Abstract Introduction: A fall is a sudden descent on the ground or other lower levels. It is a serious safety threat for hospitalized patients. Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery as an open heart surgery has complications such as cardiac arrhythmias and delirium that can increase the risk of fall. Objective: This study aims to determine the risk of falls in patients after CABG surger...

Why the ward round? For folks of a certain age the very mention of ward rounds may conjure up the image of Sir Lancelot Spratt barking orders to an entourage of junior staff following in his wake. Whilst we no longer practice in such a hierarchical world, I fear we have neglected the importance of the ward round and with it the importance of the clinical decision making process itself. If you a...

OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern of orthopaedic wound infection and the influence of environmental factors on the distribution of the etiologic bacterial agents. DESIGN A prospective observational study. SETTING Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. SUBJECTS Sixty patients with orthopaedic wound infec...

Women decision making is giving legitimate power or authority to perform the tasks. If women were free take their own decisions, they would be able participate in planning and task contribute development programmes activities individually. The process of freedom should start from our home. Womens position household determines womens autonomy family. It worth examine whether she can decide about...

Abstract Introduction Efficient use of any theatre is essential for timely operating and maximising the resources. There are many reasons inefficiency, including delays in patient transfer, issues communication between ward staff. The objectives this QIP were to establish areas improvement communication. Method A survey was distributed amongst staff with several questions subjectively rating th...

cardiac rupture, particularly rupture of the left ventricular wall, has a very high mortality rate. in this occasion, even if injured patients being alive when carried to the hospital, many of them will die due to following possible reasons: severe bleeding, cardiac tamponade, wasting time for routine and usual diagnostic procedures or transferring the injured to other hospital equipped for car...

Neonatal surgery encompasses not only the surgical details and techniques of correction of the congenital malformations, but also understanding of the neonatal physiology, the patho-physiology, the spectrum of anomalies, genetics, the diagnostic modalities and advances in technology and neonatal intensive care. In no other components of pediatric surgery, the pre-operative preparation and post-...

Background: Cataracts are the leading diseases that cause blindness. Cataracts can be treated with surgery. Pain, itching, burning, and a foreign body sensation in the eye are common ocular complaints of patients in recovery. In this study, we compared the effect of Ketorolac eye drops and naphazoline antazoline eye drops on reducing complaints of surgery. Methods: This randomized clinical tri...