Background: Intermittent prevention of malaria is a key strategy adopted globally to ensure the wellbeing pregnant women. By extension, these strategies enhance healthy development fetus. This study assesses knowledge and practices women towards intermittent in Juaben Government Hospital Ghana. Methods: A cross-sectional, quantitative, descriptive survey was conducted among 120 at antenatal cli...

INTRODUCTION Intermittent pneumatic mechanical compression is commonly applied to obviate venous stasis in patients with increased risk of thromboembolism. Aviafit is a small battery-operated intermittent compression device using a patented mechanical, non-pneumatic technology. Our objective was to examine its ability to prevent venous stasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Doppler ultrasonography was...

Background: Malaria infestation in pregnancy is a major public health concern and ranks amongst the commonest complications of pregnancy in Nigeria. Approximately 50,000 Nigerian women die each year from largely preventable pregnancy related complications. Intermittent preventive therapy for malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) is a key recommendation in the National guideline for malaria treatment in N...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To measure differences in cyclosporine A (CSA) trough concentrations from blood collected as a peripheral sample and from a CSA-uncontaminated (naive) lumen of a double-lumen central line. DESIGN Prospective, comparative study. SETTING Pediatric university teaching hospital in metropolitan Australia. SAMPLE 71 paired central and peripheral CSA blood samples from a conve...

Autoimmune Congenital Heart Block (CHB) is an immune-mediated disease caused by transplacental passage of maternal circulating anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB antibodies which can bind to fetal cardiac tissue, damaging conduction tissues inflammation fibrosis. Approximately 2% pregnancies with positive anti-Ro will be complicated atrioventricular block the risk recurrence in subsequent 10 times hig...

to discuss the pro­ phylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment of anthrax. Participants included clini­ cians and health department person­ nel from areas where anthrax cases were identified, infectious disease experts, representatives of profes­ sional societies, and experts from fed­ eral agencies. A patient recovering from inhalational anthrax also described her illness. The following is a summary o...