scholarly journals Aeration of premises by means of protection against respiratory infections on the basis of natural fitoncydes in the complex of prevention of influenza and SARS in the conditions of the collectives of preschool and school heats concerns

2019 ◽  
pp. 67-73
Author(s):  
I. V. Sergeeva ◽  
A. S. Yamshchikov ◽  
Т. A. Debelova
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Microbial Contamination ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Heating Season ◽  
Dry Air ◽  
Rising Incidence ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Results ◽  
At Home

The article presents the results obtained from the use of aeration with large forms of bactericidal spray (cedar) in preschool and school institutions in Krasnoyarsk in conjunction with individual aeration of small forms of bactericidal spray (cedar) at home in the season of rising incidence of influenza and ARVI. Due to a decrease in the total microbial contamination of the air environment and surface when using the harmless bactericidal spray (cedar), there is a decrease in the incidence of ARVI among children who regularly receive aeration for 4 weeks, and there is a lighter course of ARVI and the absence of complicated forms in 2 times in the observed children in comparison with the group where aeration was not applied. The positive results obtained during the 4-week observation, and the absence of any side effects from the spraying of bactericidal spray (cedar) allows us to recommend it for the prevention of influenza and ARVI during the period of epidemic or seasonal increase in morbidity in organized groups of preschool and school institutions. Considering that since the beginning of the heating season, dry air is installed in the premises, the use of aeration of bactericidal spray reduces the impact of harmful environmental factors on the child’s body, which is facilitated by the ionization and moistening of the air with phytoncide spray components.

scholarly journals A short therapeutic regimen based on hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin for the treatment of COVID-19 in patients with non-severe disease. A strategy associated with a reduction in hospital admissions and complications.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
José A. Oteo ◽  
Pedro Marco ◽  
Luis Ponce de León ◽  
Alejandra Roncero ◽  
Teófilo Lobera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Emergency Room ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Qtc Interval ◽  
Therapeutic Regime ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

The new SARS-CoV-2 infection named COVID-19 has severely hit our Health System. At the time of writing this paper no medical therapy is officially recommended or has shown results in improving the outcomes in COVID-19 patients. With the aim of diminishing the impact in Hospital admissions and reducing the number of medical complications, we implemented a strategy based on a Hospital Home-Care Unit (HHCU) using an easy-to-use treatment based on an oral administration regimen outside the hospital with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) plus azithromycin (AZM) for a short period of 5 days. Patients and methods: Patients ≥ 18 years old visiting the emergency room at the Hospital Universitario San Pedro de Logrono (La Rioja) between March, 31st and April, 12th diagnosed with COVID-19 with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection by a specific PCR, as follows: Patients with pneumonia (CURB ≤ 1) who did not present severe comorbidities and had no processes that contraindicated this therapeutic regime. Olygosimptomatic patients without pneumonia aged ≥ 55 years. Patients ≥ 18 years old without pneumonia with significant comorbidities. We excluded patients with known allergies to some of the antimicrobials used and patients treated with other drugs that increase the QTc or with QTc >450msc. The therapeutic regime was: HCQ 400 mg every twice in a loading dose followed by 200 mg twice for 5 days, plus AZM 500 mg on the first day followed by 250 mg daily for 5 days. A daily telephone follow-up was carried out from the hospital by the same physician. The end-points of our study were: 1.- To measure the need for hospital admission within 15 days after the start of treatment. 2.- To measure the need to be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) within 15 days after the start of the treatment. 3.- To describe the severity of the clinical complications developed. 4.- To measure the mortality within 30 days after starting treatment (differentiating if the cause is COVID-19 or something else). 5.-To describe the safety and adverse effects of the therapeutic regime. Results: During the 13 days studied a total of 502 patients were attended in the emergency room due to COVID-19. Forty-two were sent at home; 80 were attended by the HHCU (patients on this study) and 380 were admitted to the Hospital. In our series there were a group of 69 (85.18%) patients diagnosed with pneumonia (37 males and 32 females). Most of them, 57 (82.60%) had a CURB65 score of <1 (average age 49) and 12 (17.40%) a CURB score of 1 (average age 63). Eighteen (22.50%) of the pneumonia patients also had some morbidity as a risk factor. 11 patients (13.75%) without pneumonia were admitted to the HHCU because comorbidities or age ≥ 55 years. Six patients with pneumonia had to be hospitalized during the observation period, 3 of them because side effects and 3 because of worsening. One of these patients, with morbid obesity and asthma, had clinical worsening needing mechanical ventilation at ICU and developed acute distress respiratory syndrome. With the exception of the patient admitted to the ICU, the rest of the patients were discharged at home in the following 8 days (3 to 8 days). Twelve patients (15%), 11 of whom had pneumonia, experienced side effects affecting mainly the digestive. In another patient a QTc interval prolongation (452 msc) was observed. In total 3 of these patients had to be admitted in the Hospital, 2 because of vomiting and 1 because a QTc interval lengthening. None of the patients needed to stop the HCQ or AZM and all the 80 patients finished the therapeutic strategy. From the group without pneumonia only a patient developed diarrhea that did not require hospitalization or stop the medication. Conclusions: Our strategy has been associated with a reduction in the burden of hospital pressure, and it seems to be successful in terms of the number of patients who have developed serious complications and / or death. None of the patients died in the studied period and only 6 have to be admitted in conventional hospitalization area.

