Knowledge, attitudes and practices during the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study from various perspectives
Aim To investigate knowledge, attitudes and practice towards COVID-19 among selected population.Methods An anonymous online questionnaire based on a Chinese study was distributed via online social media platforms amonggeneral population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, India, Kosovo and Romania.Results In total 1032 subjects, predominately femal...
By Armin Šljivo, Sutanay Bhattacharyya, Ahmed Mulać, Arian Abdulkhaliq, Sahatçiu Rexhep
Intra-operative local plus systemic tranexamic acid significantly decreases post-operative bleeding and the need for allogeneic blood transfusion in total knee arthroplasty
Aim To evaluate the efficacy of systemic plus local tranexamic acid (TXA) in reducing post-operative bleeding, haemoglobin loss and the need for allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) in total knee arthroplasty (TKA).Methods All patients undergoing TKA between January 2017 and September 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. Exclusion criteria were cardi...
By Lidia De Falco, Elisa Troiano, Martina Cesari, Pietro Aiuto, Giacomo Peri, Nicolò Nuvoli, Mattia Fortina, Nicola Mondanelli, Stefano Giannotti
Efficacy of Zhu’s acupuncture techniques to improve muscle strength of motion limbs in stroke patients
AimTo investigate the efficacy of Zhu acupuncture in motoric ability improvement of stroke patients. This research is a preliminary study in an effort to test the efficacy of Zhu's acupuncture technique in motor improvement in stroke patients.Methods This quasi-experimental study, with the pretest and posttest approach without control group design ...
By Indri Seta Septadina, Erial Bahar
Reamputation stumps below knee
Aim To investigate rehabilitation outcomes of patients with malformed tibial stumps.Methods Observations included 421 patients with residual limb diseases and malformations (extensive inactive scars adhered tothe bone, excessively long or short stumps, bone filing, osteomyelitis of the stump, muscle attachment to the skin scar, excessive mobility a...
By Viktor I. Shevchuk, Yurii O. Bezsmertnyi, Yankai Jiang, Halyna V. Bezsmertna, Tetyana V. Dovgalyuk
Clinical characteristics, comorbidities and mortality in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients with Covid-19: a retrospective observational study
Aim To analyse demographic data, clinical symptoms and signs, laboratory data and comorbidities in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), mechanically ventilated with fatal outcome.Methods Medical records of 92 patients were retrospectively analysed. Demographic data, clinical symptoms and comorbiditieswere coll...
By Adisa Šabanović Adilović, Nermina Rizvanović, Mirza Kovačević, Harun Adilović
A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of zinc supplementation during pregnancy for the prevention of stunting: analysis of maternal serum zinc, cord blood osteocalcin and neonatal birth length
Aim To investigate the influence of zinc supplementation on pregnant women for the prevention of stunting through an analysisof maternal serum zinc, cord blood osteocalcin and neonatal birth length.Methods This study was conducted with pre-test/post-test control groups and double-blind randomization. Patients were pregnantmothers in second or third...
By Lili Rohmawati, Dina Keumala Sari, Makmur Sitepu, Kusnandi Rusmil
Holly Sacrament: the medicine of spiritual immortality or a vehicle for contamination?
The Holy Communion is the oldest Christian practice, through which a gathered group of people partake bread and wine witha shared spoon. The pandemic of COVID-19 produced unexpected social instability and chaos. In Greece, a recent bishop’s death from COVID-19 re-awaked the issue of infection transmission by using a common chalice and spoon. ...
By Dimitrios Anyfantakis
Concordance of non-invasive serology-based scoring indices and transient elastography for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis C
Aim To assess concordance of eight frequently used serology-based scoring indices for liver fibrosis and cirrhosis with transient elastography (TE) in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients in order to determine serum indices with the highest concordance and clinical usability in clinical practice.Methods In this prospective study, 63 CHC patients were...
By Emir Trnačević, Nermin Salkić, Alma Trnačević, Anja Divković, Fatima Hukić, Nusret Butković, Amra Serak, Amer Mujkanović
Effectiveness of teriparatide combined with the Ilizarov technique in septic tibial non-union
Aim The septic non-union is a common compliance in bone healing due to bone infection. Bone resection, associated with Ilizarov osteo-distraction technique, is commonly used in these cases. The aim of this study was to analyse clinical and radiological results of teriparatide in combination with the Ilizarov technique and to compare this treatment ...
By Giuseppe Rollo, Francesco Luceri, Gabriele Falzarano, Carlo Salomone, Enrico Maria Bonura, Dmitry Popkov, Mario Ronga, Giuseppe Pica, Michele Bisaccia, Valentina Russi, Predrag Grubor, Raffaele Franzese, Giuseppe M. Peretti, Luigi Meccariello
Scrotal trauma: interest of preoperative ultrasound in the prediction of the rupture of the tunica albuginea
Aim Scrotal bruises are quite frequent injuries affecting young subjects, with psychological repercussions on body image and fertility. The interest of ultrasound in the context of the emergency remains controversial. The aim of our study was to investigate clinical, ultrasonographic and operative features of scrotal contusions, and to evaluate the...
By Stefano Manno, Antonio Cicione, Lorenzo Bagalà, Antonio Catricalà, Piero Ronchi, Simona Tiburzi, Carolina Giannace, Lucio Dell’Atti