Niger J Clin Pract
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It is important to inform nursing students about stroke and improve their role in the clinic. ⋯ Students had a good knowledge of some of the warning signs and risk factors about stroke. Therefore, it is recommended that this subject should be emphasized more in course contents.
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How the meniscus adapts to the morphological changes in the lateral tibiofemoral compartment, in terms of gene expression, was the reason to establish this present study. ⋯ The discoid meniscus etiology should be considered both in morphological and genetic modulation manners: apoptotic and autophagic genes play roles with tibiofemoral morphological differences.
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To evaluate predictive clinical and histopathological risk factors for bladder cancer recurrence in patients who underwent nephroureterectomy for primary upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). ⋯ After nephroureterectomy, a careful follow-up is required in terms of bladder tumor recurrence especially in patients with a positive surgical margin, lymphovascular invasion, low-grade tumors, or multifocal tumors.
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Widening the breadth of dentists' responsibilities to include screening all patients for life-threatening diseases, such as head and neck cancer (HNC), is crucial to improve survival rates and decrease morbidity. ⋯ There is an apparent lack of essential concepts of the behavior and knowledge in our dental community with respect to screening and managing patients with HNC. More emphasis should be placed on updating information on clinical practices and having dentists familiarize themselves with HNC screening methods and tools. Ultimately, the role of the dentist should include screening and detecting systemic diseases in dental settings.
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Many changes occur in human physiology with aging, and as expected complaints of geriatric patients differ from the other age groups in population. ⋯ It was found in this study that the five most frequently reported complaints of geriatric patients when applying to an ENT clinic are hearing loss, loss of balance, common cold, cerumen, and tonsillopharyngeal diseases. Unlike from nongeriatric population, otologic problems (most commonly hearing loss) were the essential ENT clinic complaints of geriatric patients.