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Management Quality of Surgical Instrument and Influence of Cleaning and Sterilization on the Surgical Outcomes of the Patient: A Review
Altern Ther Health Med. 2023 Sep 15:AT8850. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWhen a medical device or surgical instrument comes into contact with the patient's sterile tissue or mucous membrane during the various processes, the risk of introducing infections into the patient's body increases. Furthermore, an infection may be transmitted from one patient to another, from a patient to a member of the medical staff and vice versa or from the environment to the patient via improperly sterilized or disinfected equipment. A number of outbreaks and diseases have been documented in the hospital setting as a result of poorly sanitized...
Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - September 14, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Shuwen Zheng Dong Jiang Ping Liu Huiqin Zhang Source Type: research

Functional gastrointestinal disorders in children: Effectivity, safety, and tolerability of the herbal preparation STW-5 (Iberogast ®) in general practice
CONCLUSIONS: The treatment effect of STW-5 in this study was in its range comparable to according data from controlled clinical trials with predominantly adult participants.Thus, supporting robustness of these data generated in an uncontrolled observational setting. The results of this observational study indicate that STW-5 may be an effective and well tolerated treatment option also for children with FGIDs.PMID:35998755 | DOI:10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102873
Source: Complementary Therapies in Medicine - August 23, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Radke Michael Vinson Bettina Lehmann Eckehard Source Type: research

Educational interventions for health professionals managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care
CONCLUSIONS: The evidence of efficacy was equivocal for educational interventions for health professionals in primary care on the proportion of COPD diagnoses confirmed with spirometry, the proportion of patients with COPD who participate in pulmonary rehabilitation, and the proportion of patients prescribed guideline-recommended COPD respiratory medications. Educational interventions for health professionals may improve influenza vaccination rates among patients with COPD and patient satisfaction with care. The quality of evidence for most outcomes was low or very low due to heterogeneity and methodological limitations of...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - May 6, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Amanda J Cross Dennis Thomas Jenifer Liang Michael J Abramson Johnson George Elida Zairina Source Type: research

Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Consumers' Experience With Food Therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hong Kong
CONCLUSIONS: Participants relied less on traditional medical sources such as parents and health professionals but more on the internet, which may have empowered them through wider access to information. The study has further contributed to the study of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) by highlighting the role of cultural practices and beliefs in TCM food therapy.PMID:34559690
Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - September 24, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Alice Hoi Ying Yau Matthew Wai Lung Yeung Gigi Kai Yin Au Yeung Crystal Yan Pui Lee Source Type: research

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