background: the aim of this study was to evaluate risk of needle stick and sharp injuries (nsi) and exposure to blood borne pathogens, among laboratory technicians. methods: 213 self-reporting questionnaires were distributed among the laboratory technicians who were working at three educational hospitals in tehran. a total of 193 laboratory personnel completed the questionnaire. results: 69.9% ...

Abstract Lumbar puncture (LP) procedures are commonly performed for diagnostic purposes by neurologists and emergency physicians, intrathecal local anesthesthetic administration spinal anesthesia anesthesiologists. Complications include post-dural headache, meningitis, epidural hematoma neurological injury. A recent article Ertas et al in the Journal of Clinical Neurology Neurosurgery highlight...

Disc degeneration is a multifactorial process that involves hypoxia, inflammation, neoinnervation, accelerated catabolism, and reduction in water and glycosaminoglycan content. Cannabidiol is the main non-psychotropic component of the Cannabis sativa with protective and anti-inflammatory properties. However, possible therapeutic effects of cannabidiol on intervertebral disc degeneration have no...

Over 160 cases of injury to the heart by pins and needles have been reported (Hermoni et al., 1986). These objects reached the heart by a number of routes including embolization and penetration from adjacent organs after ingestion. However the most common mode of injury was by direct transthoracic penetration and the majority of these were accidental in nature. We present the history of a 22-ye...

To the Editor:—We read with interest the case report by Sala-Blanch et al. The authors describe an unorthodox but interesting treatment for patients undergoing continuous sciatic nerve block that raises several concerns. In short, using computed tomographic imaging without clear clinical indication, the authors documented that nerve stimulator–guided needle placement during sciatic nerve block ...

Objectives: The objective of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of University of Namibia nursing students on needle stick injuries. Methods: A qualitative exploratory was used. Unstructured individual interview was conducted to collect data from ten nursing students who were purposively selected. Thereafter, data were analyzed using content thematic qualitative analysis. The...

Herein we describe a pathogenic role for the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type three secretion system (T3SS) needle tip complex protein, PcrV, in causing lung endothelial injury. We first established a model in which P. aeruginosa wild type strain PA103 caused pneumonia-induced sepsis and distal organ dysfunction. Interestingly, a PA103 derivative strain lacking its two known secreted effectors, ExoU...

herein, we described the first case of self-inoculation in a veterinarian with bovine johne’s disease(bjd) attenuated vaccine in iran that required medical attention. a needle-stick injury to the right thumb of ayoung veterinarian during vaccination of cattle with bjd vaccine resulted in an inflammation that not onlyfailed to resolve but also progressed to a lesion 2.5 cm in diameter. the usual...