scholarly journals Home to Hospital Live Streaming With Virtual Reality Goggles: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Hospitalized Children (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aafke Bakker ◽  
Lindy Janssen ◽  
Cees Noordam
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
Hospitalized Children ◽  
Step Procedure ◽  
Hospital Wards ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

BACKGROUND Being separated from home and relatives is a major stressor for children and adolescents when hospitalized. Children long for a manner to be distracted, pleasured, and socially connected during hospitalization. Different technological devices have been applied in health care to answer those needs. Both virtual reality (VR) and videoconferencing have proven their value in hospital wards and pediatrics. VisitU combines these 2 technologies innovatively. VisitU is a recently launched VR product enabling users to be virtually at home during hospitalization. OBJECTIVE This study aims to explore the experiences of hospitalized patients with the VR intervention of VisitU in addition to standard care. METHODS Over a 3-month period, a purposive sample of 10 patients hospitalized in the Radboudumc Amalia Children’s Hospital was included in this qualitative study. Semistructured interviews were performed, one before and one after the use of the VR device. Patients were asked open-ended questions concerning their experiences with VisitU on practical, cognitive, emotional, and social domains. The interviews were audiorecorded and transcribed verbatim. Atlas.ti was used to support the qualitative analysis. Furthermore, the inductive thematic analysis was done according to the 6-step procedure described by Braun and Clarke. RESULTS The following 6 main themes were the result of the qualitative analysis: “Being hospitalized,” “Expectations of VisitU,” “VisitU in use,” “VisitU, the benefits,” “The impact of VisitU,” and “Barriers when using VisitU.” The way VisitU was used by patients varied. The main benefits of VisitU were being somewhere else, being at home, and facilitating social connection. Limitations were experienced on the technical abilities, physical side effects, and complexity of use. Despite that, patients were positive about VisitU and unanimous in the view that they would like to use it again and advise other patients to use it. CONCLUSIONS This study shows the positive experiences of pediatric patients with VR live streaming. VisitU brings together the needs of patients and possibilities of VR and videoconferencing; it offers patients a way out of the hospital. Nevertheless, practical and technical obstacles must be overcome and side effects are an area of further research.

scholarly journals PENYULUHAN TENTANG DAGUSIBU PADA ANGGOTA PKK DI KECAMATAN SINGARAN PATI KELURAHAN LINGKAR TIMUR, KOTA BENGKULU

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Dwi Dominica ◽  
Reza Pertiwi ◽  
Deni Agus Triawan
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Question And Answer ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Approach Method ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Results ◽  
At Home

