Mohamed Balle (fruitbamboo23)

Although the incidence of hematoma in the intervention group decreased from control to 20% to 6.7%, but the statistical test was not significant. Conclusion According to the results of the present study, the simultaneous sand-ice bag application can reduce post-PCI' hemorrhage (and hematoma rate, though insignificantly) through compression and vasoconstriction.Introduction Glycaemic status of the patient is often monitored using capillary blood glucose test which is fairly accurate. Traditional finger stick sampling is done to obtain sample, which can be painful and may be a barrier for repeated testing. The current study was conducted to compare fingertip and palm site sampling on pain perception, and variation in capillary blood glucose level. Methods This study was conducted among 284 diabetic patients, who were selected by convenience sampling method. The data was collected by measuring capillary blood glucose levels from fingertip and palm site of the left hand at an interval of 10 minutes using a standard glucometer. The level of pain perceptions was measured with a numerical rating pain scale. Data analysis was accomplished using descriptive analysis, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal- Wallis test. Results The level of pain perception at the palm site (2) was lesser than fingertip (3) which was significant at P less then 0.001. 223 (78.52%) of the participants experienced more pain at fingertip than palm site, the difference in the measured capillary blood glucose level between fingertip [mean (SD) 226.65 (87.86)] and palm site [mean (SD) 225.65(92.13)] was minimum. The agreement of palm site was 90.7% in single measurement and 95.1% in average measurement. Conclusion The present study concludes that, majority of the participants experienced less pain perception at the palm site sampling (alternate site sampling) than fingertip sampling with very minimal variation in the blood glucose level.Introduction The quality of life (QOL) of the caregivers who attend to children in need of special protection (CNSP) influences their effectiveness in rendering care to their care recipients. This study aimed to determine the QOL of caregivers with their levels of role overload (RO) and role distress (RD). Methods A total of 130 caregivers, identified through a convenience sampling technique, from 17 child-caring institutions from the Philippines' National Capital Region (NCR) participated in this descriptive correlational study. The survey method was used to gather the data using a structured self-administered questionnaire. Data were processed and analyzed using Statistica 13.0 and Spearman's rho test. Results The study found a significant inverse moderate correlation between the level of QOL of the caregivers and their level of RO. selleck kinase inhibitor A significant inverse strong correlation was also found between the level of their QOL and their level of RD. Conclusion The findings confirm that as the levels of RO and RD of the caregivers decrease, their level of QOL increases. Conversely, their level of QOL decreases as their levels of RO and RD increase. Recommendations were provided to improve the QOL of the caregivers of CNSP in the Philippines.Urinary tract infections (UTI) are common infections that can be mild to life threatening. However, increased bacterial resistance and poor patient compliance rates have limited the effectiveness of conventional antibiotic therapies. Here, we investigated the relationship between nitrofurantoin and amikacin against 12 clinical MDR uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains both in vitro and in an experimental Galleria mellonella model. In vitro synergistic effects were observed in all 12 test strains by standard checkerboard and time-kill assays. Importantly, amikacin or nitrofurantoin at half of the clinical doses were not effective in the treatment of UPEC infections in the G. mellonella model but the combination therapy significantly increased G. mellonella survival from i