Niger J Clin Pract
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In recent times, Nigerian media have carried multiple reports of violent and traumatic social vices. These are well-known trigger factors for fear, worries, and anxiety for corp members and their families. Core member's presentations at the NYSC primary care clinic are commonly triggered by change in environmental, biological, and psychosocial factors which invariably affect their social and occupational functioning. ⋯ The study found the prevalence of depression symptoms among young adults to be 57.2% which is quite high. Family size and sibling rank were found to be independent risk factors.
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Case Reports
Rehabilitation of Severe Atrophic Ridges with Zygomatic Implant and/or All-on-4 Treatment Concepts-A Case Series.
Rehabilitation of completely edentulous patients with implant-supported prosthesis (ISP) is the need of the day, but in many patients, the routine ISP is not possible due to the severe atrophic residual ridges. The present case series describes three cases with atrophic ridges rehabilitated using zygomatic implants and/or All-on-4 treatment concepts. In case 1 and case 3, in maxillary arch, there was not enough bone in Zone 3 to rehabilitate the patient with routine protocol followed for the All-on-4 treatment concept, so in these two cases, zygomatic implants were placed. Case 1 and case 2 were rehabilitated with Malo Bridge and case 3 with acrylic teeth-hybrid prosthesis using a computerized milling procedure to obtain improved fit, function, esthetics, and ease of retrievability whenever required.
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Observational Study
Pedicle Screw Fixation with Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Traumatic Thoracolumbar Vertebral Compression Fracture.
This study aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy of percutaneous pedicle screw fixation (PPSF) combined with percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for the treatment of the thoracolumbar vertebral compression fracture (VCF) without neurologic deficits. ⋯ PPSF combined with PVP procedure is a good choice for the treatment of traumatic thoracolumbar VCF; however, due to the lack of long-term follow-up data, concern still exists regarding the effects of pedicle screw procedure after PVP.
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We aimed to investigate of intrapleural use of ecballium elaterium (EE) in a rabbit model empyema. ⋯ We conclude that intrapleural use of EE is at least as effective as streptokinase for the treatment of empyema.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the new [novel] coronavirus, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused a pandemic with exceeding 72 million cases and 1.2 million deaths by the end of November 2020. We aimed to evaluate clinical, laboratory, and radiology findings of COVID-19 in children as reported worldwide and thereby to increase the clinical knowledge about the disease. Bibliographic searches were conducted in December 2020 using PubMed and Google Scholar. ⋯ Abnormal radiological findings were detected in 47.2 of the children with COVID-19 and ground glass opacity was in 22.2%. COVID-19 manifests milder and the clinical signs and symptoms vary widely in children. Laboratory and radiological findings of COVID-19 in pediatric patients are not mostly disease-specific, except lymphopenia may have a limited value, and ground glass opacity may have a significant diagnostic value.