Sara Rahama, K. Mirghani, M. Hussein, Sami Menasri
{"title":"Prevalence of Intensive-care-unit-acquired Thrombocytopenia in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sudan","authors":"Sara Rahama, K. Mirghani, M. Hussein, Sami Menasri","doi":"10.2991/DSAHMJ.K.190617.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2991/DSAHMJ.K.190617.002","url":null,"abstract":"Thrombocytopenia defined as a platelet count <150,000/mm3 [1–4] is the commonest haemostatic disorder in patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), affecting 20–40% of them [5]. In Egypt, the blood disorder has been found to affect 20% of the patients admitted to the ICU. It has been linked to higher mortality, increased transfusion requirements, and higher risk for developing septic shock [6]. In India, the prevalence of ICU-acquired thrombocytopenia was found to be 37.57% [2].","PeriodicalId":52781,"journal":{"name":"Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81534553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Essential Diagnostics: A Key Element of Universal Health Coverage","authors":"M. Pai, Mikashmi Kohli","doi":"10.2991/DSAHMJ.K.190225.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2991/DSAHMJ.K.190225.001","url":null,"abstract":"Health is a human right. Yet, the sad reality is that, 40 years after the Alma Ata declaration “Health For All by 2000”, half the world is still without access to essential healthcare services. To address this healthcare crisis, all countries have committed to the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, which include Universal Health Coverage (UHC) [1]. UHC involves financial risk protection, access to quality essential healthcare services and access to essential medicines and vaccines for all.","PeriodicalId":52781,"journal":{"name":"Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77741351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prospects for the Management of Sepsis in an Era of Personalised Medicine","authors":"Jonathan Cohen","doi":"10.2991/DSAHMJ.K.190319.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2991/DSAHMJ.K.190319.001","url":null,"abstract":"Improving the outcome for patients with sepsis has been an enduring challenge in clinical medicine for at least the past 30 years. It would be wrong, of course, to say that nothing has changed and that there has been little improvement in survival rates. On the contrary, there have been extraordinary developments in our understanding of the basic science, and marked improvement in the clinical management of sick patients in the care of intensivists and infectious diseases physicians. Nevertheless, it is right to acknowledge that those improvements have largely been incremental changes in supportive care, better ventilator and fluid management, infection prevention and control, and microbiological diagnosis [1]. We have not seen the successful introduction of a specific therapeutic agent that targets the pathological processes in sepsis per se, and which can reverse, or at least ameliorate the tissue injury and consequent organ damage that are the clinical hallmarks of sepsis. It is no accident that in 2017 the World Health Organization (WHO) identified sepsis as the final common pathway for most deaths due to infectious disease worldwide, and urged member states to improve the detection, prevention, and treatment of sepsis as a priority [2]. As the statement from the WHO pointed out, much could be achieved by the better use of techniques already well known and widely available, even in less-developed economies, by improving hand hygiene and other infection prevention methods and by better antibiotic stewardship.","PeriodicalId":52781,"journal":{"name":"Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal","volume":"276 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73383992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retinopathy of Prematurity—A Brief Review","authors":"Saba Al Rashaed","doi":"10.2991/dsahmj.k.191214.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2991/dsahmj.k.191214.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52781,"journal":{"name":"Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal","volume":"164 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75073982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}