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Global case studies for chronic kidney disease/end-stage kidney disease care
The prevalence of chronic kidney disease and its risk factors is increasing worldwide, and the rapid rise in global need for end-stage kidney disease care is a major challenge for health systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Countries are responding to the challenge of end-stage kidney disease in different ways, with variable provision of the components of a kidney care str…
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Approach to the detection and management of chronic kidney disease What prima…
To help primary care providers, both family physicians and nurse practitioners, identify, detect, and manage patients with and at risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD), as well as outline criteria for appropriate referral to nephrology
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COVID-19 and diabetes mellitus: from pathophysiology to clinical management
Initial studies found increased severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS- CoV-2), in patients with diabetes mellitus. Furthermore, COVID-19 might also predispose infected individuals to hyperglycaemia. Interacting with other risk factors, hyperglycaemia might modulate immune and inflammatory responses, thus …
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Current best practice in the management of Turner syndrome
Turner syndrome (TS) is characterized by partial or complete loss of the second X-chromosome in phenotypic females resulting in a constellation of clinical findings that may include lymphedema, cardiac anomalies, short stature, primary ovarian failure and neurocognitive difficulties. Optimizing health care delivery is important to enable these individuals achieve their full potential. We revie…
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Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With Turner Syndrome: A 68-Year Follow-Up
Turner syndrome (TS) is the most common sex chromosome abnormality in women and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We describe long-term outcomes in a large cohort of patients with TS
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Turner syndrome: mechanisms and management
Turner syndrome is a rare condition in women that is associated with either complete or partial loss of one X chromosome, often in mosaic karyotypes. Turner syndrome is associated with short stature, delayed puberty , ovarian dysgenesis, hypergonadotropic hypogonadism, infertility , congenital malformations of the heart, endocrine disorders such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, osteoporo…
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Long standing exophytic conjunctival papilloma infected with human papillomav…
Most conjunctival papillomas are benign in nature. However, any long standing conjunctival mass should not evade the surveillance of carcinogenicity. Presented here is a case of a long standing conjunctival papilloma (HPV) that showed the presence of low risk human papillomavirus based on histological testing
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Safety of nurse-led intravitreal injection of dexamethasone (Ozurdex) implant…
The current cohort of experienced nurses providing anti-VEGF injections can be trained under supervision to inject the intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex). This is safe, additionally effective in streamlining the service and reducing the waiting time for delivery of the steroid implant
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Visual and topographic impacts of trans-epithelial versus epithelium-off corn…
To evaluate the efficacy of trans-epithelial cross-linking (TE-CXL) and to compare the visual and topographic outcomes of TE-CXL versus epithelium-off cross-linking (CXL) in adult keratoconus (KC).
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COVID-19: A Global Challenge with Old History, Epidemiology and Progress So Far
Humans have witnessed three deadly pandemics so far in the twenty-first century which are associated with novel coronaviruses: SARS, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and COVID-19. All of these viruses, which are responsible for causing acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs), are highly contagious in nature and/or have caused high mortalities. The recently emerged COVID-19 disease is…
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