Administration of Drugs by Intravenous Infusion Pumps
Henry Fok and Kerry Layne
This session explains why some drugs are administered via intravenous infusion pumps. It also discusses the important features of a prescription for an intravenous infusion, how to set up an infusion pump and how to monitor the progress of an intravenous infusion.
Sickle Cell Disease: Acute Management in Children and Adolescents
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives
This course is part of a series on Sickle Cell Diseases by the SickKids-Ghana Paediatric Nursing Education Partnership. The series was developed for healthcare workers (nurses, community health nurses, midwives, and physicians) in Ghana, but has broad relevance for healthcare workers in the region and globally. It is recommend....
Sickle Cell Disease: Promoting Health for Children and Adolescents
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives
Ghana Paediatric Nursing Education Partnership (PNEP). Sickle Cell Disease: Promoting Health for Children and Adolescents explores the lived experience of children and adolescents with sickle cell disease and their families. The course features interactive content that will provide healthcare workers with the knowledge they nee....
Stress Ulceration
Aung Lwin and Daniele Bryden
Bleeding from stress ulcer disease remains a significant medical problem in critically ill patients and thus is an important topic for trainees to be aware of. This session will cover the rationale, treatment options and issues related to stress ulcer prophylaxis.
The Social Context of Food
Lisa Holmes
As healthcare practitioners we often feel we know what infants and young children should be eating, but the families we work with can experience barriers in putting this information into practice. In our day-to-day practice, we need to consider the social aspects of food and the effect that our environment has on our food choice....
Nutrition Before and During Pregnancy
Judy More
This session focuses on nutritional recommendations for women before and during pregnancy.
Acute Asthma
Asad Ali and Gavin Perkins
Acute asthma is a common emergency condition affecting all age groups. Early recognition and management can save lives.
Generic Signs on Plain Radiographs - Part I
Stephen Ellis
This session looks at generic signs (such as silhouettes) on chest x-ray (CXR) and computed tomography (CT) scans and how to interpret them. Also covered are the air bronchogram, air crescent, and gloved finger.
Understanding the factors enabling and blocking sustained implementation of cholera interventions in a fragile region of Nigeria: a multi-phase group model building study protocol
Kelly Elimian,Carina King,Karin Diaconu,John Ansah,Sebastian Yennan,Chinwe Ochu,Emmanuel Pembi,Gandi Benjamin,Birger Forsberg,Chikwe Ihekweazu,Tobias Alfvén
Despite the possible underestimation due to limited surveillance and reluctance to report cases for economic reasons, approximately 2.9 million cholera cases and 95,000 cholera-related deaths are recorded annually worldwide. While substantial progress has been made towards cholera control in the SDG era, a combination of climate....
Case Report: Sudden death related to unrecognized cardiac hydatid cyst
Med Amin Mesrati,Yosra Mahjoub,Nouha Ben Abdejlil,Marwa Boussaid,Meriem Belhaj,Hiba Limem,Ali Chadly,Abdelfeteh Zakhama,Abir Aissaoui
Echinococcosis, also known as hydatid disease, is a parasitic human infestation that commonly occurs in countries where sheep farming is widespread, such as Mediterranean countriesn
Image Interpretation - Abdominal Ultrasound: Paediatric Renal
Terry Humphrey
This session will describe normal renal ultrasound appearances in children. Common pathologies will be discussed as well as pitfalls to avoid. Tips on reporting will be offered.
EXAMEN DU NOUVEAU-NE
Mr. NSENGIYUMVA Richard, Mr. BISANUKURI Evergiste
Ce cours s'agit de l'examen de nouveau-ne
Public Health Roles of Eye Health Professionals, Patients and the Wider Public
Andy Cassels-Brown, Yvonne Needham
This session describes the roles of the health and social care workers, the patient and the public in preventing visual disability and blindness. You will understand the main functions and strengths of different workers and the ways in which they can collectively facilitate high quality eye care for their individual patients.
Protecting Small Babies from Infection (with subtitles)
GHM
This course is about protecting small babies from infection
Continuous positive airway pressure plus low flow oxygen versus usual care of severe acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema in the pre-hospital setting: A randomised controlled trial
Michael A. Austin,Karen Wills,David Kilpatrick,E. Haydn Walters
Congestive heart failure occurred in 5.7 million Americans. Invasive ventilation increases the risk of complications, including hospital acquired infection (HAI) (pneumonia, sinusitis) and tracheal injury, and consequently may prolong ICU and hospital stay. Despite the potential advantages of CPAP for the management of severe AC....
Termination of mid-trimester pregnancies: misoprostol versus concurrent weighted Foley catheter and misoprostol
Ayman Shabana,Hesham Salah,Mohamed Kandil,Emad Soliman,Dalia Morsi
The universal prenatal screening programs have lead to an increase in the diagnosis of congenital malformations with subsequent gradual increase in second trimester termination of pregnancy (TOP). Termination in the second trimester is more risky than during the first trimester. Several studies have described the Foley’s cathete....
Healthcare providers’ perspective on barriers to optimal HIV index testing: an interview-based study
Cibangu Katamba
Global HIV testing services (HTS) and antiretroviral therapy have seen a substantial scale up. A study conducted in Zambia revealed that index testing coupled with targeted community-led HTS are useful strategies to diagnose men living with HIV. Effective approaches to HIV testing are needed to reach undiagnosed people and link....
Case Report: Concomitant coronary stent and femoral artery thrombosis in the setting of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Mejdi Ben Messaoud,Mezri Maatouk,Mohamed Mehdi Boussaada,Marouane Mahjoub,Walid Mnari,Habib Gamra
Heparin is a commonly used anticoagulant for hospitalized patients, but its use can lead to devastating complications, such as heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)n
Intra-canal medication containing silver nanoparticle versus calcium hydroxide in reducing postoperative pain: A randomized clinical trial
Fatma El Zahraa El Abbasy,Salsabyl Ibrahim,Olfat Shaker,Geraldine Ahmed
Pain in endodontic treatment is a major concern for patients and clinicians. Many factors can cause pain like bacteria, chemical mediators, change in cyclic mediators, change in periapical tissue pressure, and psychological factors. However, the presence of microorganisms as a result of failure to properly disinfect the canal is....