Life Sciences

Objetivo: Comparar la eficacia de las escalas Cubbin-Jackson y Braden para la evaluación de riesgo de ulceras por presión en pacientes hospitalizados en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Adultos del Centro Médico Naval. Antecedentes: Existen evidencias, que de 3 - 34% de los pacientes hospitalizados en salas generales desarrollan úlceras durante su estancia. Los pacientes que ingresan en las Unidades de Cuidaos Intensivo tienen un riesgo elevado de desarrollar UPP, con una incidencia que oscila entre el 3,3 y el 52,9%(1).

La condición del cuidado en el escenario de las unidades críticas, a partir de la percepción del paciente hospitalizado en una UCIA, está siendo analizado como objeto de estudio por cuanto representa una situación de crisis situacional para el paciente, ocasionado por la condición crítica de su salud, en un ambiente con tecnología avanzada en donde coincide el profesional de enfermería y el paciente. De tal manera que se rompe la conexión de paciente con el entorno, lo que implica a que dependa de un cuidado humanizado.

Hematology analysis is a swift test of blood to help monitoring health condition of fish in natural fisheries of suspected polluted rivers. To evaluate health status of fish in the White Nile River at southern Khartoum City, a total of 120 different fish species were collected from both the targeted upstream polluted area and from the non-polluted upstream area. According to routine clinical methods, the hematological parameters of PCV, Hb, WBC, RBC, MCV, MCH and MCHC were investigated.

Victims of arthropod-borne diseases may be unaware of the source or circumstances of infection. Symptoms are often vague, initially, and characteristic lesions at the bite site or rashes may be lacking. This review aims to enhance the awareness and recognition of currently relevant diseases borne by hemophagous ectoparasitical arthropods, namely, fleas (endemic typhus and flea-borne spotted fever, plague, cat-scratch disease), human body lice (epidemic typhus, trench fever, louse-borne relapsing fever), and soft ticks (tick-borne relapsing fever).

Subcapsular hematoma after kidney transplant may result in kidney ischemia and graft loss. In this report, we present a 38 years old male patient who had post-transplant ATN complicated a subcapsular hematoma just after surgery. He had end stage renal disease secondary to chronic glomerulonephritis (hypertension, proteinuria and bilateral atrophic kidneys in abdominal ultra sound (US). He had a living-donor kidney transplant from hissister. At perfusion, there was smalldecapsulatedarea in the lower pole of the transplanted kidney.

Acharya Sushruta has mentioned the main constituent of pathogenesis of Shaulya (Obesity) is Dhatvagni Mandya (decrease in the functional efficacy of Dhatvagnigni). Acharya Charaka described Atisthoola is a person having pendulous appearance of Sphika, Udara and Stana due to excess deposition of Meda (Fatty tissue) along with Mamsa Dhatu (Muscle tissue) and having inadequate abnormal distribution of Meda with reduced zeal towards life.

Introduction- Hypertension is known to be associated with derangements in lipid metabolism. Studies have shown that hyperlipidaemia substantially worsens the prognosis in hypertensive patients. Aim- To find out the difference in systolic blood pressure , diastolic blood pressure & lipid values at post intervention, in study group and then to compare with control group. Method- This was a intervention, randomised, pre and post study.

COVID-19 is a disease that originates in emerging countries. Developing countries are not well prepared to eradicate this disease. It makes victims every day. This special issue dedicated to the coronavirus (COVID-19) will allow developing countries to quickly know the elements necessary to avoid COVID-19. In Cameroon, in two weeks we went from 25 to 70 infected patients. The release of these preliminary data will help infected and uninfected patients and decision-makers in the international fight against this new virus. It is the current pandemic that threatens the whole world.

Present study aimed to explore the approval motive, perceived family environment and career and family values as expressed by homemakers belonging to nuclear and joint families at Kolkata. A group of 100 young homemakers (50 from nuclear & 50 from joint families) between the ages 20 to 25 years were selected as sample following the random sampling technique. A General Information Schedule, Approval Motive Questionnaire, Perceived Family Environment Questionnaire and Career-family Values Questionnaire were used as tools.

Herpetofauna includes the reptiles and amphibians of a particular region, habitat or geological period.This paper is a report of field study of aquatic amphibians and reptiles observed and recorded during January 2018 to December 2019. Chandloi River is a left bank tributary of Chambal River. It originates near Aalania village and meets the River Chambal near Mavasa village. The river flows nearly 90 km before entering Chambal River.