Aims: Complaints of thirst accompanied by dry mouth are the main complaints hemodialysis patients with poor compliance due to excess fluid intake, inability restrict fluids, and high interdialytic weight. The interventions carried out overcome include sucking ice cubes, gargling boiled water, chewing gum. effectiveness gum for people CKD is still debated. Objectives: purpose this study was dete...

The SARS-CoV-2 virus spread rapidly, infecting over a hundred million people worldwide, and by this way, it has been called the COVID-19 pandemic, in which is very important to wear protective mask, wash hands properly, obey social distance rules, use disinfectants protect ourselves against infection. Therefore, consumption of cleaning agents such as disinfectants, surface cleaners, bleach incr...

Aim: To determine the various causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding through endoscopic method. Study design: Descriptive observational study Place and duration study: Department Medicine, SKZB, CMH Muzaffarabad from 1st January 2021 to 30th June 2022. Methodology: Ninety patients which were clinically endoscopically confirmed their state between <25 >66 years age included. Endoscopy p...

BACKGROUND The frequent use of corticosteroid inhalers (CSIs), especially at higher doses, has been accompanied by concern about both systemic and local adverse reactions. The local adverse reactions of inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) are considered to constitute infrequent and minor problems. However, while not usually serious, these local adverse reactions are of clinical importance. This stud...

After total laryngectomy, the placement of a tracheoesophageal (TE) puncture offers the possibility to gain a new voice. However, the produced TE speech is known to have a lower quality and intelligibility. The goal of this paper is to identify and quantify the acoustic artefacts in TE speech. The advantage of this study is two-fold. First, the proposed measures can be used by speech therapists...