Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung disease involving inflammation and permanent dilation of medium-sized bronchi (>2mm), impairing secretion drainage and leading to bacterial colonization of the airways due to structural alterations in the bronchial wall.Accurate identification and management of bronchiectasis patients are increasingly crucial due...

Surgery, the only curative treatment for well-differentiated localized neuroendocrine tumors, plays a major role in therapeutic strategy. It also has a place in metastatic forms. Whenever possible, surgery for liver metastases is recommended. This excision must be as complete as possible, at an acceptable...

The monograph considers the main problems and prospects of introduction and implementation of public-private partnership principles to optimise the health care system, forms of public-private partnership, proposed basic models of public-private partnership in the health care of the republic. On the territory of most...

The effect of pesticides on the embryo depends on the dose, duration of drug administration, and gestational age. However, such important issues as the functioning of membrane-bound enzymes of mitochondria of differentiating tissues under the action of pesticides are insufficiently studied. In connection with...

Surgical treatment of locally spread head and neck tumours is a difficult problem, as the extensive defects formed after tumour removal cannot be closed with local tissues. The use of free flaps on microvascular anastomoses allows full one-stage replacement of the defect of muscular...

The use of intravitreal anti-VEGF is becoming increasingly routine in ophthalmological practice today and is responsible for the treatment of numerous ocular pathologies. It basically acts by inhibiting the angiogenesis that this endothelial growth factor promotes. Studies show that VEGF-A is the factor that...

Health services in Portugal currently face a number of limitations in terms of both budget and human resources. It is therefore particularly important that they have an adequate distribution of resources, according to the needs of the population. As far as the distribution of...

Neural tube defects are important determinants of perinatal morbidity and mortality, and the risk of death depends on the severity of the lesion and other factors, such as the availability of prior medical and surgical resources. In Brazil, according to the National Information System,...

Digestive endoscopy, which includes oesogastro-duodenal fibroscopy and colonoscopy, is indispensable in digestive pathologies. Nurses play a major role in these examinations. Our aim was to study the role of the nurse in the digestive endoscopy room. We carried out a questionnaire with 20 nurses....

Analysing neonatal intensive care units, low birth weight is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Researchers point out that knowledge of the population treated in hospital services can subsidise health care actions, meeting their needs and planning efficient care. Methodology An analytical, comparative...

This work presents the results of determining the effect of eukaryotic microorganism-based activator on the synthesis of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8) and the expression of cell adhesion markers (CD162, CD177) and cell activation markers (CD69, CD281, CD282, CD286) on the surface of...

Emerging evidence suggests that miscarriage is associated with significant and potentially long-lasting psychological and physical consequences. Despite the high frequency of pregnancies complicated by miscarriage, there are no available data on the psychological impacts, particularly perinatal grief, as well as possible physical impacts in...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a prevalent pathology, which continues to increase with the longevity of the population and the increase in smoking prevalence. In Algeria, there is very little data on its prevalence and in particular on its evolution over time. long term....

People living with HIV/AIDS, when using antiretroviral medication, are subject to the development of lipodystrophic syndrome which, as well as causing metabolic problems, also causes disturbances in body image, which can lead to psychological problems such as depression. Temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) affects a large...

Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death in the world. Ischemic heart disease is one of the main health problems in the elderly, its incidence follows an upward curve and presents a high mortality, with the aim of determining the risk factors...

Stem cells have been the protagonists of studies in various areas of the biological and health sciences for more than two decades. Tissues and organs can now be regenerated using cell therapy. This technique is based on the unique characteristics of adult stem cells,...

The aim of this dissertation entitled: ZE KANE Samuel's therapeutic village: bone fracture care practices in Nièté is to shed light on the treatment of fractures in a traditional context. This research seeks to understand the process of fracture treatment by a traditional therapist...

This book seeks to broaden the discussion about the formation of identity in the relationship with the other, based on a reading of the short stories in Clarice Lispector's "Beauty and the Beast". The choice of this work as the object of study is...

In Brazil and around the world, lives are interrupted due to the large number of traffic accidents that occur every day. In view of the above, it is necessary to trace the epidemiological profile of motorcyclists treated at the Reference Hospital in the municipality...

Short bowel syndrome (SIS) is characterised by intestinal insufficiency, most often the result of extensive intestinal resection; it causes severe hydroelectrolytic and nutritional disorders such as vitamin deficiency and malnutrition. The primary objectives of this book are to explain and analyse the various forms...

The world of work is undergoing changes in all areas. Globalization and technological advances have made the world of work more demanding, so young people need to be trained to enter the job market. The aim of this study was to characterize the profile...

This work is part of a Master's Degree in Law (Federal University of Alagoas), in which environmental taxation is defended as an instrument for protecting water resources. It starts with an overview of the importance and various uses of water, and then looks at...

When we speak of virginity, everyone is referring to sex (deflowering of the hymen).Fact: Mrs. NGOY is a virgin, she says, because she's never had or had sexual intercourse with a man. However, she practices fellatio (the sexual practice of sucking, licking and inserting...

Brazil has become the largest consumer of pesticides in the world, accounting for 86% of these products in the Latin American market. Tobacco is one of the crops that uses pesticides on a large scale to increase its quality and productivity. Exposure to pesticides...

Advances in treatment have made it possible for women with breast cancer to survive longer. Post-treatment morbidities have therefore aroused special interest in the scientific community. Axillary network syndrome occurs after injury to the lymphatic vessels in the axilla and has several components. Between...