Dampak dari kesalahan pengelolaan obat yang tidak tepat saat membuang obat akan menyebabkan Pencemaran lingkungan sehingga terganggunya keseimbangan ekosistem di sekitar. Salah satu cara pengelolaan obat yang baik dan benar adalah DAGUSIBU. Cara ini menjelaskan tata cara pengelolaan obat dari awal mereka dapatkan hingga saat obat sudah tidak dikonsumsi lagi dan akhirnya dibuang. Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat ini antara lain : Untuk meningkatkan pemahaman dan meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat khususnya pada anggota PKK di kecamatan singaran pati kelurahan Lingkar Timur kota Bengkulu agar tidak keliru dalam mendapatkan, menggunakan, menyimpan dan membuang obat. Metode yang digunakan pada kegiatan ini adalah metode pendekatan melalui: Ceramah dan Tanya jawab, yang dilakukan untuk memberikan kesempatan kepada masyarakat apabila ada yang belum dipahamai untuk mengevaluasi keberhasilan penyuluhan. Dari hasil evaluasi kegiatan dan berdasarkan hasil pretest dan post tes yang dilakukan selama kegiatan menunjukkan hasil yang positif dimana terjadi peningkatan pengetahuan masyarakat dalam menggunakan, menyimpan, dan membuang obat dirumah. Kata kunci: Penyuluhan, Sosialisasi, DAGUSIBU, Anggota PKK, Singgaran Pati Kota Bengkulu   ABSTRACT The impact of mismanagement of drugs that are not appropriate when disposing of drugs will cause environmental pollution so that the balance of the surrounding ecosystem is disrupted. One way of managing drugs that is good and correct is DAGUSIBU. This method describes the procedures for managing drugs from the beginning they were obtained until the time the drug was no longer consumed and finally discarded. The objectives of this community service activity include: To increase understanding and increase public awareness, especially for PKK members in Singaran pati sub-district, Bengkulu City so that they are not mistaken in obtaining, using, storing and disposing of drugs. The method used in this activity is the approach method through: Lecture and Question and Answer, which is carried out to provide opportunities for the community if there is something that is not understood yet to evaluate the success of counseling. From the results of the evaluation of the activities and based on the results of the pretest and posttests carried out during the activity, it shows positive results where there is an increase in people's knowledge in using, storing and disposing of medicines at home. Keywords: Counseling, Sosialization, DAGUSIBU, PKK Members, Singgaran Pati at Bengkulu city                  

scholarly journals Ecological and economic assessment of public health in the Komi Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 436-448
Author(s):  
T.E. Dmitrieva ◽  
◽  
V.F. Fomina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Musculoskeletal Diseases ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
Komi Republic ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Economic Damage ◽  
The Impact

The authors assess the economic damage caused by the morbidity and mortality of the working-age population and identify the negative impact of environmental factors on the state of health at the municipal level. To achieve this the authors studied morbidity and mortality of the population in the region and in the municipalities over the past five years according to the international classification of diseases. Via foreign and domestic methodology for assessing, they also analyzed the degree and the spatial structure of the impact of the environmental factors on public health. Of the two international approaches to measure lost labor income due to premature death and diseases — “costly” and “profitable” — the authors used the second approach, adapted to the domestic information base and the available algorithm for calculating economic damage. Preliminary estimates of the lost profit from morbidity and premature mortality in the Komi Republic have determined the value of the unproduced GRP by years of the period from the impact of all causes for 1.5% of its total volume. The main sources of lost profits due to premature mortality are cardiovascular diseases and cancer, and due to morbidity — musculoskeletal diseases and respiratory infections.

