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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53257#.VLh-DMnQrzE Author(s)    Jens D. Rollnik Affiliation(s) Institute for Neurorehabilitation Research (InFo), Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hessisch Oldendorf, Germany . ABSTRACT Colonization with multidrug-resistant germs, in particular methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and extended-spectrum betalactamase producing bacteria (ESBL), is an emerging threat in early neurological rehabilitation. This study examined whether colonization with ESBL bacteria had deteriorating effects on neurological rehabilitation patients because of contact precautions (CP). Medical records have been carefully reviewed with respect to colonization with ESBL, outcome variables (functional independence), morbidity, and length of stay (LOS). 148/643 (23.0%) patients were ESBL positive on admission. ESBL carriers had a significantly longer LOS in early ne...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52616#.VJy_scCAM4 Author(s)   Hans Winberg , Gunnar Westbacke , Ann Nozohoor Ekmark , Magnus Anderberg , Einar Arnbjörnsson * Affiliation(s) Department of Pediatric Surgery, Skåne University Hospital and Institution of Clinical Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden . ABSTRACT Aim: To assess the rate of complications following hypospadias repair in a consecutive series of boys and the correlations of those complications with their preoperative symptoms, degree of hypospadias and method of operation. This study was conducted to address the question of whether all boys with all degrees of hypospadias should undergo reconstr...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47461#.VFm0hmfHRK0 Author(s) Muhammad Shakil Ahmad Siddiqui , Khan Usmanghani Affiliation(s) Rafah-e-Aam Dawakhana Ajmali (Clinics) and Rafah-e-Aam Herbal Laboratories, Karachi, Pakistan; Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan . Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan . ABSTRACT A male named Anwer Jamal, age 45 years, married, visited Clinic Rafaheaam Dawakhana Ajmali on March 29, 2013, with history of glomerulonephritis, inherited renal diseases, hypertension and previously hooked on voltaren 50 (Diclofenic Sodium, 50 mg) and was not on dialysis. Different diagnostic paramet...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51172#.VFgtxWfHRK0 Author(s) Suman Arasikere Panchappa * , Dhinakaran Natarajan , Thangaraj Karuppasamy , Alaguvadivel Jeyabalan , Radhakrishnan Kailasam Ramamoorthy , Sivasubramanian Thirani , Rajaganesh Kutuva Swamirao Affiliation(s) Department of ENT, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India . ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the socio demographic pattern, sex and age ratio, common causes, the most common site and extent of the injury in the patients with cut throat injury at our hospital. To compare the same with previous similar studies conducted at other centers in different parts of the world. Setting: Department of ENT, ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50851#.VE3YhFfHRK0 Author(s)   Chia-Te Kung 1,2 , Hsien-Hung Cheng 1,2 , Shin-Chiang Hung 1,2 , Chao-Jui Li 1,2 , Chu-Feng Liu 1,2 , Fu-Cheng Chen 1,2 , Chih-Min Su 1,2 , Jien-Wei Liu 2,3 , Hung-Yi Chuang 4,5 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan . 2 Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan . 3 Department of Infection, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan . 4 Department of Community Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan . 5 Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan . ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48461#.VD4VhlfHRK0 Author(s)   Joseph Yorke , Pius Agbenorku , Joseph Akpaloo , Charles Appiah , Papa Kwesi Sansomir Fiifi-Yankson , Michael Adinku , Ewura Adjoa Ahenfoa Ben-Crentsil , Dennis Afful-Yorke Affiliation(s) Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana . Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana . Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana . Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana . Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana . Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana . Directorate of Sur...