Purpose With the COVID-19 crisis, recommendations for personal protective equipment (PPE) are necessary for protection in orthopaedics and traumatology. The primary purpose of this study is to review and present current evidence and recommendations for personal protective equipment and safety recommendations for orthopaedic surgeons and trauma surgeons.
Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and concomitant skin rashes have been frequently reported. We summarized the cases described to date, including only patients with positive RT-PCR testing from nasopharyngeal swabs. Six hundred and fifty-five patients were found who presented dierent types of skin rashes, from maculopapular, vascular, vesicular, urticarial, to atypical forms and ocular involve…
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) primarily affects the epithelium of the airways. With the increasing involvement of dermatologist in management of this crisis, cutaneous symptoms gained more and more attention. In this review, we will describe cutaneous symptoms of patients of all ages in association with COVID-19. W…
Virgin Coconut Oil is usually extracted from well matured and fresh coconut through specialized processes without damaging its natural nutrition. In this work, formulation, characterization and efficacy of VCO-SLPs have been studied. VCO-SLPs were prepared using ultrasonification of molten stearic acid and virgin coconut oil in an aqueous solution and particles with the size of 0.608 μm have b…
Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimental dengan rancangan one-group pre-test post-test design menggunakan 29 responden yang diperoleh dengan cara purposive sampling. Responden mengisi kuesioner. Kemudian dilakukan pemotretan keadaan tumit pecah-pecah sebelum pemakaian Virgin Coconut Oil. Lalu responden diberi produk penelitian yang dioleskan pada tumit pecah-pecah dua kali sehari selam…
Chronic kidney failure is a public health problem in the world. Chronic kidney failure could cause clinical symptoms in various body systems. This study aimed to examine virgin coconut oil (VCO) effect on skin moisture among uremic patients undergoing hemodialysis. We applied the quasi-experimental research, pre-test, and post-test with a non-equivalent control group. The study was conducted a…
After reviewing this chapter, the reader will be able to: List key considerations for specimen collection for microbiology testing. Discuss the advantages and limitations of automation in the clinical microbiology laboratory. Describe the evolution of microorganism identification methods. Discuss the benefits and limitations of molecular microbiology point-of-care testing. Summar…
Respiratory viral infections are associated with a wide range of acute syndromes and infectious disease processes in children and adults worldwide. Many viruses are implicated in these infections, and these viruses are spread largely via respiratory means between humans but also occasionally from animals to humans.
Rapid growth and expansion of plastic surgery in general and aesthetic surgery in particular in the past decade has brought in its wake some confusions particularly raising questions for the surgeons conduct towards his colleagues and the patients in the light of ethical requirements. Some thoughts from eminent thinkers form a backdrop to consideration of theories of medical ethics. In this art…
In recent years there has been an exponential increase of fillers use in aesthetic medicine. The popularity of this anti-wrinkle product is based on their capacity to offer significant improvement in the aesthetic field, particularly to skin rejuvenating processes with non-invasive and less expensive techniques, if compared to the surgical methods (i.e. surgical) lifting).