background: the goal of antivenom administration for snake-bitten patients is to achieve therapeutic response (initial control), which means reversal of the venom-induced effects through neutralizing the venom. the aim of this study was to identify snakebite prognostic factors of weak therapeutic response prior to antivenom administration. methods: this was a retrospective study of patients wit...

The growing popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and integrative medicine (IM) highlight the need for a clinically relevant system for classifying health care practices. All systems, modalities, and techniques of health care (conventional, complementary, alternative, and traditional) can be organized in categories of "primary mode of therapeutic action." This results in si...

Objective(s) The role of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in patient care has grown rapidly since its introduction three decades ago. The aim of present study was to evaluate the possible relationship between serum levels and the clinical response of valproic acid (VPA). Materials and Methods In the present study we evaluated a homogeneous group of adult patients receiving VPA monotherapy. ...

In the current study, sleep actigraphy and parent-report measures were used to investigate differences in sleeping behavior among four groups of 3- to 7-year-olds (N = 79): children in regular foster care (n = 15); children receiving a therapeutic intervention in foster care (n = 17); low income community children (n = 18); and upper middle income community children (n = 29). The children in th...

'Music therapeutic caregiving', when caregivers sing for or together with persons with severe dementia during care situations, has been suggested as a way to reduce problematic behaviors in dementia care. The present study implemented this technique as an intervention in dementia care. Six caregivers participated in group interviews about their experiences of morning care situations without and...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the incidence and solution of ethical dilemmas in a palliative care unit. DESIGN Health care workers recorded daily all dilemmas in caring for each patient. SETTING Palliative care unit of National Taiwan University Hospital in Taiwan. PATIENTS Two hundred and forty-six consecutive patients with terminal cancer during 1997-8. MAIN MEASUREMENT Ethical dilemmas i...

background: currently healthy heart word considered to be the objective of community health applications in many countries of the world because cardiovascular diseases are the most important factor in mortality of humans, worldwide. coronary artery bypass graft surgery is one of the most common surgery procedures for these patients. the purpose of this study is to assess the impact of therapeut...

madam, dental and oral care products are available in different flavors. though flavoring is a marketing strategy for luring consumers, its components does have benefit on oral/dental tissues. thus, it is necessary for the dental health team to advice the right flavor of products, which are palatable and equally therapeutic. this article discusses the principal types, modes of activity, benefit...