I'm very grateful for the opportunity to disseminate science. I hope you enjoy this work, which is the result of a lot of hard work and dedication! Lactation is a critical period of development and deserves to be studied and explored more... Not much...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a syndrome of progressive and irreversible loss of kidney function, the main causes of which are systemic arterial hypertension (SAH), diabetes mellitus (DM) and chronic glomerulonephritis. Education and health promotion activities carried out in groups can help raise the...

Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is currently considered a catastrophic disease due to the increase of cases, affects a significant percentage of the population and is related to phenomena or diseases of high prevalence such as Arterial Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus.Objective: To contribute to...

The aim of this study was to improve health care for the elderly at the Barrinha Basic Health Unit in Matias Olímpio/PI. The study population was made up of users aged over 60 and belonging to the unit's catchment area. The assessment tools proposed...

Natural products of various origins, whether plant or animal, have been playing an important role in different sectors of the industry, such as pharmaceuticals, because some of these substances act beneficially in the fight against various diseases, such as those of inflammatory origin and...

Inflammatory pathology of the breast accounts for around 5% of all consultations in the senology department. The etiologies are very diverse, corresponding in over 50% of cases to an infectious origin, rapidly resolving with medical treatment. In about 5% of cases, inflammatory cancers are...

Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis, staging, treatment and follow-up of breast cancer patients, and can also help predict the molecular subtypes of breast cancers to guide management.Expression profiles have made it possible to define tumors with different prognoses, paving the way...

Human brucellosis is an anthropozoonosis caused by coccobacilli of the Brucella genus. In Tunisia, human brucellosis remains endemic. It is a notifiable disease. It constitutes a significant public health problem and also has a significant economic impact. This retrospective descriptive study was carried out...

Imaging is used at every stage in the management of breast cancer, for screening, diagnosis, extension, follow-up under treatment and post-treatment monitoring. It can also help to predict the histological types of breast cancer in order to guide management.The aim of this book is...

Osteogenesis imperfecta is characterized by bone fragility. It is a genetic defect responsible for osseous and extraosseous manifestations of variable expression. Its management has been a long road, from identification and classification to medical treatment and surgical management. The wealth of bibliography published in...

Mammography, ultrasound and MRI are essential imaging examinations in the exploration of the mammary gland. By correlating anatomical, histological and physiological data with imaging data, we can better understand the image produced and, consequently, facilitate the detection of abnormal images within a glandular structure.This...

Asthma in children is the most common respiratory disease worldwide. It is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. An accurate assessment of its prevalence has been hampered by the heterogeneity of asthma definitions. It has been described that vitamin D possesses an immunomodulatory...

Our population comprised 82 male technical staff. Active smoking was reported by 45.1% of participants. Nicotine dependence assessed by the Fagerström test was moderate to high in 40.5% of smokers. According to the NASA-TLX raw, the means of mental and physical demands were 88.8...

This teaching manual for nursing students covers the safe and effective administration of medicines and the management of therapeutic regimens. With a focus on best practices, the manual details techniques for administering drugs intramuscularly, intravenously, subcutaneously, among others, and emphasizes the importance of accurate...

Introduction: Antibiotics (ATBs) account for a large proportion of drug prescriptions in children. Aim: To assess the quality of antibiotic prescribing in children under 5 years of age in the pediatric wards of 6 health services in Bamako. Method: This was a descriptive cross-sectional...

Dysphagia is a very common symptom in children with cerebral palsy and may be associated with aspiration, leading to chronic lung problems and recurrent pneumonia. Our challenge was to study and compare swallowing sounds in children with and without cerebral palsy using Doppler sonar...

Gingival recession is the apical migration of the gingival margin from its original position at or within a millimetre of the cemento-enamel junction, which exposes the root surface to the oral environment. Its etiology is multifactorial, and the most frequent complaints of patients suffering...

Hyaline membrane disease (HMD) is a respiratory pathology due to pulmonary surfactant deficiency, commonly encountered in premature newborns, but still poorly understood in full-term newborns (FTNs). Our study examined the clinical and evolutionary profile of MMH in NNATs, and identified predisposing factors.The results show...

Due to the rarity of TIMs, their clinical presentations and histological varieties, these lesions remain a current subject to which several questions must have consensus answers, especially with regard to the attitude towards asymptomatic TIMs, the extent of excision in relation to infiltrating gliomas...

Atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries can determine a poor prognosis in individuals after the occurrence of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Thus, we sought to assess mortality associated with carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in participants in the Acute Coronary Syndrome Registry Strategy (ACSR) study. CIMT...

Microcalcifications are an indirect sign of the mammary pathological process. They need to be studied in detail, together with other mammographic findings, before they can be classified. Their analysis includes a description of their morphology, number and distribution, the presence or absence of associated...

Malaria is a parasitic disease, a febrile, hemolytic erythrocytopathy caused by the development and multiplication in humans of hematzoa of the genus Plasmodium. The aim of this study was to assess malaria management in the Mékin-Sikoro population in 2021. This was a cross-sectional study...

This textbook has been prepared for publication by the Head of the Department of Normal Physiology of the Tajik State Medical University named after Abuali ibni Sino, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor F.A. Shukurov and Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor F.T. Halimova. Explanations...

The second volume of lectures on physiology is a continuation of the first volume released in 2023. The sequence of presentation of materials corresponds to the plans of lectures given by the authors to medical university students. The authors have been lecturers and teachers...

As a result of a comprehensive study based on the use of various physiological and biochemical indicators using modern mathematical methods of analysis, a medical and biological basis has been developed for assessing the influence of eco-pathogenic environmental factors on the functional state of...