Aug 28, 2018

Austin Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology

No Significant Gender Difference in Vision-Related Quality of Life of Anterior Uveitis Patients

Abstract: Purpose: This study is set up to determine whether a difference exists in the self-reported vision-related quality-of-life (VR-QoL) between male and female anterior uveitis patients...


Aug 28, 2018

Austin Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology

Phototransduction in a Rabbit Model with Retinitis Pigmentosa

Abstract: Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a progressive disease that exhibits abnormalities in the photoreceptor cells of the rods and cones that detect light, and is characterized by symptoms such as night blindness, visual field constriction especially in the peripheral field, and reduced visual acuity...


Aug 27, 2018

Austin Journal of Women's Health

End-To-End Repair of Damaged Peripheral Nerves

Abstract: Peripheral nerve injuries are prevalent clinically and recognized in traumatology. It is reported that 5% of all trauma cases include peripheral nerves and have a great impact on patients and societies. In the case of severed peripheral nerve injuries the only way to attain function (sensory or motor) is end-to-end repair...


Aug 27, 2018

Journal of Pediatrics & Child Health Care

Utility of Peripheral Smear in Rapid Diagnosis of Pertussis

Abstract: A 1 month- old girl with no prior illness, presented to the emergency department for cough and shortness of breath. The blood analysis revealed an increased peripheral white blood cell count with lymphocytosis: WBC: 28,19* 109/L (75% lymphocytes...


Aug 24, 2018

Austin Journal of Clinical Case Reports

A Case of Nicotine vs. Psychosis

Abstract: Ekbom's Syndrome, also known as delusional parasites, is a psychotic disorder in which a patient is convinced that they are infested with some sort of parasite. There is usually a triggering event in most cases, but not always identified...


Aug 24, 2018

Austin Journal of Forensic Science and Criminology

DNA Profile of Physical Evidence Help to Establish Hidden Secret

Abstract: Introduction: In the forensic science short tandem repeat (STR) analysis helps to resolve the hidden secret of the forensic system work to collect, preserve and understand evidence that can help to prove crime...


Aug 24, 2018

Journal of Family Medicine

Evaluation of PHQ-2 Scores Based on the Interviewer

Abstract: Our investigation was whether physician administration of the PHQ-2 to patients of the Family Medicine Residency Clinic improves the identification of patients with undiag- nosed depression, as compared to our current practice of having the registered nurse administer the PHQ-2...


Aug 24, 2018

Austin Andrology

Association of Cortisol and Vitamine D in Seminal Plasma with Sperm Quality

Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the relationship between Vitamine D (VD) and Cortisol (C) in seminal plasma (SP) and sperm quality...


Aug 23, 2018

Austin Emergency Medicine

Traumatic Amputation of Fingertip in 53-Year-Old Male: A Case Report

Abstract: Background: Traumatic finger amputations are common with a potentially exterminator event in every person's life...