Impaired cognitive function and its relationship with menopausal onset and exercise intensity of elderly women

Background: The success of development is the ideals of a nation that can be seen from the improvement in living standards and life expectancy. This also results in a shift in the composition of the population, which will increase the composition of the elderly population. Increased life expectancy must also be accompanied by a good quality of life. During this time the elderly are related with helplessness, dependence, with various health problems such as various cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis, cognitive impairments such as dementia. This needs to be the concern of all parties. This study aims to determine: 1) the prevalence of elderly women who experience cognitive dysfunction in Buleleng Regency; 2) the relationship between cognitive impairment and the onset of menopause; and 3) and the relationship between cognitive impairment and the level of exercise activities of elderly women in Buleleng Regency.

Methods: This research is a descriptive correlational quantitative observational study with a cross sectional study approach. The study sites were in 5 sub-districts in Buleleng Regency with a total sample of 73 people. To find out the relationship between cognitive impairment and the onset of menopause and the pattern of exercise activities in older women, data were analyzed by contingency coefficient correlation test.

Results: The results showed that 18.4% of elderly women experience definite cognitive impairment, 23% probale cognitive impairment, and 58.6% normal cognitive function. The relationship between cognitive impairment and the onset of menopause was obtained p value 0.296 which indicates that the correlation between the onset of menopause and cognitive function was not statistically significant. The relationship between cognitive impairment in elderly and level of exercise activity obtained a p value of 0,000 which indicates that the correlation between exercise activity and cognitive function is statistically significant.

Characteristic gynaecology-oncology patients from Obstetrics and Gynaecology Outpatient Clinic Mangusada Regional Hospital Badung reffered to Sanglah Hospital from 1st January 2016 – 31st December 2018

Background: Every year, there is an increase in malignancy cases in the world. In women, malignancy is the second most cause of death. Gynecologic malignancy can be found in all women reproductive tract, including cervix, ovary, uterus, vagina and vulva. Most women death from gynecologic malignancy occurred in developing countries, and this is due to lack of access for early detection and treatment. The study aims to report characteristic of patients referred from Obstetrics and Gynaecology Outpatient Clinic Mangusada Hospital, Badung from January 2016 – December 2018.

Results: Total referred case were 451 gynaecology-oncology patients in obstetrics and gynaecology outpatient clinic Mangusada Hospital, Badung-Indonesia. Top three most referred case were cervical cancer, ovarian cyst with malignancy suspected and ovarian cancer. For Cervical cancer, most of the patients are in group age 41-50 years old (40,3%), in-stadium III (59,2%) and squamous cell type (71,7%). For ovarian cancer, most of the patients are in group age 41-50 years old (45,1%), in-stadium III (59,2%), and epithelial type cell (87,3%). For endometrial cancer, most of the patients are in group age 51-60 years old (53,9%), in-stadium III (46,1%) and adenocarcinoma cell type (100%).

Conclusion: The most common gynaecological referral cases are cervical cancer, suspicious malignant ovarian cysts, and ovarian cancer. All gynaecological cases referred to are suspected or diagnosed as gynaecological malignancies and require the handling of a gynaecology-oncology division and integrated oncology services.

The effects of meldonium on microrheological abnormalities of erythrocytes in rats with obesity : An experimental study

Background: The microrheological disorders of red blood cells in obesity is often missed by the researchers. This study aimed to report an experimental investigation on laboratory animals with developed obesity and to find out the effect of meldonium on the erythrocytes.

Methods: A total of 95 healthy male-rats of Vistar line were taken into the investigation, 29 animals had experienced no impacts and allocated as the control group, while 64 rats which had developed obesity induced by a cardioangionefopathogenic semisynthetic diet into the obesity group. These rats were casually divided into an experimental (34 rats) group and the control group (30 rats). The rats of the experimental group in the next ten days were intragastrically injected with meldonium for 80 mg/kg. The biochemical, hematological and statistical methods of investigation were used in this study.

Results: During the formation of obesity and the use of meldonium, the body weight of the rats were gradually decreased to the normal level. On the obese rat's group receiving meldonium, the content of the lipids peroxidation products in erythrocytes progressively decreased.  and reached the level of the healthy control rats group. Moreover, there was a decrease in the number of erythrocytes-discocytes accompanied by an increase in the reversible and irreversible changes. These values were returned to the level of the healthy control rats group at the end of the observation. This pattern was observed in the total number of erythrocytes aggregate and free erythrocytes.

Conclusion: The application of meldonium eliminates the existing erythrocytes abnormal microrheological features in the rats with recently developed obesity.