The Impact of Anglicizing Former German-Language Psychology Journals on Authorship and Citation Frequencies

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 190-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Günter Krampen ◽  
Thomas Huckert ◽  
Gabriel Schui
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
English Language ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
German Language ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Number Of Authors

Exemplary for other than English-language psychology journals, the impact of recent Anglicization of five former German-language psychology journals on (1) authorship (nationality, i.e., native language, and number of authors, i.e., single or multiple authorships), (2) formal characteristics of the journal (number of articles per volume and length of articles), and (3) number of citations of the articles in other journal articles, the language of the citing publications, and the impact factors (IF) is analyzed. Scientometric data on these variables are gathered for all articles published in the four years before anglicizing and in the four years after anglicizing the same journal. Results reveal rather quick changes: Citations per year since original articles’ publication increase significantly, and the IF of the journals go up markedly. Frequencies of citing in German-language journals decrease, citing in English-language journals increase significantly after the Anglicization of former German-language psychology journals, and there is a general trend of increasing citations in other languages as well. Side effects of anglicizing former German-language psychology journals include the publication of shorter papers, their availability to a more international authorship, and a slight, but significant increase in multiple authorships.

The ‘Modernisation’ of Scotland and its Impact on Glasgow, 1955–1979: ‘Unwanted Side Effects’ and Vulnerabilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chik Collins ◽  
Ian Levitt
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Excess Mortality ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Impact

This article reports findings of research into the far-reaching plan to ‘modernise’ the Scottish economy, which emerged from the mid-late 1950s and was formally adopted by government in the early 1960s. It shows the growing awareness amongst policy-makers from the mid-1960s as to the profoundly deleterious effects the implementation of the plan was having on Glasgow. By 1971 these effects were understood to be substantial with likely severe consequences for the future. Nonetheless, there was no proportionate adjustment to the regional policy which was creating these understood ‘unwanted’ outcomes, even when such was proposed by the Secretary of State for Scotland. After presenting these findings, the paper offers some consideration as to their relevance to the task of accounting for Glasgow's ‘excess mortality’. It is suggested that regional policy can be seen to have contributed to the accumulation of ‘vulnerabilities’, particularly in Glasgow but also more widely in Scotland, during the 1960s and 1970s, and that the impact of the post-1979 UK government policy agenda on these vulnerabilities is likely to have been salient in the increase in ‘excess mortality’ evident in subsequent years.

Assessing the sustainability of the Siberian Federal District regions

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 891-908
Author(s):  
T.A. Smirnova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Siberian Federal District ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Empirical Analyses

Subject. This article deals with the issues of functioning of the region as a system. Objectives. The article aims to identify the problems of the region's functioning as a system, develop methodological tools to monitor the sustainable development of the Siberian Federal District territories, and determine the the impact of socio-economic and environmental factors on the sustainable development of the region as a whole. Methods. For the study, I used the methods of theoretical, statistical, and empirical analyses taking into account an integrated approach. Results. The article reveals the impact of some individual components of regional development on the sustainability of the territorial system as a whole. Relevance. The results of the study can be used to analyze the sustainability of regions' development.

The Effect of Internal Corporate Social Responsibility on Job Satisfaction: An Empirical Study on Jordanian Pharmaceutical Companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Sura Altheeb ◽  
Kholoud Sudqi Al-Louzi
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pharmaceutical Companies ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Results

The current research investigates the impact of internal corporate social responsibility on job satisfaction in Jordanian pharmaceutical companies. Quantitative research design and regression analysis were applied on a total of 302 valid returns that were obtained in a questionnaire based survey from 14 pharmaceutical companies among employees, supervisors and managers. The results showed that internal corporate social responsibility was significantly related to job satisfaction and three of its dimensions, namely working conditions, work life balance and empowerment contributed significantly to job satisfaction, whereas employment stability and skills development had no contribution. This study implies that Jordanian pharmaceutical companies have to try their best to promote and facilitate internal corporate social responsibility among their employees in an effort to improve their job satisfaction, which will eventually yield positive results for the company as a whole. In light of these results, the research presented many recommendations for future research; the most important ones were the application of this study in other sectors, cultures, and countries, and using of multi method for collecting data.

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