Becoming a Midwife in the 21st Century

Midwives provide individual care to women and their families, encouraging them to participate in and determine how they want their pregnancy to progress. Midwives work with women during and after their pregnancy in a variety of settings, for example, in the women’s own homes, midwifery-led units and hospitals. Midwife means ‘with woman’ and this highlights the empowering/partnership role …

Air Pollution and Epigenetics: Recent Findings

Abstract The health effects of ambient air pollution are welldescribed, but less is known about the biological mechanisms mediating these health effects. In recent years, the hypothesis that epigenetics may play a role in driving exposure-disease associations has gained traction, in part because epigenetic modifications are labile and may respond to environmental exposures in ways that directly…

Becoming a Nurse in the 21st Century

The term ‘patient’ has been used throughout this text and refers to all groups and individuals who have direct or indirect contact with all health-care workers and, in particular, registered nurses, midwives or health visitors. ‘Patient’ is the expression that is used commonly within the NHS. While it is acknowledged that not everyone approves of the passive concept associated with this…

Concomitant acute right ventricular infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular s…

Abstract Concomitant acute myocardial infarction and ischemic cerebrovascular accidents has been rarely reported in the literature. In this report, we are describing a 48 year old male patient who presented with acute infero-posterior and right ventricular transmural myocardial infarction followed within one hour with massive cerebral infarction and deep coma. The patient succumbed to cardioge…

Dopaminergic reward system: a short integrative review

Abstract Memory is an essential element to adaptive behavior since it allows consolidation of past experience guiding the subject to consider them in future experiences. Among the endogenous molecules that participate in the consolidation of memory, including the drug-seeking reward, considered as a form of learning, is dopamine. This neurotransmitter modulates the activity of specific brain n…

Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Nursing Practice

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Acute hiatal hernia: a late complication following gastrectomy

Abstract Introduction: We describe a case of acute hiatal hernia during chemotherapy, in a female patient previously treated with gastrectomy. Case presentation: After gastric resection, the patient underwent chemotherapy, developing important emetic symptoms. A radiograph of the abdomen was performed because of acute epigastrial pain and it showed a marked left diaphragm elevation. A CT scan…

Statins and clinical outcome of acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review

Abstract Background: Statin therapy is considered an effective measure for the prevention of ischemic stroke. Several recent studies have indicated that treatment with statins, prior to the onset of acute ischemic stroke, may also substantially reduce the severity of stroke and the degree of patient disability. The purpose of the present review is to systematically evaluate the effectiveness o…

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Missing the guidewire an avoidable complication

Abstract Central venous catheterization is an imperative tool in the critically ill patient to administer fluids, medications and for monitoring the central venous pressure. This procedure is associated with a variety of complications, some of which can be life threatening. In this brief report, we are addressing one of the rare complications of central venous catheterization which is missing …