Health Sciences

Role of tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy in anaplastic thyroid cancer

Background: Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is an orphan disease with an extremely poor prognosis. Radical surgery is possible only for stage IVA anaplastic thyroid cancer, and no effective treatments are available for stage IVB or IVC anaplastic thyroid cancer. The response rate of the disease to cytotoxic chemotherapy has been previously reported as unsatisfactory. Objective: In 2015, lenvatinib was approved and reimbursed for anaplastic thyroid cancer in Japan, including radioactive iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer.

Copyrights protection of indigenous people of indonesia regarding its traditional cultural expression within islamic law (maqasid al syari’ah) perspective

Copyrights protection of Indigenous People of Indonesia in the form of Traditional Cultural Expression was not yet perceived to be fair. The state has the obligation to give a comprehensive protection that would protect the rights of indigenous people of Indonesia under the appropriate law. The existence of indigenous people and the copyrights of Traditional Cultural Expression is part of nation’s wealth and identity.

Efficacy of manual hyperinflation from supine position on arterial oxygenation in patients with unilateral lung diseases

Background/aim: One of the more difficult ventilator problems confronting physicians in the critical care unit is the management of patients who have unilateral lung disease (ULD) . This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of manual hyperinflation (MHI) in supine position on arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) and arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) in those patients.

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.

Management of fractured central incisor with richmond crown

Background: Endodontically treated teeth are more prone to fractures than the vital teeth. Fracture occurrence is more in posterior teeth than anterior teeth as the masticatory forces are higher and teeth are weaker. In the late 19th century, the “Richmond crown,” a single-piece post-retained crown with porcelain facing, was introduced to function as a bridge retainer, it incorporated a threaded tube in the canal with a screw retained crown. Objective: Prosthetic rehabilitation of fractured central incisor following endodontics treatment.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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).