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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510059
Kinley Wangdi and Manish Raj Gurung
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: October 28, 2016
A retrospective study to understand the trends of all forms of abortion was carried out using secondary data from PGH data repository. The trend was analyzed between the periods 1st January 2008 to 31st December 2011. A prospective study was also carried out between 1st March 2012 and 28th February 2014 using a structured interviewer administered questionnaire on patients seeking medical care for abortion related ailments in PGH....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510058
Katayon Vakilian, Roya Gholami, SimaYounesi Ghare-shiran and Azam Rahmani
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: October 28, 2016
Anxiety is known as a potential contributing factor in the incidence of menstrual disorders. No studies have yet investigated the relationship between test anxiety and the incidence and type of menstrual disorders. The present study was therefore conducted to examine this relationship....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510057
Acute Care Nursing Considerations in the Era of Direct-Acting Hepatitis C Antivirals
Jennifer L Cole and Jennifer E Stark
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: September 30, 2016
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) has a major impact on healthcare globally. Comorbidities are common in HCV-infected patients and as this population ages, acute care admissions are on the rise. With the introduction of the direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimens, treatment for HCV has become better tolerated and more effective with shorter durations. Treatment rates for HCV are on the rise with the DAA agents, making it more likely to encounter patients on these medications during hospital admissi...
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