Psychological comfort in patients with lumbar spine osteochondrosis treated with daily therapeutic-prophylactic clothes over 6 months

Background: Patients with second-degree lumbar osteochondrosis are observed to pay more attention to their health, have higher levels of anxiety, and a lower degree of life satisfaction. Daily wearing of therapeutic-prophylactic clothes by the subjects was applied for correction of osteochondrosis signs. Levels of life-satisfaction, anxiety levels, personal self-estimation, and attention paid to their health were observed in subjects with osteochondrosis who wore the garments daily for 6 months.

Methods: The study was conducted in Central Russia (Moscow City and Moscow region). Data were obtained from 37 healthy subjects as a control group and 43 subjects of second-degree lumbar spine osteochondrosis as a case group in both sexes of the second mature age (mean age – 43.5±2.5 years, 44.7±1.9 years, respectively). The doctor in the institutions diagnosed second-degree lumbar spine osteochondrosis.

Results: Our results revealed subjects with osteochondrosis who daily wore the author’s version of therapeutic-prophylactic clothes for six months, had persistent remission of osteochondrosis with reduction of painful and unpleasant sensations in the lumbar spine. Furthermore, the subjects also showed a significant decrease of anxiety level, an increase of personal self-estimation and satisfaction with life at the rise of motivation to wearing of therapeutic-prophylactic clothes.

Conclusion: Daily wearing of therapeutic-prophylacticclothes’ applied version for six months can ensure the correction of clinical osteochondrosis manifestations in people of mature age and the formation of psychological comfort what secures the achieved remission.

Spine injury: how to recognize and stabilize patient in golden hours periods

An acute spinal cord injury (SCI) early management is one of the most challenging tasks in trauma cases. The outcome of its cases depends upon the accuracy, adequacy, and speed of first aid management, diagnosis, and treatment within the “Golden Hours Periods.” Rapid and safe transport of the spinal injury patient allows for early medical stabilization designed to preserve and potentially improve the neurological outcome. The complications that arise from spinal instability or neurological must be prevented immediately and involves all members of the multidisciplinary team. Specialized assessment of people with new spinal cord injuries must take place immediately after an injury. The diagnosis of SCI should include the level and severity of the damage of the spinal cord, type of fracture or/and dislocation of the injured vertebrae, and the stability of the spinal column. Imaging begins from plain radiograph and should include a multi-slice CT protocol of the entire spine to delineate the known injury and to exclude non-contiguous damages. The outcome SCI treatment depends on the number of axons that survived – the higher the number of surviving axons, the restoration of neurological functions might be higher. The management of SCI begins before the patient admitted to the hospital. The principles of treatments include early reduction and fixation, combined extramedullary and intramedullary decompression, cell transplantation, early rehabilitation treatment, and complication prevention. The surgical treatment sometimes needed to evaluate, stabilize the spine, decompress the area that injured, and managed any other injuries that may have been associated with the accident. Once a patient was stabilized, care, and treatment focus on supportive care and rehabilitation.

Hemodynamic changes in patients undergoing cemented total hip replacement surgery: a literature review

Cemented total hip arthroplasty is believed to offer adequate pain relief, satisfactory walking ability, and activities of daily living as one of the most widely used techniques for treating hip fragility fractures. However, some complications may occur perioperatively, not to mention the catastrophic bone cement implantation syndrome. Thorough assessment, perioperative monitoring, early detection, and treatment plays an essential role to maximalize the result of this procedure, as well as minimalizing morbidity and mortality. Some anesthetic measures that can be done in order to keep the stability of intraoperative conditions are avoiding volatile anesthetic agents in high-risk patients, administering 100% inspired oxygen throughout the procedure, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, and maintenance of normovolemia.

A central line placement also provides a rapid route of drug administration if resuscitation becomes necessary. Orthopaedic surgeons should also consider thorough lavage of the femoral medullary canal, especially pulsatile jet lavage, removal of tissues before cementation to minimize the formation of microemboli during the procedure, and using cement restrictor to compartmentalize the bone marrow tissue and blood separately from the cement. Therefore, it can be concluded that understanding hemodynamic changes during this procedure is essential, not only for the operator but also for the anaesthesiologists.

Aortic enlargement: a case report of cadaveric heart and great vessels dimensions

Aortic enlargement is not an uncommon incidental finding with potential omission of clinical implications. During routine dissection in the middle of the thorax, there was an incidental finding of a disproportionately enlarged aorta in comparison to normal-sized heart at gross observation despite normal anatomy in local and adjacent structures. Incidental finding of aortic enlargement should not be disregarded as it might contribute to pathological processes. The use of indices could give a more comprehensive appraisal of cardiovascular system dimensions.