Asthma can be prevented if its pathogenesis is well understood. Poorly controlled asthma may cause relapse and poor quality of life. Asthma relapse can be prevented by avoiding trigger factors, one of which is exposure to tobacco smoke. This study aimed to determine the difference in asthma attack frequency between patients with and without tobacco smoke environment.This study was analytical o…
Families with a schizophrenic member often experience over-expression of recurrent emotion that may cause the schizophrenic member to relapse. Alleviating this emotion expression can help schizophrenic patients to attain better prognosis, improve their social function, and enhance their quality of life. Eclectic family counseling is a type of psycho-social therapy that helps family members to a…
Current management of schizophrenia emphasizes on eclectic approach using bio-psychosocial theories. In conjunction with the standard anti-psychotic terapy, the eclectic counseling is thought to enhance clinical outcomes of patients with schizophrenia, by accelerating adaptive capacity recovery that allows normal function of the patients in the society. This study aimed to determine the effect…
Methadone is used worldwide as an effective treatment for clients with heroin dependence. Methadone maintenance therapy aims to reduce opioid dependence, yet most patients still use at least one psychoactive ubstance. Studies have shown that counseling can help clients resolve drug dependence. This study is aimed to determine whether counseling is effective to reduce drug use score at methadone…
Twiddler’s syndrome is a well-known complication of pacemaker treatment. This syndrome is characterized by coiling of the pacemaker lead due to the rotation of pacemaker generator on its long axis. Lead damage could cause lead facture or insulation leakage. The syndrome is also responsible for lead dislodgment, diaphragmatic stimulation, twitching upper arm due to plexus brachial nerve stimu…
Sepsis is a major cause of infant and child mortality. Hyperglycemia worsens situation in patients with sepsis and increases mortality. Unfortunately, hyperglycemia in patients with sepsis is of ten ignored by clinicians. This study aimed to estimate the association between hyperglycemia and mortality in children with sepsis after controlling for multi-organ dysfunctions (MOD), age, and nutriti…
In theory, lymphocyte count increases in pediatric patients with dengue virus infection,because this infection increases apoptosis process and activation of T lymphocyte function, Th1 cytokine production, and B lymphocytes. Administration of zinc is hypothsized to affect immunity changes as shown by these biomarkers. This study aimed to examine the effect of zinc on lymphocyte count and length …
To determine whether the administration of tamsulosin, as adjunctive medical therapy, increases the efficacy of one session of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) to treat renal stones. Material & Method: A prospective randomized placebo controlled study enrolled 21 patients. They underwent a single ESWL session to treat solitary radiopaque renal stones 4 to 20 mm in diameter. After E…
A higher prevalence of kidney stone in diabetes mellitus (34%) is probably caused by insulin resistance. Insulin resistance inhibits gluconeogenesis, which might be associated with a low urine pH that lead to stone formation. Objective: To compare glycogen level of kidney tubular cells in diabetic kidney stone patients with in nondiabetic kidney stone patients. Material & method: We revi…
Objective: To study the relationship between obesity, prostate specific antigen (PSA) level, and prostate volume in patients with benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) without urinary retention.Material & Method: Twenty two BPH patients without urinary retention was enrolled in this study. Patients were classified into 2 groups based on body mass index (BMI). The first group consisted of 11 patient…