antibiotic/seizures

Aim and Objective - AIM- To compare the efficacy and safety of tranexamic acid in reducing 5-day treatment failure (i.e., failure to control bleed) in patients with cirrhosis presenting with Upper GI bleed Primary Objective: Proportion of patients developing five-day treatment failure (i.e., failure

A randomized controlled trial to study the efficacy of addition of FMT & plasma exchange to tenofovir compared to monotherapy with tenofovir in patients with HBV reactivation who develops Acute on chronic liver failure. In this study the patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomized to

Background On February 21th 2020, SARS-CoV-2 outbreak erupted in Italy and, in the immediately subsequent period, all the Italian regional Health Systems had to face with an overwhelming increase of COVID-19 admissions requiring isolation, oxygen, ventilation and ICU beds. The COVID-19 related

An anonymous national survey involving all practicing Algerian surgeons was conducted, this survey started the 1st November 2016 and ended the 1st September 2017. Any digestive , general and visceral surgeon practicing in Algeria was eligible for this survey, surgeons in training "residents" and

Cefepime, a fourth-generation cephalosporin, is widely prescribed for the treatment of serious bacterial infections. Cefepime has a more narrow spectrum and has relatively lower minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values compared to meropenem. Therefore cefepime is widely endorsed, and preferred

Lung cancer is the most common cancer, accounting for 20% of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In 2015, an estimated 610,200 patients (22 per cent of cancer-related deaths) died of lung cancer. Non-small cell lung cancer ((NSCLC)) accounts for 80% to 85% of lung cancer. Most patients are locally

Rationale and background: Ceftobiprole is a beta-lactam antibiotic with bactericidal activity against a broad spectrum of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, that was developed to treat patients with pneumonia both in a hospital or community setting. Clinical trials were conducted in adult

Introduction Tumor treating fields (TTFields) are low-intensity (1-3 v/m) intermediate frequency (200 khz for GBM) alternating fields that disrupt cell division. The treatment is increasingly used as a supplementary modality for patients with glioblastoma (GBM). Recent randomized clinical studies

Haemorrhagic stroke is a devastating disease with a high rate of disability and mortality. In addition to the direct effects of the haemorrhagic event and to the secondary neurological complications, patients with haemorrhagic strokes are predisposed to medical complications that can have a direct

This is a retrospective observational study in women admitted to the HDU of Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH), Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 2nd October 2017 to 2nd October 2018. The study received ethical approval and waiver of informed consent from the Sierra Leone Ethics and Scientific

Infantile Spasms, historically call West Syndrome, is an infantile epileptic encephalopathy, typically occurring within the first two years of life. Infantile Spasms is often characterized by hypsarrhythmia on encephalogram (EEG) and developmental plateau or regression. It is estimated that

In this double blinded randomized study, patients with American society of anesthesiology (ASA) Ӏ and ӀӀ physical status, aged from 1 to 7 years old and their weight 10 to 30 Kg of both sex will undergo abdominal cancer surgery will be enrolled. A written informed consent from all parents or

Neonatal sepsis remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality both among term and preterm infants. Although advances in neonatal care have improved survival and reduced complications in preterm infants, sepsis still contributes significantly to mortality and in Neonatal Intensive Care

meningitis is a notifiable disease in many countries, the exact incidence rate is unknown. In 2013 meningitis resulted in 303,000 deaths - down from 464,000 deaths in 1990. In 2010 it was estimated that meningitis resulted in 420,000 deaths, excluding cryptococcal meningitis. Bacterial meningitis

1.1. Introduction. Multidrug resistance towards gram-negative pathogens has been increasing dramatically over the last decades. Due to insufficient discovery of drugs acting on novel targets, re-examination of older compounds, such as temocillin, for which resistance is still low, has proven to be