General Medicine (ISSN:1311-1817)

The significance of Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care (PSNC) as a key determinant of whole patient's satisfaction with hospital service and the quality of healthcare has been widely recognized. However, the current national level of PSNC in Iraq is not well understood. This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to determine the extent to which patients are satisfied with nursing care in Iraq and to detect any associated factors. A comprehensive search was conducted on electronic databases including PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and EMBASE utilizing specific search terms from January 2

As an agricultural country Indonesia had 7,463,948 hectares of raw rice fields in 2019. The agricultural sector cannot be separated from the use of pesticides. Diazinon, an organophosphate pesticide that is popularly used by farmers has potential harm to human health. Diazinon can cause damage to various organs, one of which is the kidneys. Kidneys play a role in the excretion of diazinon metabolites through urine. Diazinon triggers oxidative stress and triggers kidney damage with changes in biochemical parameters seen from the increase in BUN and serum creatinine levels. Neem (Azadirachta ind

Splenogonadal fusion is a congenital anomaly characterized by abnormal attachment between ectopic splenic tissue and the gonad, predominantly occurring in the male population. While the majority of the splenogonadal fusion cases are associated with cryptorchidism, the patients may have other congenital malformations such as inguinal hernias. Despite being benign and having a rare occurrence, the preoperative diagnosis of splenogonadal fusion is a challenging one. In this article, the author reports an unusual case of splenogonadal fusion in a 21-year-old male who presented with a left scrotal

Metastatic prostate cancer is often characterized as a cancer from which there are low chances of recovery. Treatment of this disease is further made difficult by the way it spreads throughout the body and how the variation occurs in a specific area over time. It may also spread to bones. The uneven distribution of this cancer in the body makes it difficult to differentiate it with solid biopsies. With just a simple assessment, it is impossible to characterize the heterogeneity. Advanced image analytics along with radiomics makes it possible. Early detection of mPCa is complimented by radiomic

Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown cause, and varies from mild to life-threatening. Our objective is to study the clinical, paraclinical and outcomes of mediastino-pulmonary sarcoidosis. This is a retrospective, descriptive and analytic study conducted over a 20-year period (January 2002 to December 2022). It compiled records of patients who were followed up for confirmed mediastino-pulmonary sarcoidosis. The study included 35 patients with a mean age of 56.69 ± 14.42. Male-to-female sex ratio was 0.346. The most common respiratory signs were dyspnea (82.9%) and dry cough (80%). Extra-respir