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Medical Sciences, Volume 7, Issue 1

January 2019 - 12 articles

Cover Story: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a “bump, blow, or jolt to the head, or penetrating head injury, that results in disruption of the normal function of the brain”. According to the American College of Surgeons, for patients with suspected TBI, the primary goal of treatment is to prevent the secondary TBI. In this review, we discuss the neuroanatomy, type, and severity of TBI, and criteria for neuroimaging. It is widely accepted that for moderate or severe TBI, the most appropriate initial neuroimaging study is a non-contrast CT scan of the head. We also discuss advanced neuroimaging techniques including perfusion imaging and diffusion tensor imaging, as they may help in the future with the clinical care of TBI patients. View Paper here.
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Articles (12)

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,716 Views
14 Pages

21 January 2019

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major healthcare problem and a major burden to society. The identification of a TBI can be challenging in the prehospital setting, particularly in elderly patients with unobserved falls. Errors in triage on scene can...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,276 Views
11 Pages

Determining an Appropriate Time to Start Prophylactic Treatment with Intranasal Corticosteroids in Japanese Cedar Pollinosis

  • Takenori Haruna,
  • Shin Kariya,
  • Takaya Higaki,
  • Sei-ichiro Makihara,
  • Kengo Kanai,
  • Yasutoshi Komatsubara,
  • Aiko Oka,
  • Kazunori Nishizaki and
  • Mitsuhiro Okano

15 January 2019

Prophylactic treatment with intranasal corticosteroids is effective for pollen-induced seasonal allergic rhinitis. However, the appropriate time to start this treatment remains unclear. We performed a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled tr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,730 Views
11 Pages

14 January 2019

Doctors from the United Kingdom are increasingly involved in international medical volunteerism in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Although supported by government policy this practice lacks infrastructure and coordination. Volunteer activi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
10,733 Views
10 Pages

Management of Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review

  • Nicolò Maria Vanoni,
  • Manuela Carugati,
  • Noemi Borsa,
  • Giovanni Sotgiu,
  • Laura Saderi,
  • Andrea Gori,
  • Marco Mantero,
  • Stefano Aliberti and
  • Francesco Blasi

14 January 2019

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. CAP mortality is driven by the development of sepsis and acute respiratory failure (ARF). We performed a systematic review of the available English literature published in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,523 Views
11 Pages

9 January 2019

The ongoing growth of the international occurrence of depression and its ability to co-occur with other serious medical disorders, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and Parkinson’s disease, is a current public health problem. Inhibitor o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
10,449 Views
8 Pages

8 January 2019

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a two-step algorithm for the detection of Clostridium difficile infection. Setting and Design: A two-step testing algorithm was evaluated for testing stool samples from patients suspected of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,326 Views
23 Pages

Spotlight on the Transglutaminase 2-Heparan Sulfate Interaction

  • Giulia Furini and
  • Elisabetta A.M. Verderio

4 January 2019

Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs), syndecan-4 (Sdc4) especially, have been suggested as potential partners of transglutaminase-2 (TG2) in kidney and cardiac fibrosis, metastatic cancer, neurodegeneration and coeliac disease. The proposed role for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,515 Views
8 Pages

Analysis of Antioxidant Consumption, Body Mass Index and the Waist-Hip Ratio in Early Postmenopause

  • Carlos A. Jiménez-Zamarripa,
  • Liliana Anguiano-Robledo,
  • Patricia Loranca-Moreno,
  • M. Esther Ocharan-Hernández and
  • Claudia C. Calzada-Mendoza

3 January 2019

Oxidative stress is present in early postmenopause. Antioxidants, present in food, avoid or limit the damage caused by free radicals. The aim of this study was to analyze whether the consumption of vitamin A, vitamin C, and Selenium was adequate in p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,854 Views
10 Pages

Leptin Gene G2548A Polymorphism among Mongolians with Metabolic Syndrome

  • Batnaran Dagdan,
  • Ariunbold Chuluun-Erdene,
  • Orgil Sengeragchaa,
  • Munkhzol Malchinkhuu and
  • Munkhtsetseg Janlav

21 December 2018

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) corresponds with multiple risk factors. Many studies have indicated that MetS significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The prevalence of MetS was estimated to be one third of the...

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