Reliability and Validity of the Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale
Spinal Cord InjuriesReliability1 morePeople living with spinal cord injury (SCI) experience a range of secondary health conditions that impact their quality of lives. The Spinal Cord Injury Secondary Conditions Scale (SCI-SCS) is a 16-item questionnaire that assess secondary health conditions in persons with SCI. The total score of SCI-SCS range from 0 to 48 and is derived by adding the scores for each item. Higher scores indicate greater problems with secondary conditions. The investigators aimed to determine the reliability and cross-cultural validation of the Turkish translation of the SCI-SCS.
Perioperative Use of Serum Creatinine and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury
SurgeryMalignancy2 moreThe perioperative approach adopted in a cohort of adult oncological patients undergoing major abdominal surgery will be described. In particular, the physician's attitude toward use of sCr for identification of patients at risk for PO-AKI will be described, as well as the patients who should be reassessed in the long term for progression toward CKD. The incidence and risk factors associated with PO-AKI and renal function deterioration within a year postoperatively will be also evaluated.
Validity and Reliability Study of the Muscle Excitability Scale in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
SpasticityMuscle1 moreThe aim of the study is to verify validity and reliability of the Muscle excitability scale (MES), which has been developed to access muscle susceptibility to spasms and/or clones as part of spastic motor behavior in spinal cord injured patients.
Study of the Psychological Profile of Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Foot Wounds, Compared to Diabetic...
Type 2 DiabetesFoot WoundSeveral studies have highlighted the value of analyzing a patient's psychological profile with the Bortner scale questionnaire (defined as type A or B personality). This analysis helps to better understand and anticipate patients' behaviour, stress and compliance with their disease and its progression. The Type A personality profile combines hyperactivity, competitiveness and exaggerated ambition, while the B profile is characterized by lower sensitivity to stress and reduced competitiveness. It has been shown that the type B psychological profile in patients with type 2 diabetes is an independent risk factor for inflammation and that, in type 1 diabetes, the type A psychological profile is associated with a decrease in the expression of the pro-inflammatory cFos gene. Thus, the psychological profile appears to have an impact not only on the patient's behaviour but also on his or her biology. It has never been determined whether the type A or B psychological profile assessed by Bortner's self-administered questionnaire can influence the development of foot wounds in patients with type 2 diabetes who often have a medically unfavourable prognosis and socio-economic difficulties. We would therefore like to study the psychological profile of these individuals in order to make comparisons with the data obtained in a previous study that included patients with type 2 diabetes who did not have a foot wound.
Intraoperative Hypotension and Perioperative Myocardial Injury
Myocardial Infarction PostoperativeMyocardial Injury3 moreAcute myocardial infarction (MI) is a significant complication following non-cardiac surgery. We sought to evaluate incidence of perioperative MI, its preoperative - and intraoperative - risk factors and outcomes after this complication.
Role of Overjet and Trauma in Libyan Children
TraumaOverjetTraumatic dental injuries are one of the commonly encountered dental emergencies. Missing anterior tooth in children due to any injury can be a source of considerable physical and psychological discomfort for the child. These consequences also have significant impact on parents, who are generally concerned with esthetic and economic aspects of this problem. It varies from small crack in the enamel to complete loss of the tooth. Injury to children teeth can be both painful and traumatic to the children
Association of Quantitative and Functional Imaging With Clinical Outcome After Spinal Cord Injury...
Spinal Cord InjuriesThe overall study aim is to provide additional magnetic resonance imaging parameters of the cervical spinal cord, brainstem and brain and a better understanding of changes after spinal cord injury (SCI) and to define new magnetic resonance (MR) biomarkers to correlate with sensomotoric functioning and clinical outcome.
Sarcopenic Obesity in Neurodisabilities
Sarcopenic ObesitySpinal Cord Injuries3 moreTo describe the frequency and thresholds for sarcopenic obesity in neurodisabled persons and the fat and lean mass distribution based on various neurodisabilities
Prophylactic Negative Wound Therapy in Laparotomy Wounds.
Wound Infection; Wounds; Dehisence; Cosmesis; Home Care; Length of Hospital StayPost-operative wound issues in abdominal surgery have a significant impact on patient outcomes. The impact of different types of wound therapy are not clear in the literature. The hypothesis of this study is that NPWT has the potential to reduce Surgical Site Infections, however no study has compared the most commonly used products against standard dressings.
Urinary NGAL Acute Kidney Injury After Stored Red Blood Cells Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients....
Acute Kidney InjuryAnemiaThe study aims to explore the association of the novel urinary bio marker NGAL with the age of PRBCs(packed red blood cells) transfusion in critically ill patients.