Health Sciences

Spine injuries is a serious medical condition that has a major impact on the quality of life of the patient. Although there is a varying consensus among treating physicians, surgical fixation of a traumatic fracture of the thoracic or lumbar spine is considered necessary if axial and rotational stability is severely impaired or if a neurologic deficit is present or imminent. Considerable controversy exists regarding the clinical performance of different instrumentation systems for the surgical treatment of unstable fractures of the thoracolumbar spine.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the effect of scenario-based simulation training on nursing students’ maternity knowledge and clinical skills. 

Background/Aims: Clinical engineers operate and manage the radiofrequency ablation (RFA) generator during RFA for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in our hospital. Clinical engineers also carry out data management of patient information. Initially, patient information including the patient status, treatment site, and nodule diameter at the time of treatment has been recording in database by Microsoft Office Excel. However, increased RFA sessions including recurrent HCC patients have a risen complicated problem.

Zimbabwe’s public health industry continues to be plagued with diminishing national budget allocations, the brain drain of medical professionals and a growing population that depends on this sector that is so under-resourced. This means the industry has to do more with fewer resources which is very arduous and Zimbabwe’s Healthcare system is currently in a crisis.

This study was aimed to investigate use of Taguchi method in animal researches which is as an alternative to factorial experiments. Modeling real-world phenomena often requires more than one factor to explain changes on response variables. Factorial designs are very powerful statistical tools because they allow a researcher to simultaneously test the effects of multiple factor-level combinations on response. But sometimes factor numbers and their levels used in the factorial experiments as difficult and expensive.

HIV/AIDS is a serious public health and alarming burden disease in Bangladesh. The aim of the present study was to identify HIV related knowledge, attitude and practice of rickshaw pullers are utmost needed to know and preventive measures of HIV/AIDS. This descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of rickshaw pullers on HIV/AIDS in Chittagong city. Regarding knowledge on HIV/AIDS 97% of the respondents were heard regarding HIV/AIDS.

Objective: Remembrance capacity in children and adolescents ages 5–19 with autism (n = 50) and typically developing controls (n = 36) was assessed using a clinical assessment battery, the Test of Memory and Learning (TOMAL).
Method: Participant groups were statistically comparable in age, nonverbal IQ, handedness, and head circumference, and were administered the TOMAL.

Background: Akshay Patra served mid day meal is implemented in both urban and rural Vadodara since November, 2009 to improve the acceptability of the programme as well as its health and nutritional impact. 
Aim: To conduct a situational analysis of MDM served through Akshay Patra and its impact on the nutritional status of children in rural area of Vadodara district. 

Culture is described as a critical element of healthcare safety and quality. This study aims to assess a patient safety culture in GS hospitals.A cross-sectional, descriptive design was utilized. A total number of 376 clinical and non-clinical hospitals’ staff participated in the current study. Data were collected using an Arabic version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). The study data was evaluated using the SPSS for Windows 20.0. Dimensional- and item-level positive scores were used for results reporting.

Background: Pleural effusion is one of the commonly seen respiratory conditions in India with approximately 1 million people being diagnosed each year. Since there was no literature regarding the effectiveness of incentive spirometryand stacked breathing in Unilateral Pleural effusion there was a need to find out as to which approach are the best ones to implement. 
Objective: To compare the efficacy of chest mobility exercises and incentive spirometry with that of chest mobility exercises and stacked breathing on chest expansion in subjects with unilateral pleural effusion.