Health Sciences

Safety profile of double gloving: a necessity or myth in prevention of accidental prick injury to surgeons

Introduction: Wearing sterile Latex gloves provide an essential protection to both surgeon as well as the patient and thus prevent disease transmission from surgeon to patient and vice versa. The risk of transmission of pathogens such as hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from infected patients to the operating surgeon as well as from surgeon to patient has lead to attention on the reliability of intact surgical gloves in preventing contact with the patient’s body fluids.

A cross sectional study of knowledge, attitude and practice of medical students about organ donation

Background: In 1912 Transplant pioneer Alexis Carrell received the Nobel Prize for his work in the field. The French surgeon had developed methods for connecting blood vessels and conducted successful kidney transplants on dogs. Ukrainian doctor Yu Yu Voronoy transplanted the first human kidney, using an organ from a deceased donor. The recipient died shortly thereafter as a result of rejection (Bilgel et al., 2006). In 1982 on December 2, Barney Clark received the first artificial heart; he survived for 112 days (Taimur Saleem et al., 2009).

Hypnotherapy, coadjuvant treatment in the management of pain

Background: Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, which leads us to look for intervention strategies to control it and thus achieve greater well-being with the minimum of adverse effects. Objective: to determine the effectiveness of hypnotherapy as a coadjuvant treatment in the management of pain in post-operated patients of knee arthroscopy at the Naval Hospital of Specialties of Veracruz.

Family dysfunction associated with the severity of anxiety disorder in children

Background: Anxiety disorders represent the highest prevalence of all psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence, causes of these disorders are diverse; are involved biological, environmental and psychosocial factors, how a psychosocial risk factor is the family atmosphere. Objective: determine whether the family function is associated with severity of anxiety disorder in children 8 to 12 years.

Self-help group, a protective factor for patients with type 2 diabetes

Introduction: Diabetes is a multifactorial disease that has become a pandemic, Secondary to the high incidence of obesity worldwide, being responsible for multiple complications in the health care around the world, Mexico contributes to de highest mortality from diabetes in the American continent and one of the highest rates mortality of the world by this condition. Only 16% of patients with diabetes are in goals.

Cyclic neutropenia as a cause of chronic gastroenteritis: case report

Introduction: Primary immunodeficiencies are genetic disorders of the immune system, which result in a wide variety of clinical manifestations, most often manifest at an early age; and although a large part of these have an autosomal recessive hereditary form; it is not a necessary pattern in its natural history. One way to classify immunodeficiencies is in two categories: 1) the innate system (alterations in complement and phagocytic cells) and 2) adaptive system (including mechanisms of the humoral and cellular system) (Bonilla et al., 2005).

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy versus ultrasound wave therapy on Veneus ulcer

Purpose: To assess the therapeutic efficacy of shock wave therapy and ultrasound therapy on healing of venous ulcer. Material and Methods: Thirty patients with Lower limb ulcer ( second degree )were selected randomly from Kasr- el aine hospitals. Patient's ages were ranged from 30-45 years. These patients were divided into two equal groups: Group A (Shock wave group): In this group, fifteen patients received unfocused Shock wave therapy (500 pulses /cm2 ,0.1 mJ/mm2)two sessions per week for six week plus routine medical treatment (emollient, corticosteroid, antibiotics).

Registry of cerebral palsy in port said governorate-Egypt

Back ground: The prevalence of cerebral palsyin developing country is high. It is one of the most common causes of childhood physical disability. Purpose: To establish a registry of cerebral palsy in Port Said Governorate-Egypt. Subject and Methods: One hundred twenty children with cerebral palsy of both genders who were receiving physical therapy in Port Said Governorate participated in the study. Their ages ranged from one month to 18 years. They were recruited from three public hospitals and four private centers in Port Said Governorate.

Myofascial trigger points distribution pattern in patients post total knee replacement

Background: Knee pain is one of the major sources of pain and disability in developed countries and is the primary indication for total knee replacement (TKR) in patients with Osteoarthritis (OA). Purpose: To assess myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) distribution pattern in muscles around the knee joint pre and post-treatment program in patients post TKR. Design: pre - posttest experimental design. Methods: Fifty female and male patients post TKR. Their age ranged from 50-80 years old.

Improving knowledge and compliance of hand hygiene: an intervention trial among nurses in southern region of Saudi Arabia

Back ground: Hand hygiene is an important component of infection control, which is critical to ensuring patients’ safety in hospitals. Nurses are regarded as healthcare workers could also be vehicles of cross-contamination within the hospital. Thus study aimed to evaluate multimodal interventional health education program in improving knowledge and practicing toward correct hand hygiene manoeuvres at armed forces hospital southern region, in khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia.