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{"title":"“Impact on Family Planning Services in Primary Healthcare Facilities in Rural Sindh – Secondary Data Analysis of Pre- and on-going COVID-19 Crisis Period”","authors":"Nelofer Baig, Altaf H Nizamani","doi":"10.47363/jmhc/2021(4)169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47363/jmhc/2021(4)169","url":null,"abstract":"The current COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the improvements in family planning services during the past years. This study assessed the impact of the global pandemic that compromised the provision of family planning services in primary healthcare facilities in Sindh – Pakistan. A retrospective data from District Health Information System (DHIS) before Covid-19 (January – February 2020) and during Covid-19 (March – June 2020) was extracted on the provision of family planning services in primary healthcare facilities in Sindh. The study was conducted to understand the impact of service provision through time-series trend analysis by comparing two health facilities i.e., BHUs and BHU plus facilities on monthly average visits (Jan-Feb average) and differences in percentage change over time on the uptake of short and long-acting family planning methods. The findings suggested that due to lockdown and restrictive mobility, the family planning services have fallen drastically in terms of clients visit the health facility from the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in the month of March 2020 and remain stagnant till June 2020 as compare to before COVID-19 period. The overall analysis revealed the largest decay in the uptake of family planning methods specifically, pills with 31% and 26% during April 2020 in BHU and BHU plus facilities. On the contrary, uptake of Implants showed 25% and 23% decline in the month of June and May in BHU and BHU plus facilities respectively, compared to the average percentage of the pre-COVID Period. The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the provision of family planning services and steeply decreased the uptake of Pills and Implants in primary healthcare facilities in Sindh. On the contrary, the disruption and decrease in services have provided an opportunity to undertake further research exploration to develop future strategies and policies to combat health challenging situations in such pandemics.","PeriodicalId":93468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medicine and healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42470034","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":"Efficacy of Syrian Propolis Against Several Bacterial Strains","authors":"Rim M. Harfouch, Rawan Fead, Lubana Hammoud","doi":"10.47363/JMHC/2020(2)137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47363/JMHC/2020(2)137","url":null,"abstract":"Propolis is a natural material that can be found in bee honey. It has many medical uses due to its antibacterial activity. In this study we aimed to estimate the antibacterial efficacy of three propolis extracts using three different solvents (Ethanol, Methanol and Ethyl Acetate). We experienced the three extracts on four different strains of bacteria (Klebsiella pneumonia, Ecoli, Pseudomonas aruginosa & Staphylococcus aureus). The results indicated that all the studied propolis extractions do not have any efficacy on Klebsiella neither on Ecoli. The methanolic extract has the greatest effect on Staphylococcus aureus as well as on Pseudomonas aruginosa in contrast of ethanolic and ethyle acetatic extracts which has no efficacy on any of the studied bacterial strains.","PeriodicalId":93468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medicine and healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43798488","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":"Primary Aldosteronism due to a Sub Centimeter Unilateral Adrenal Adenoma","authors":"A. Manov, Academic Hospitalist, Tcu Endocrinologist, Amanpreet Kaur","doi":"10.47363/JMHC/2020(2)135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47363/JMHC/2020(2)135","url":null,"abstract":"We have described a 44-year old man with past medical history of resistant hypertension on 4-antihypertensive medications including diuretic. He has not been investigated for secondary causes of hypertension despite having elevated blood pressure for 10-years and low normal Potassium level. We started the work up for secondary causes of his HTN and proved by assessing the aldosterone. To plasma renin activity ratio of more than 20 with elevate aldosterone in the blood, sodium load suppression test the existence of primary hyperaldosteronism. The cause as per the CT and MRI of the abdomen and following adrenalvein sampling was found to be right adrenal gland hypersecreting adenoma. We referred the patient for surgery and started treating the patient with mineralocorticoid antagonist with improvement of the blood pressure. Current recommendation about screening and diagnosing primary hyperaldosteronism were discussed as well as the deleterious effect of HTN due to hyperaldosteronism.","PeriodicalId":93468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medicine and healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46504113","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":"Early Detection Of Epilepsy Based On Synchronization Degree","authors":"Y. N. Baakek, S. Debbal","doi":"10.47363/JMHC/2020(2)133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47363/JMHC/2020(2)133","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, the synchronization degree is calculated using bi-spectral analysis in order to distinguish between three sets of electroencephalogram signals: normal, pre-ictal, and epileptic seizure cases. The obtained results are compared to six parameters which also extracted from the same analysis; such as the entropies, the mean of bi-spectral amplitude, and weighted center of the bi-spectrum. The obtained results using the proposed algorithm are very satisfactory compared to the other parameters, and show that th","PeriodicalId":93468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medicine and healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45036420","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":"Huge B-Cell Lymphoma of the Maxillary Sinus: Case Report and Review of the Litterature","authors":"H. Ngham, Lyoubi Hicham","doi":"10.47363/JMHC/2020(2)139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47363/JMHC/2020(2)139","url":null,"abstract":"Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) of Paranasal sinus is a rare entity with special characteristics; their locations in the air spaces of the face coming in second row. The prognosis depends on tumor stage and extension into the paranasal sinuses We related the case of a primitive NHL located in the maxillary sinus in a patient of 50 years, invading the entire homolateral nasal cavity. The histopathologic interpretation was B cell lymphoma; the patient received 5 adjuvant chemotherapy treatments according to the CHOP protocol, followed by locoregional external radiotherapy and the evolution was favorable after eighteen months follow-up","PeriodicalId":93468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medicine and healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47880682","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":"Coronavirus Disease Pandemic: A Public Health Perspective","authors":"G. Rao","doi":"10.47363/JMHC/2020(2)130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47363/JMHC/2020(2)130","url":null,"abstract":"The new novel coronavirus was discovered by a Scottish virologist in London in 1964. As is usual with new discoveries, it seems the article she wrote about this discovery, was rejected by a peer reviewed journal. Dr Almeida wrote to the prestigious journal Nature (Nature 220, 1968), outlining her findings and proposed the name “coronavirus” for the new family of viruses. The name referred to the “crown like” appearance, she first observed on these viruses by electron microscopy. While SARS CoV-2 infection seems to be in control in China (less than 100,000 for a population of over billion), where it originated, the epidemic has moved briskly to the rest of the world. What seemed to be impossible to achieve, - imposing and enforcing strict quarantine of people, -is now a reality in majority of the countries. Success of preventive efforts is related, to how best the key principles of prevention strategies are followed; testing for infection, contact tracing, social distancing, wearing masks, and containment of the infected individuals. In December of 2019, several people in Wuhan, China, developed pneumonia and respiratory failure, like what happened during SARS epidemic of 2003. This virus is easily transmissible by symptomatic as well as asymptomatic individuals. As early as January 2020, SARS CoV-2 virus was found to spread during workshops, company meetings. Hospitals seem to provide a favorable environment for the propagation of coronavirus disease(Covid-19). Long-term care facilities are high-risk settings for infections of respiratory diseases. In the long-term care facilities, majority of the senior citizens, seem to have pre-existing conditions, such as hypertension, obesity, type-2 diabetes or cardiovascular diseases, which puts them at high-risk associated with Covid-19 severity. Several mass gatherings have been associated with explosive outbreaks of Covid-19, including political rallies, protests, sports and entertainment events. The possible role of children in transmission of the coronavirus is still not clear. Several individuals who had recovered from the COVID-19 have tested positive again at a later date, suggesting that the infection has been reactivated. These observations raise question about immunity in covid-19 patients for future infections, as well as the ‘herd immunity’ that we all are hoping for. In the absence of an evidence-based cure, the only choice we have of preventing infection is social distancing, wearing masks where needed, hand washing, contact tracing, and containment. SARS CoV-2 virus spreads through a receptor called angiotensin(ACE 2), which is expressed on many cells including the nasopharyngeal epithelial cells, by attaching to these receptors via its spike like external projections.In view of this observation, there is considerable interest in interventions, that may prevent these interactions including vaccines. The mRNA-1273 Group members have published their preliminary report in NEJM (July 14, 2020) ","PeriodicalId":93468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medicine and healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70825499","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":"Brine-Shrimp Lethality Bioassay of different extracts of the medicinal plant matricaria (chamomilla) flowers","authors":"Amal Ali, S. Ali, Suad Abd Elgadir Abdo EL-Rhman, M. Mohamed, T. Khider","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-106834/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-106834/v1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The present study aimed to throw some light on phytochemical constituents of Matricaria (cammomile) flowers. The grinded flowers were extracted successively by petroleum ether (40-60°C), chloroform, 95% ethanol, and ethyl acetate; using soxhlet apparatus respectively. The extracts were concentrated under vacuum (rotatory evaporator).Phytochemical screening of matricaria flowers, were performed using standard methods, showed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, saponins, and anthraquinone. The 95% ethanolic crude extract was subjected to column chromatography and nine fractions were collected. Fractions 1-6 have the same Rf value, (using thin layer pre-coated silica gel (0.25cm). were combined and subjected to spectroscopic analysis; infrared spectra showed absorption at 1860, 1637 and 805 cm’ indicating the presence of c=o, c=c, and c-o groups respectively. Ultra violet absorption at 250-283nm assign for the presence of flavonoids, (lit. 250-280). Finally GC/MS spectra performed the presence flavonoids.Crude extracts (ethanol, methanol, petroleum ether, and chloroform) were investigated for antimicrobial activities against four strains of bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus sub tills, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and two fungi: Asperigillus niger, and Candida albican) with disc diffusion method, the diameter of growth inhibition zone ranged 15-22mm.The distilled essential oil (hydro distillation) of matricaria flowers was subjected to GC/MS, a Number of aliphatic compounds were detected e.g. 2, 3 heptadione and 3-hexa none, 2, 5 dimethyl.","PeriodicalId":93468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medicine and healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49053981","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":"Computer Tomographic study of Anatomic Variations of Paranasal Sinuses in Libyan Population and their Clinical Correlation","authors":"Hawa M R Hawla","doi":"10.47363/jmhc/2021(3)167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47363/jmhc/2021(3)167","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: In the era of Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, precise knowledge of paranasal sinus anatomy and variations are essential for the surgeon. The multi-slice computed tomography is the imaging modality of choice provides accurate evictions of the anatomy, the anatomical variants and the extent of the disease in paranasal sinuses, such a method allowing their accurate identification with high anatomical details. Some of these variants may predispose to sinus diseases or become of high risk for injuries and complication during surgical procedure, therefore, the study of anatomic variants of paranasal sinuses is important in the preoperative endoscopic surgery. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to assess the frequency of anatomic variants and their clinical importance. Materials and methods: This retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Radiology, Benghazi Medical Center, Benghazi, Libya. Data comprised the paranasal sinus computed images of 112 patients (46 males and 66 females) analyzed for the presence of anatomic variants and associated sinus pathology. Results: Our results showed that the most common anatomical variants was deviated nasal septum (60.7%) with slight higher incidence on left side, followed by concha bullosa (22.3%), other variants found were absent frontal sinus (18.8%), Nasal spur (14.3%) , Agger nasi cell (16.1%), Haller cell (5.4%), Onodi cell (2.7%), accessory ostia of maxillary sinuses (10.7%), accessory middle nasal concha (1.8%), paradoxical middle turbinate (1.8%), nasal septum pneumatization (5.4%), Crista galli pneumatization (2.7%), pneumatization of hard palate (1.8%) and pneumatization of clinoid process (6.3%). (53.6%) patients suffered from sinusitis, the results showed that the most common sinus involved was maxillary sinus. Conclusion: Anatomical variations of PNS are quite common. Analysis of every paranasal CT scan obtained for sinusitis for the presence of different anatomic variants is of questionable value unless endoscopic surgery is planned to reduce the risk of intraoperative complications.","PeriodicalId":93468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medicine and healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46982725","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":"The Teaching of Medical Law as an integral part of Good Pharmacy Practice","authors":"George Gregory Buttigieg","doi":"10.47363/jmhc/2021(3)160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47363/jmhc/2021(3)160","url":null,"abstract":"Those aspects of medical law pertaining to medical malpractice are not particularly popular with either teaching staff or under/post-graduate students. The situation changes when an individual is facing Court allegations. This article puts forward the concept, as applied to Pharmacy, that Good Practice demands an integral basic assimilation of the teachings of medical law as a concrete way to enhance positive teaching. Furthermore, both the morality and the legality of practice are becoming more or more an indispensable and often compulsory necessity of knowledge for many specialties of healthcare practice. Although the author is a professor of OBGYN, he also teaches medico-legal studies in a leading university department of pharmacy in Rome. His argument is that this must become the rule and not be the exception.","PeriodicalId":93468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medicine and healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44111224","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":"Incidence of Dengue Infection among Febrile Patients in Port Sudan","authors":"AreegSalih Abdel Aziz Ahmed, Tahani Bashir Mohammeddeen Ahmed","doi":"10.47363/jmhc/2021(3)166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47363/jmhc/2021(3)166","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Aiming to detect dengue virus antibodies in clinically suspicious patients’ serum, contributing to clinical and laboratory advancements in dengue infection management, exploring the association between a clinico-laboratory makeup and Dengue fever, and enhancing the capacity to anticipate, diagnose, and respond to dengue infection. Methods: At Port Sudan 2015, a descriptive cross-sectional hospital-based study was implemented. Six tertiary care hospitals in Port Sudan were included in the report. Patients who attended assigned hospitals with a suspected dengue infection were investigated. Individuals who are at least 9 months old, residency in study area for at least 7 days, pyrexia with unspecified cause for 2-7 days, thrombocytopenia in malaria negative blood film, as well as ages of 9 months and older considerably involved. Gender, age, residency, and clinical symptoms were used as independent variables while dengue patients posing as the dependent variable. Sample size approximation was created based on previous African community studies. To target respondents, a randomized cluster model was used. Information was gathered through direct interview, as well as questionnaire after signed a consent form. 5ml of venous blood withdraw by a professional nurse from each respondent, then examined for hematological indicators of dengue fever using Sysmex XP-300 Automated Hematology Analyzerand dengue specific IgM antibodies using Panbio® Dengue IgM Capture ELISA. Entering data and analysis of the volunteers’ characteristics, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences program (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) version 20 was used. Incredibly simple descriptive statistics were used to analyze the laboratory results of the Dengue indicators as well as risk factors. Results: The study involved 83 cases out of 110 that were tested by ELISA at different hospitals in Port Sudan and determined to be diagnosed with the dengue virus.The incidence rate among febrile patients was 75% (68 cases), with DF documented in 80 cases (96%) and DHF in three scenarios (4%). higher prevalence within the (21-30) age category 50/110. (45%).High occurrence rate during July (63 cases) (57%). Fever was the most noticeable clinical feature 79/83(95%, more evident hematological indicators included thrombocytopenia and leucopenia (88%) 97 out of 110 (71%) 78/110 in each event. Most of study subjects were unaware regarding risk factors with exception of transmission mode. Conclusions: Study reported high incidence among suspected febrile participants. Most of patients presented as DF, with greater occurrence among reproductive age group and during July.Thrombocytopenia and leucopenia were more prominent clinical manifestations.With the exception of the mode of transmission, the majority of study respondents were unaware of the risk factors.","PeriodicalId":93468,"journal":{"name":"Journal of medicine and healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45372483","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}