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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5769/1510057

Quality of Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV Service at South Wollo Zone Governmental Hospitals, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2018

Debrnesh Goshiye, Girum Sebsebie and Sisay Gedamu

Article Type: Research Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 5

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission service is expanded out in accelerated fashion throughout Ethiopia with all public hospitals and health centers. However, published studies on the services' provision in the country are generally limited. If at all, they did not comprehensively examine quality of the services. The aim of the study was to assess the quality of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission service at governmental Hospitals of South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2018. ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5769/1510056

Intervention for Non-verbal and Minimally-Verbal Individuals with Autism: A Systematic Review

Lynn Kern Koegel, PhD, Katherine M Bryan, BA, Pumpki Su, MA, Mohini Vaidya and Stephen Camarata, PhD

Article Type: Review Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 5

Most children diagnosed with ASD will present with late onset verbal communication, and at least one third of these children will remain minimally or completely nonverbal throughout their lifespan, speaking few or no words. Challenges with verbal language can negatively affect many areas, including socialization, academics, independent living and employment. The objective of this paper was to systematically review interventions for the treatment of nonverbal and minimally verbal individuals with...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5769/1510055

Signal Processing Technique for Identifying Pacifier Artifacts in Pediatric Sleep Lab Airflow Data

Padmini Selvaganesan, Michala Dauterman, Ajay Mahajan and Jyoti Krishna

Article Type: Research Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 5

For diagnosing sleep apnea, patients are required to stay overnight in a sleep lab, and various physiological signals are recorded using different sensors. The data collected during the study is often prone to artifacts due to various reasons and one such artifact in younger patients is due to the use of pacifiers which corrupts the signal from the sensors. One of the sensor signals which is corrupted frequently is the airflow signal. This airflow signal is obtained using a thermistor that is pl...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5769/1510054

Use of the Electrical Stimulation Therapy in the Lower Esophageal Sphincter for the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Paediatric Patients, Two First Cases Reported

Rodrigo Hipolito Cifuentes, Rene Carmona Barba, Antonio Vega Valdes and Placido Espinosa Rosas

Article Type: Research Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 5

One female patient, on chronic acid-suppressive therapy who underwent successful laparoscopic implantation of the LES stimulation system, surgery time 1 hour, trans surgical endoscopy with absence of perforation, closure of pillars; measured by GERD daily symptom diaries the patient symptoms improved soon. Two weeks after the surgery, the patient reported better symptom control without the intake of PPI, and the absence of heartburn and regurgitation. One month follow-up with esophageal ph shows...

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