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| A Marker of Ischaemic Heart Injury in Patients with Chronic Liver disease |
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In this study the concentration of Cardiac-fatty acid binding protein (C-FABP) in those with liver disease was not statistically different from normal controls indicating that Liver-FABP (L-FABP) is a separate factor with no or negligible cross-reactivity with C-FABP assays. Measurement of C-FABP in the first 24 hours after onset of symptoms may be potentially useful for the diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction in patients with chronic liver diseases. Picture by CarbonNYC
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Tabish Hussain, Li Yu Shu, Tumenjavkhlan Sosorburam
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| Prevalence of Hypertension in the Paediatric Population |
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Data from this study suggest that hypertension is not a rare phenomenon in the paediatric age group. Children may not present with the signs and symptoms of hypertension but detecting high blood pressure measurements at a young age and taking precautionary measures can go a long way in postponing the onset or even preventing the onset of hypertension later in life. Picture by House of Sims
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Veena Kamath G, Prasanna Mithra Parthaje, Sanjay Pattanshetty, Asha Kamath, Anuja Balakrishnan, Tinni Mishra, Nisha Sinha, Lena A
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| Hypertension and Dyslipidemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
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The prevalence of complications in diabetes mellitus depends on patient characteristics, health services and utilization. In a country like UAE, with a the recent increase in prevalence of diabetes, and the decreasing age of onset, the preventive efforts are taking high momentum to control this modern epidemic which attacks the productive years of life. This study reports on 294 patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, examined the recorded cardiovascular risk factors dyslipidemia and hypertension, duration of the three disease conditions and control of diabetes in an attempt to identify the factors to be considered for improving the success of the local programs. Photo by Southern Foodways Alliance
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Elsheba Mathew, Maha Ahmed, Sumaira Hamid, Fatima Abdulla, Khadija Batool
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| Effect of Captopril and Age in Chinese Cardiovascular Patients |
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This study suggests that the early effects of Captopril treatment among patients with acute myocardial infarction varied with respect to age. Captopril has a minor effect on younger patients (60 years old and younger) and an extremely beneficial effect on elderly patients (60-70years old) during hospitalization. Photo by jadis 1958
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Tabish Hussain, Li Yu Shu, Cheng Xiang, Tumenjavkhlan Sosorburam
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| Autonomic Function in Smokers |
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Smoking severely affects cardiac autonomic function which is evident in the study of heart rate variability (HRV), so HRV could be included in routine investigations to access the severity of cardiac involvement in long term smokers. Picture by miss pupik
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Joshil Kumar Behera, Sushma Sood, Rajesh Gupta, Naresh Kumar, Manjeet Singh, Anupama Gupta
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| Single Lead ST Resolution in Thrombolysed Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction |
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Calculation of ST segment resolution from a single lead is reliable and correlates well with ST segment resolution calculated from multiple ECG leads by the sum STR method. Compared with sum STR, risk stratification by single lead STR is simpler, easy to calculate, more reliable and seems to be more helpful in guiding decisions on adjunctive interventions after thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Picture by tommoor
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Hitesh Kumar, Hemant Garg, Manjeet Singh, Loveleen Aggarwal, V.K. Katayal, Naresh Kumar
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| Factors Associated with the Presentation of Acute Coronary Syndrome. |
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Atypical presentation is a significant component in Acute Coronary Syndrome. Therefore it may have a significant impact on the hospital related outcome. Atypical presentation was found to be more common in patients with a family history and patients who were later diagnosed with STEMI. Photo by oedipusphinx
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Sachintha Lankamali Lekamge, K Galappaththie
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| Coronary Artery Disease with Peripheral Vascular Disease |
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Peripheral arterial disease increases the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, renovascular disease and cardiovascular mortality. The current guidelines however do not adequately address evaluation of patients with one form of vascular disease for disease in other vascular beds. We describe a case where judicious evaluation for coronary artery disease in a patient with peripheral vascular disease revealed significant disease which was treated with a good end result. Photo by kevindooley
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Akshay Mishra, Mark Dault, Joe Scolamachia, Gary Roubin
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| Stress Amongst Nurses at Tertiary Hospitals in Delhi |
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The nurse to patient ratio in India is low (1:2250). Nurses are responsible—along with other health care professionals—for the treatment, safety, and recovery of acutely or chronically ill, injured, health maintenance, treatment of life-threatening emergencies and medical and nursing research. An overwhelming majority of nurses in this study (87.4%) found their jobs stressful with almost one in three (32.2%)reporting severe or extreme stress. Photo by Bhernandez
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Nirmanmoh Bhatia, Jugal Kishore, Tanu Anand, Ram Chander Jiloha
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| Satisfaction with Quality in Asian Hospitals |
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In this study, it was evident that demographic factors such as age, gender, education level and socio-economic status can have an effect on patient satisfaction regarding quality of health care. However, the effect is not equally observed in all countries in Asia. Cultural factors, patients’ previous experiences regarding health care and expectations may account for this variability. Photo by J Anand
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Kavinda Chandimal Dayasiri, Sachintha Lekamge
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| Letter to the editor |
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Recruiting to a photo-ageing study in community pharmacy: reflections of a recruiter; Headache: The influence of contemporary lifestyles and its prevalence in the urban scenario.
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Oksana Burford, Anmol Ulhas Naik, S Kartikeyan
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