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A double look at the application of information and communication technologies in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Redolat R*; Fernández-Ríos M; Mazza G

    The significant increase in the older population groups has been associated to a higher prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). In this context, digital technologies could be useful both for the patient (intervention strategies, biomarkers or in clinical assessment) living in the community and for the informal or professional caregivers. In the present work, the application of information and communication technologies for reminiscence therapy in AD patients and for interventions aimed to reduce burden and anxiety in caregivers are reviewed...


Determining the risk of antibiotic-resistant bacterial contamination of emergency medical vehicles and paramedic personnel: Conclusions from a helicopter air ambulance case study

Andrew W Taylor-Robinson*; Sandrine Makiela

    The presence of infectious disease-causing microorganisms in emergency medical vehicles presents potential public health risks in view of the multiple millions of ambulance calls that are made worldwide annually. This risk of infection is to the patients, to the patients’ attendants who may also be transported, and to the paramedic personnel whose work involves pre-hospital transfer. This holds true especially for contamination with those pathogenic microorganisms that pose an increased threat due to their known resistance to front-line antimicrobial agents. Identifying the risks may lead to the development of best practices which could optimise infection control on a routine basis and during a large-scale emergency such as a bioterrorism event or pandemic....


Obstructive ileal ascaris lumbricoides infection

Kimbley Omwodo

    A 6-year old Kenyan girl presented with a one week history of recurrent, periumbilical abdominal pain and diarrhoea that had altered into obstipation for three days prior to admission. Non-bloody, non-projectile vomiting had also developed. She neither had a cough nor chest pain...


Patient history & medical record: Proper solution from accurate problem identification

Abdul Kader Mohiuddin

    Clinical record keeping is a fundamental part in great expert practice and the conveyance of value healthcare. Despite the type of the records (for example electronic or paper), great clinical record keeping should empower coherence of consideration and should improve correspondence between various healthcare experts. Medication histories have generally been reported in the ‘Medication history’ area of a specialist’s clerking; if pharmacists recognized any blunders with this rundown, they would more often than not record these in ensuing advancement notes...


Community awareness to prevent and control of Dengue fever after Sunda Strait Tsunami in Labuhan, Banten, Indonesia

Ludhang Pradipta Rizki*; Sarah Nurul Anggreni

    Introduction: Natural disasters may lead to infectious disease outbreaks and change in the environment, in human conditions and in the vulnerability to existing pathogens for disease transmission. Volcanic activity and a high tide are suspected to be responsible for the devastation on Java and Sumatra islands...


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