The Unexpected Difficult Airway: How to Avoid It & How to Manage It
Michael A. Gibbs, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians This lecture discusses the best management for difficult airways in the emergency department, and how to anticipate and avoid trouble during intubation in these cases.
Young & Strong: Sideline Medicine in Children & Adolescents
Victoria E. Garrett, MD
American College of Emergency Physicians This lecture covers musculoskeletal injuries common in young athletes.
Airway Tricks of the Trade
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians This lecture discusses the systematic approach necessary in difficult airway management for a pediatric patient.
Covid-19: Pregnancy and the risk of vertical transmission ROW
Rose Maina & Dr. Eunice Ndirangu
COVID-19: Pregnancy and the Risk of Vertical Transmission
Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype Epidemiology among PCV-10 Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Children at Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, Nairobi County: A Cross-Sectional Study
Michael Walekhwa,Margaret Muturi,Revathi Gunturu,Eucharia Kenya,Beatrice Kabera
is a friendly gram positive inhabitant of the human upper respiratory tract but can be highly invasive in some conditions (. Some strains also have a greater potential to develop antibiotic resistance than others (. vaccines protect against several severe forms of pneumococcal disease, such as meningitis, pneumonia and bacterem....
Non-AIDS defining malignancies in the combination ART era: immunological and socio-behavioral risk factors
Yann Ruffieux,Frédérique Chammartin,Anita Feller,Kurt Schmidlin,Sabine Rohrmann,Katharina Staehelin,Christine Bouchardy,Heiner C. Bucher,Barbara Hasse,Matthias Cavassini,Alexandra Calmy,Gilles Wandeler,Alexandra Scherrer,Julia Bohlius,Matthias Egger
In high-income countries, life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLWHIV) on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) is approaching that of the general population. An analysis of causes of death in the Data collection on Adverse events of Anti-HIV Drugs (a collaboration of eleven HIV cohort studies from Europe, the USA and....
Virologic failure and HIV drug resistance on simplified, dolutegravir-based maintenance therapy: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Gilles Wandeler,Marta Buzzi,Nanina Anderegg,Delphine Sculier,Charles Béguelin,Matthias Egger,Alexandra Calmy
The concept of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the treatment of HIV infection was established twenty years ago, when the results of the first studies evaluating protease inhibitor-based regimens were published. Due to its interesting pharmacokinetic profile, good tolerability and high barrier to resistance, dolutegr....
Cell growth inhibition and apoptotic effects of a specific anti-RTFscFv antibody on prostate cancer, but not glioblastoma, cells
Foroogh Nejatollahi,Payam Bayat,Bahareh Moazen
Prostate cancer is the most prevalent malignancy and the second leading cause of cancer-related death among men in the USA and developing countries. Recombinant DNA technology paved the way for the production of recombinant antibody (rAb) fragments, such as single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibodies, which are composed of....
A real-world intention-to-treat analysis of a decade’s experience of treatment of hepatitis C with interferon-based therapies
Nowlan Selvapatt,Ashley Brown
Data from the World Health Organization suggest that 130–150 million people are infected with chronic hepatitis C worldwide, a significant proportion of whom will develop liver cirrhosis or cancer. There are seven known genotypes of HCV, although it is possible for patients to be infected with more than one genotype concurrently....
CA72-4 may contribute to real-time reconnaissance of gastric cancer
Jutta Keller,Ella Reiss-Sklan,Miri Refael,Viola Andresen,Yael Levy-Herman,Igor Ruvinsky
Despite continuous decline in incidence rates in both sexes, gastric cancer is still the fourth most common cancer worldwide, with 934,000 newly diagnosed cases per year. As new potential screening methodologies, such as capsule endoscopyn
Coronavirus disease 2019 drug discovery through molecular docking
Sweta Singh,Hector Florez
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), that is responsible for respiratory illness and probably many more is yet to be discovered. This novel virus was first identified on 30. Then, it is necessary for the rapid development and approval of a vaccine, whi....
Hub genes in a pan-cancer co-expression network show potential for predicting drug responses
Francisco Azuaje,Tony Kaoma,Céline Jeanty,Petr V. Nazarov,Arnaud Muller,Sang-Yoon Kim,Gunnar Dittmar,Anna Golebiewska,Simone P. Niclou
The analysis of networks extracted from different types of “omics” data is a useful strategy to enable the characterization and prediction of meaningful properties of the underlying complex biological systems. Addressing the above-mentioned challenge is now possible thanks to the availability of large collections of data origina....
