo G, Mumbere Hangi S, Kyembwa Mwindulwa L, Musafiri Mugisho A, Kabamba Nzaji M and Luboya Numbi Oscar
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: 2023/06/09
The neonatal mortality rate is still a significant public health problem in Sub-Saharan African countries and an indicator of the quality of prenatal and perinatal care. This study aimed to determine the neonatal intra-hospital neonatal mortality rate and the maternal and neonatal risk factors associated with neonatal mortality in Kyeshero Hospital....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4016/1710033
The Impact of Vertebroplasty on Sagittal Parameters in Traumatic Thoracic Vertebral Fractures
Kemal Paksoy, MD
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: 2023/05/14
Fourteen patients with the injury score > 4, based on the thoracolumbar injury classification score (TLICS), and with type A fractures, based on the AO Spine thoracolumbar injury classification score (TLAOSIS), were included in the study. Scoliosis radiographs were shot preoperatively and at 1st, 6th, and 12th months during the postoperative period, and measurements were performed using the software of Surgimap (Nemaris, Inc)....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-3966/1710055
Emergent TAV-in-TAV Following Acute Hemolytic Anemia Secondary to Undersized Transcatheter Heart Valve Prosthesis
Agata Sularz, MB BChir MA(Cantab.), Hashrul Rashid, MBBS(Hons), PhD, Jane Hancock, MB ChBPhD, Nikolaos Papamichael, MD, PhD, Bernard Prendergast, BMBS, DM, Simon Redwood, MBBS, MD and Tiffany Patterson, MBBS, BSc, PhD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/05/13
Paravalvular leak (PVL) driven intravascular hemolysis (IVH) is a recognized complication of surgical aortic valve replacement. This has been described less following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAV). We present a case of a patient with severe life-threatening hemolytic anemia following TAV, requiring multiple blood transfusions, and emergent TAV-in-TAV procedure....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4563/1710052
Dose Variation Profiles of Small Fields with a 10 MV Photon Beam
Caio Fernando Teixeira Portela and Arnaldo Prata Mourão
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: 2023/05/20
Radiotherapy is a treatment of carcinogenic tumors using ionising radiation and the improvement of radiotherapy techniques has been conducted to protection of healthy tissues. Recent implementations have employed static fields with small dimensions. The interests for this work were small fields, used in modern techniques such as Stereotactic Radiation Therapy (SRS) and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). These fields have special characteristics that refer to the non-establishment of t...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3001/1410122
Predicting CGRP-Antagonists Response Based on the Phenotypic Features of Migraine Headaches, a Retrospective Study
Awss Zidan, MD, Anindita Rajasekaran, Bsc, Gary Brooks, PhD and Ioana Medrea, MD, MSc
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: 2023/05/31
The presence of autonomic symptoms in migraine headaches may predict lack of response to CGRP-MABs. This study is limited by the small sample size. However, it is biologically plausible that presence of autonomic features is predictive of a decreased response to CGRP MABs as migraine patients with autonomic symptoms have higher levels of VIP correlated to this, and not CGRP(3). Our study raises the possibility that migraines with autonomic features may be at least in part VIP driven. ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-3885/1710084
In Situ Subtalar Arthrodesis: A Systematic Review
Matthew Siebert, MD, Matthew Philippi, MD, Jesse Steadman, BS, Neil Bakshi, MD, Christopher Arena, MD and Charles Saltzman, MD
Article Type: Systematic Review | First Published: 2023/06/04
A systematic literature review of three major medical databases (PubMed, Scopus, and Embase) was performed following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines. The literature was searched for studies in which subtalar arthrodesis was used to treat subtalar pathology from inception to December 1, 2020. The quality of research was assessed using a modified Coleman Methodology Score....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5696/1410091
Wernicke's Encephalopathy: A Rare but Avoidable Neurological Complication Associated with Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant
Sujay Rainchwar, Reema Singh, Pritish Chandra Patra, Rohan Halder, Narendra Agrawal, Dinesh Bhurani and Rayaz Ahmed
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: 2023/06/16
Wernicke's encephalopathy is a metabolic disorder caused by thiamine deficiency, and is characterized by acute mental confusion, ophthalmoplegia and ataxia. Its due to nutritional deficiency arising from prolonged illness affecting nutrition of the patient or requiring parenteral nutrition for prolonged duration, debilitating chronic illnesses like solid organ and lymphoid malignancies. It has been commonly seen chronic alcoholics who have poor oral intake....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-4630/1410159
Impact of mHealth on Informed Consent for General Anaesthesia in a Low to Middle-Income Country: A Double-Blind Randomized Control Trial
Sakina Bhaloo, MBChB, Vitalis Mung'ayi, MBChB, MMed, Wangari-Waweru Siika, MBChB, MMed, David Nekyon, MBChB, MMed and Jasmit Shah, MBChB, MMed
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: 2023/06/05
To establish whether patients who access a mobile health (mHealth) application following a pre-anaesthesia review have better knowledge of the anaesthetic process and higher satisfaction overall than those who receive a patient information leaflet....