Response to venepuncture for monitoring in primary schools EDrroR,-We welcome the commentaries that followed our paper that was published in May.' We think, however, that we need to clarify some of the points made in these commentaries to represent the views of the team members. The last sentence of our paper can be easily misinterpreted as conveying the idea that venepuncture is ethically acce...

background and aim: venipuncture is among the commonest painful invasive procedures performed by nurses. preventing and alleviating children’s pain is of paramount importance. this study was undertaken to evaluate the impacts of acupressure on venipuncture pain among 6–12 year-old hospitalized children.  materials and methods: in this clinical trial, eighty 6–12 year-old children hospitalized i...

Herpes is generally correlated with Visarpa in Ayurveda, In Modern science a viral infection caused due to species of herpesviridae. It treated several oral and topical antivirals. These medicines are very expensive have limited role cure such type infections; also they do not work upon the complications like post herpes neuralgia. Present case study enlightens about effective treatment based a...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the actual effectiveness of long-term phlebotomy by comparing histological improvement (HI) in 69 Caucasian HCV-RNA-positive CHC patients undergoing phlebotomy or receiving an interferon-based therapy without virological response [nonresponders to interferon therapy(IBT-NR)]. METHODS HI was defined by at least one point reduction of the staging sc...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Iron may play an important role in the pathogenesis of hepatitis C. We conducted this randomized, controlled trial comparing phlebotomy with dietary iron reduction. METHODS Forty patients with chronic hepatitis C showing serum ferritin levels of over 150 ng/ml were randomized to either group A (low-iron diet for six months) or group B (phlebotomy biweekly). Phlebotomy was c...

The erythrocyte ferritin content was measured in patients with either idiopathic haemochromatosis or alcoholic liver disease and iron overload to define its value as a marker for an excess of tissue iron. The mean erythrocyte ferritin content in patients with untreated idiopathic haemochromatosis was increased 60-fold and fell with phlebotomy. After phlebotomy many patients had an increased red...

Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a rare but socially important neoplasm due to its association with asbestos exposure. Malignant mesothelioma is difficult to diagnose at an early stage, yet there are no particularly effective treatments available at the advanced stage, thus necessitating efficient strategies to prevent MM in individuals already exposed to asbestos. We previously showed that persi...

Introduction Operation theatre environment, surgery and anaesthesia cause stress and anxiety. This can cause psychological disturbances, especially in children. Sedative and anxiolytic premedication have been used to prevent such outcomes. Intranasal route is least traumatic and easily accepted. Intranasal midazolam has been used for premedication in children. Objectives This study was undertak...

OBJECTIVES This article is a systematic review of the effectiveness of three practices for reducing blood culture contamination rates: venipuncture, phlebotomy teams, and prepackaged preparation/collection (prep) kits. DESIGN AND METHODS The CDC-funded Laboratory Medicine Best Practices Initiative systematic review methods for quality improvement practices were used. RESULTS Studies include...