Journal of family medicine and primary care
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J Family Med Prim Care · Feb 2019
Knowledge and practices related to burn first aid among Majmaah community, Saudi Arabia.
Burns in developing countries account for significant morbidity and mortality which have been shown by increasing burn first aid awareness. In general, flames, scalds, and contact burns are the most common causes, but in children scalds are the most common. ⋯ The knowledge of Majmaah community toward first aid is found to be low in spite of most of the respondents having a positive attitude toward first aid. The majority of the study participants (73.8%) were well-educated and had a bachelor's degree.
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J Family Med Prim Care · Jan 2019
Case ReportsAbdelazim and AbuFaza ELLP syndrome as a variant of HELLP syndrome: Case reports.
The hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome is a serious complication in pregnancy occurring in 0.5-0.9% of all pregnancies and in 10-20% of cases with severe pre-eclampsia. Previous studies described HELLP syndrome without hemolysis without any further details. ⋯ Abdelazim and AbuFaza ELLP syndrome is variant of HELLP syndrome without hemolysis in women with severe pre-eclampsia. Abdelazim and AbuFaza ELLP syndrome diagnostic criteria are as follows: (1) Elevated liver enzymes; (2) Low PLT count; and (3) Absence of hemolysis (normal total and unconjugated bilirubin, absence of schizocytes, and polychromatic red cells in peripheral blood smear, and normal reticulocyte count).
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J Family Med Prim Care · Nov 2018
Willingness to quit tobacco smoking and its correlates among Indian smokers - Findings from Global Adult Tobacco Survey India, 2009-2010.
In the stages of change model for smoking cessation, "willingness to quit" forms the starting point. ⋯ Enforcing social restrictions like smoking restriction at house and also brief advice by doctors to quit smoking during any contact with the tobacco user could improve quit rate especially in young tobacco users and those who have attempted to quit before.
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J Family Med Prim Care · Jul 2018
Correlation between the outcomes and severity of diabetic ketoacidosis: A retrospective pilot study.
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a serious acute metabolic complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). It is classified into mild, moderate, and severe based on severity as per the American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines. There are limited data on the correlation between the severity of DKA and its outcomes using this classification system. The aim is to study the correlation between the outcomes and severity of DKA in a tertiary care center in India. ⋯ The ADA classification of severity of DKA correlates well with the duration of inhospital stay, costs of care, requirement of ICU care, need for IV or non-IV, and mortality. This suggests that this classification system could be a valuable tool in predicting outcomes.
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Selfie deaths have become an emerging problem and we performed this study to assess the epidemiology of selfie-related deaths across the globe. ⋯ "No selfie zones" areas should be declared across tourist areas especially places such as water bodies, mountain peaks, and over tall buildings to decrease the incidence of selfie-related deaths.