American Journal of Aging Science and Research

Epidemiologic data show a high incidence of central nervous system (CNS) disease, which therefore is a prominent healthcare issue. Adults and the elderly are most commonly affected, with heavy repercussions on society and caregivers. The outcome of CNS disease, whether the etiology is vascular, degenerative or traumatic, is often significant disability or death. Motor, language and cognitive deficits are most prevalent, but vision is also frequently affected, in the form of visual field defects or oculomotor and binocular disorders. In the present paper, we discuss peripheral and central visual field defects.

Pain is one of the most common symptoms experienced by patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Adequate pain management is critical to the well-being and overall recovery of these patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of preoperative in-person pain education on the pain severity experienced by patients undergoing CABG surgery in Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center in Tehran in 2022.

Proximal humerus fracture with simultaneous shoulder dislocation in children is a rare occurrence, with few reported cases. This systematic review of case reports aimed to document the outcomes of different treatment methods. A comprehensive literature search from 1980 to 2024 included case reports on traumatic shoulder fracture-dislocation in children. Eighteen studies were included, with a mean followup of 1.5 years. The cases comprised 7 boys and 11 girls, aged between 11 months and 16 years (median 6 years). The cases were divided into two groups based on epiphysealinvolvement.

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2023 significantly affected emergency medical care. Physicians who regularly saw their patients by appointment were redeployed to emergency care, increasing their reported burnout. Understanding how the burnout of specialists increased from this redeployment during COVID-19 is relevant to finding ways to reduce redeployment burnout in these appointment-based physicians when preparing for future pandemics.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought many challenges to each sector of life. The most affected are the health in general and elective services in specific. The postponement of planned surgical procedures is one of the elective services that not only increased the waiting time in the short-term but will strain the healthcare services in the long-run

Suicide rates are on the rise in the United States as is mortality associated with opioid toxicity. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 7% of opioid overdose deaths are suicide, but this number may be under-reported. Many people who use opioids or have opioid use disorder, (OUD), may have “passive” intentions to commit suicide that are difficult to quantify. 

Introduction: Traumatic intracranial pseudoaneurysms (TICAs) and penetrating cerebrovascular injuries (PCVI) complicate gunshot wounds to the head (GSWH) and other forms of penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI). Recent developments in neuroimaging have allowed early detection of these lesions in the minutes and hours following the initial injury. CT angiography (CTA) and digitally subtracted angiography (DSA) have different sensitivity, periprocedural risks, and logistical limitations. Growing evidence is defining their role in clinical practice.

Geophagy is described in most countries of the world as a practice observed in pregnant women. In industrialized countries, it results from migrant populations who carry with them their cultural habits and practices. This is the case in France and more particularly in Guiana, an overseas territory. Originally used to treat the ills of pregnancy, it is today considered to be dangerous for the woman and her unborn child.

Background: Breast cancer remains a major global health burden despite therapeutic advances, necessitating further innovations to address persistent challenges like therapeutic resistance, adverse effects, and mortality in subgroups. Emerging technologies offer promising opportunities in this regard through data-driven, precise, and personalized approaches.

Maternal deaths (MD), continue to be a global problem. For prevention it is essential that steps are taken from woman’s home to referral health facility because maternity journey is slippery. Women do slip, and disappear during pregnancy, birth and post birth. It is essential to know about danger points to prevent falls by providing quality care, during pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, birth, and post birth.

Acute pain is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling actual or potential tissue damage as a result of a surgical procedure, physical trauma, or as a consequence of a medical condition [1]. The prevalence of moderate-severe pain, defined as pain which significantly interferes with daily living activities, ranges between 27% and 66% in hospitalized pediatric patients and remains inconsistent even in those institutions with excellent resources and good reputations [2,3].

Cutaneous viral warts (CVW) are a common condition encountered by many physicians of different disciplines. CVW can be self-limiting, especially in the pediatric population, although spontaneous regression could be prolonged and last months to years. However, treatment is sought by many who are unwilling to wait for spontaneous clearance, by those who do not experience such resolution and for reasons of preventing infections of other individuals. Aesthetic and functional discomfort caused by CVW and the possible risk of malignancy further favors treating these lesions.

Our paper entitled “Discussing diabetes, palliative care and end of life care: choosing the right language” reports a core aspect of our research program, which focuses on older people with diabetes, palliative and end of life care for people with diabetes, and the effect of language on clear communication, that commenced in 2009 [1]. 

HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver blood tests and low platelets) is a serious complication in pregnancy characterized by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count occurring in 0.2 to 0.6% of all pregnancies and in 10–20% of cases with severe preeclampsia

Thyroid storm is a rare but potentially life-threatening form of thyrotoxicosis. The presence of excessive thyroid hormones leads to toxic direct and indirect effects on the cardiovascular system resulting in entity known as thyrotoxicosis-induced cardiomyopathy (TCM).

Background: lack of knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 and radiation safety among healthcare professionals will adversely affect their health and the patients’ safety due to unnecessary radiation exposure and rapid spread of COVID-19. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and the awareness of both domains; COVID-19 and radiation awareness in one survey study. 

We present a commentary on bronchoesophageal fistulas (BOF) in children as per our experience in a sixteen-year-old girl with tubercular BOF. Acquired BOF in literature have been mostly described post traumatic or in association with malignancies in children.

The COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented challenges for anesthesia professionals and their surgical patients. Beyond managing infection risk, positive COVID-19 surgical patients add additional challenges to their perioperative care, where its perioperative risk are superimposed onto an already baseline anesthesia risk in real-time with an unknown and unpredictable fashion.

Eclampsia, a severe form of hypertensive disorder during pregnancy (HDsP), labor, and post birth, characterized by seizures, even life-threatening cerebral hemorrhage, hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome, multi-organ failure continues to be a real concern around the world, especially low-resource countries. 

Cancer biology involves complex dynamics and interactions between cells and the tissue environment. Mathematical modeling and computer simulation can provide a powerful instrument for considering this complexity. Agent-based modeling is a particular discrete hybrid modeling method.