Objective: To learn about the disagreements among geriatricians from a Latin American country (Peru) as to palliative therapy for dementia. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study. The population consisted of Peruvian geriatrics residents surveyed during August 2019. non-probability convenience sampling was used. Considering total 277 in Peru design effect 1.0, minimum sample...

PURPOSE This study was undertaken to evaluate the insertion forces utilized during simulated placement of a urethral catheter by healthcare individuals with a variety of catheter experience. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 21F urethral catheter was mounted to a metal spring. Participants were asked to press the tubing spring against a force gauge and stop when they met a level of resistance that woul...

The placement of nasogastric (NG) tubes is an extremely common intervention in general surgical wards and intensive care units. We report a case series of two patients who developed life threatening complications from the insertion of nasogastric tubes. Case 1 was a 71 year old man admitted to the Intensive Care Unit with pancreatitis who had three isolated complications from NG tube insertion....

objective: interaction between genetic and environmental factors is considered as major factors in schizophrenia (scz). it has been shown that dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurotransmission dysfunction play an essential role in the scz pathogenesis. this study aimed to find the impact of functional 19-bp insertion/deletion (ins/del) polymorphism in dopamine beta-hydroxylase (dbh) gene on scz ...

background and objectives: infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre) has caused a therapeutic problem. vana and vanb resistant types are the predominant phenotypes among vancomycin resistant enetrococci. transposon 1546 (tn1546) harboring the vana gene cluster, plays an important role in the horizontal transfer of vana gene. in this study, we examined the phenotypic and genotypic di...

This study aimed to describe the incidence and reasons for nonelective removal of epicutaneous catheters in neonates, identifying its association with the catheter insertion site. This was a prospective cohort study, conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit of a private tertiary hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. We analyzed 266 epicutaneous catheter insertions. The incidence of non-...

although england and the united states are both common law states and their legal systems follow the same rules, each has disregarded certain rules and changed them to suit specific circumstances. for instance, they have both disregarded the common law rule on the insertion of exemption conditions by carriers. regarding carrier’s liability towards passengers, the united states accepts the highe...

RATIONALE Recent studies have shown that the incidence of bloodstream infections (BSIs) associated with arterial catheters (ACs) is comparable to that of central venous catheters (CVCs). In 2011, the CDC published guidelines recommending the use of limited barrier precautions during AC insertion. The goal of this study was to assess the attitudes and current antiseptic techniques employed by ph...