Background: Thalassaemia is highly prevalent in Sri Lanka. The highest number of patients are seen in the North Western province, especially in the Kurunegala district. Screening of children and adults to detect beta thalassaemia carriers/trait using automated full blood counts a...
COVID-19 has changed the application not only of hospital medicine but also of community medicine in contexts such as family practice and nursing homes. This article will describe how the pandemic has radically influenced the practice of community medicine when dealing with uninf...
The manifestation of a novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19 or 2019-CoV) exert a serious threat to international health and economy. In the inexistence of medication for this virus, there is a quick need to find substitute ways of controlling the spread of disease. We performed...
Christian Amisi Motuta, Vivi Maketa, Hippolyte Mavoko Muhindo, Alain Mpanya, Symphorien Lubanza, Rodhain Mukele, Gédéon Ngiala Bongo, Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua & Pascal Tshindele Lutumba·Asian Journal of Medical Principles and Clinical Practice·2020
Biosafety, as a set of measures to prevent laboratory acquired infections, has been recommended for more than fifty years. Indeed, since that time, evidence of contamination of laboratory workers has been provided in several articles. Are these measures known and applied in labor...
Robert Hotman Sirait, Trini Suryowati, Forman Erwin Siagian, Luana Natingkaseh Ahmad, Lusia Sri Sunarti, Muhammad Alfarabi, Marwito Wiyanto, Maria Basa Pamungka Natalia & Roni Serta Oktavia Hutabarat·Asian Journal of Medical Principles and Clinical Practice·2020
Background: The Elderly are very prone to Covid-19. Since very early, focus being targeted to change public behaviour. Preventing infection is a challenge, because of potency co-morbidities. Slowly, there is gradually change in condition and people being prepared to get ready for...
Aim: The aim of this study is to qualitatively determine the phytochemical compositions of ethanolic extract of Xylopia aethiopica fruit. Methodology: The fruits of Xylopia aethiopica were obtained from new market in Aba, Abia State and were identified and authenticated by Prof....
Aim: The study aimed to ascertain the level of knowledge of Pressure Ulcers (PU) and their preventive measures among Nurses in Madonna University Teaching Hospital, Rivers State, Nigeria. Study Design: A descriptive survey research design was used. Methodology: The sample of the...
Purpose: This study aimed to compare the accuracy of ultrasound with simple radiography in the diagnosis of ankle fracture due to an ankle sprain. Methods: This study was performed on 36 patients with an ankle fracture due to an ankle sprain, Emergency Department of Besat Hospita...
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has swept across the globe, affecting over 179 countries, with about 650,805 thousand deaths globally and over 16,341,920 million reported cases in the world. Hence, the need for novel drugs and different approaches for high quality treatment of the...
Background: There are recommended standards that must be implemented in the occupational health and safety management system for every hospital. However, there are still many hospitals that do not implement an occupational health and safety management system. This has an impact o...
Background: Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are examples of Non-Communicable Diseases (PTM) which are always in the top 10 diseases in Southeast Sulawesi. Efforts that can be made to detect and even address the factors that cause PTM early is to organize NCD Integrated Post ....
Background: Malaria is one of the most several pathogenic diseases in endemic areas of the world, particularly in Africa. The causative parasites have developed resistance to orthodox drugs over the years, thus the need for herbal remedy. Aim: This study is aimed at assessing the...
Aim: Spurred on by the prevailing dearth of data from Nigeria and West Africa, in the context of reports suggesting racially influenced phenotypic variation in the manifestation of myasthenia gravis, this study explored the clinical presentation of patients with myasthenia gravis...
Introduction: Moscow scale is an appropriate scale for the evaluation of the level of consciousness in patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICU). This study aimed to standardize the Moscow scale in patients hospitalized in ICU based on Iran's demographics information. M...
Background: Clinical wastes are potentially toxic elements (PTE) and harmful microorganisms which can infect health workers and their patients. They comprise both biodegradable and non-biodegradable elements. Clinical waste management (CWM) is the control of all waste generated i...