The effect of silver nanoparticles incorporation in the self-etch adhesive system on its antibacterial activity and degree of conversion: an in-vitro study
Heba F. Mohammed,Mona I. Riad
Dental resin composite is a widely used restorative material that has superior aesthetic properties and strong bonding ability to the tooth structure in comparison to other restorative materials like amalgam. Silver is an antimicrobial agent that has broad spectrum activity against gram positive and gram negative bacterian....
Early assessment of antiretroviral efficacy is critical to prevent the emergence of resistance mutations in HIV-tuberculosis coinfected patients: a substudy of the CARINEMO-ANRS12146 trial
Elisabeth Baudin,Nilesh Bhatt,Christine Rouzioux,Micaela Serafini,Lucas Molfino,Ilesh Jani,Anne-Marie Taburet,Maryline Bonnet,Alexandra Calmy
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) aims to sustain virological suppression, which is associated with a clinical benefit and immune recovery. It also prevents HIV transmission and limits the emergence of antiretroviral (ARV) drug resistance. In a recent meta-analysis, Gupta. In 2016, 80% of the worldwide prescription of ART-included ef....
Post-Ebola Community Health Worker programme performance in Kenema District, Sierra Leone: A long way to go!
Harold Thomas,Katrina Hann,Mohamed Vandi,Joseph Bengalie Sesay,Koi Sylvester Alpha,Robinah Najjemba
The effect of the 2014–2015 West African Ebola outbreak on Community Health Worker (CHW) services in Kenema district, Sierra Leone, was assessed through a retrospective cross-sectional study comparing CHW reporting and services before (June 2013-April 2014), during (June 2014-April 2015) and post-outbreak (November 2015-April 20....
Knowledge of pastoralists on livestock diseases and exposure assessment to brucellosis within rural and peri-urban areas in Kajiado, Kenya
Joshua Onono,Penina Mutua,Philip Kitala,Peter Gathura
Brucellosis is a neglected bacterial zoonosis with global distribution, and it has been reported in 56 countries with more than 500,000 new human cases reported annually (. In Kenya, brucellosis was first reported in 1916 with the first case confirmed in a laboratory in 1931 (. The pastoralist communities are highly dependent on....
Could night-guards be used as a simple method to detect leached-elements from dental restorations intra-orally? A study on amalgam restorations
Rasha Mohamed Abdelraouf
Determination of leached-elements from dental restorations has been investigated as a result of exposure to oral conditions. On the other hand,. Yet, measuring the released elements in humans may be best. Several studies quantified the excretion of mercury in urine, hair and nails of patients with dental amalgam-restorations and....
In vitro regulation of reactive oxygen species formation in red blood cells of homozygous sickle cell patients using Vitamin C
Ogechukwu Egini,Edouard Guillaume,Titilope Adeyemo,Chiemeziem Nwanyanwu,Fnu Shweta,Eric Jaffe
Sickle cell anemia is a single-nucleotide polymorphism due to substitution of glutamic acid by valine at position 6 of the B-globin chain. ROS formation is maximal during the reperfusion state when there is increased formation of methemoglobin and superoxide ion due to electron transfers that occur between the heme iron and oxyg....
Continuous and intermittent exposure of neonatal rat calvarial cells to PTHrP (1-36) inhibits bone nodule mineralization in vitro by downregulating bone sialoprotein expression via the cAMP signaling pathway
Suzan A Kamel,John A Yee
Parathyroid-hormone-related protein (PTHrP) is the causative factor of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy. The amino terminus of PTHrP has strong homology with the comparable region of parathyroid hormone (PTH). In several tissues, including bone, it has been reported that PTHrP and PTH1R mRNAs and/or proteins are expressed by....
Leading a Healthy Workplace Environment
Keith Carlson, BSN, RN, NC-BC
In the 21st century healthcare and nursing ecosystem, increased attention is being paid to the creation of healthy work environments and positive workplace culture. Nurses need to feel valued, supported, and engaged. So how can nurse leaders bring these initiatives to life and help to improve nurse retention and employee engagem....
Making Data Work for Nursing Using Nursing Research and Evidence-based Practice to Affect Nursing
Terri Gaffney, PhD, MPA, RN, Mary Del Guidice, MSN, BS, RN, CENP and Kathryn Farrell, MSN, RN
This course brings you research and best practices about recovering medication errors thereby enhancing patient safety, a research mentorship program, and fiscal stewardship to improve nurse staffing.
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Mr Samuel L Jackson
Faculty of Orthopaedic Academy Dr.Firas Arnaout MD MSc FRCS – Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon – Director of Education
Topical anaesthetics
Zoe Greenwood
This session looks at which topical anaesthetics are available, including techniques for their application, uses, disadvantages and alternatives.
Inhalation Sedation Equipment
Kathy Wilson
This session describes the equipment required for the administration of inhalation sedation. Details of the safety features and equipment checks are also covered.