Aim—To analyse the arteriolar pattern of laser induced channels and their surroundings compared with mechanical and ischaemic injury. Methods—24 pigs were randomised to a myocardial infarction group, a transmyocardial laser revascularisation group, a needle group, or a control group. In the laser revascularisation and needle groups, five channels were created either with a 1.75 mm probe holmium...

Abstract Introduction: Sewing needles, albeit a rare case of penetrating cardiac injury, are highly lethal, especially in children, because it is difficult to diagnose and treat. We herein present the case of a 13-month-old girl who was injured by a sewing needle inserted in the myocardium, which probably is the first report from mainland China.Case presentation: The 13-month-old girl was refer...

OBJECTIVES About 160 patients in Japan were infected with dengue virus by mosquito's bites in the summer and autumn of 2014. In this report, I describe a case of occupational dengue virus infection by needle-stick injury from the 1990s to alert health-care workers to the fact that dengue virus is among the causative agents responsible for occupational infectious disease even in Japan. CASE A ...

Penetrating head injury is uncommon and is always a curiosity in terms of the mechanism involved. The complete extent of the damage can only be known with CT scan of the brain, which at times may be difficult to get, due to the large size of the foreign body. The management of such patients is always a challenge and requires innovative planning. A case of crochet needle injury is described in w...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: It's important to know outcome of needle stick injury in health care facilities. This study will help to know policy regarding prevention of needle stick injury in health care setting. Copyright © 2013, Kowsar Corp.; Licensee Kowsar Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributi...

In a study of injection safety in Abha health district, Saudi Arabia, data were collected from 47 physicians and 85 nurses at 24 primary health care centres, using an observation checklist and an interview questionnaire. All centres used individually packed disposable syringes and puncture-proof containers to collect used needles. Needlestick injury in the previous year was reported by 14.9% of...

Astrogliosis is a process that involves morphological and biochemical changes associated with astrocyte activation in response to cell damage in the brain. The upregulation of intermediate filament proteins including glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), nestin and vimentin are often used as indicators for astrogliosis. Although connexin43 (Cx43), a channel protein widely expressed in adult a...

Needle electromyography (EMG) is used for the diagnosis of a neural injury in patients with a cervical/lumbar radiculopathy, plexopathy, peripheral neuropathy, or myopathy. Needle EMG is a particularly invasive test and thus it is important to minimize the pain during inspections. In this paper, we introduce the Electrodiagnosis Support System (ESS), which is a clinical decision support system ...