Practices of pica among pregnant women in a tertiary healthcare facility in Ghana
Nursing Open, 2020 Aim This study assessed the practice of pica among pregnant women in the Ho Teaching Hospital. Design Descriptive cross‐sectional. Methods Systematic sampling technique was used to recruit 286 pregnant women. Questionnaire was used to collect data.
Kennedy Diema Konlan, Abdul-Razak Doat
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Associations Between Sickle Cell Disease, Pica, and Enuresis in Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Disorders [PDF]
Medical SciencesBackground: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary disorder affecting red blood cells’ shape and functional capacity. Individuals with SCD report relatively high co-occurrence of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs).
Kit Neikirk +6 more
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Description of the antipredatory head-wobble behaviour in Chilean rear-fanged snakes Tachymenis peruviana Wiegmann, 1835 and Tachymenis chilensis coronellina Werner, 1898 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) [PDF]
Herpetozoa, 2022 In this work, we describe the first records of head-wobble behaviour for Tachymenis peruviana and T. chilensis coronellina. We analyse this behaviour (occurrence, frequency) and accompanying displays in both species. Of particular note is that T.
Claudio Reyes-Olivares +3 more
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The effect of intramuscular injection of cyanocobalamin-iron dextran (Cyanoferrin) on primary parameters of haemogram and serum minerals in 20-day-old goat kids with Pica [PDF]
Āsīb/shināsī-i Darmāngāhī-i Dāmpizishkī, 2021 Pica is one of the disorders with a high potential to induce numerous damages such as poisoning, impaction of gastrointestinal tract, botulism and weight loss in ruminant farms. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of intramuscular injection
Samad Lotfollahzadeh +4 more
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Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2021 Background: In clinical practice, the optimal treatment approach for ruptured vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm (VADA) involving a posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) remains unclear.
Taichiro Imahori +10 more
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Risk factors associated with inpatient cardiac arrest during emergency endotracheal intubation at general wards [PDF]
Acute and Critical Care, 2019 Background: Peri-intubation cardiac arrest (PICA) following emergent endotracheal intubation (ETI) is a rare, however, potentially preventable type of cardiac arrest.
Chul Park
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Exacerbation of pica as a precursor of psychosis
Annals of Indian Psychiatry, 2023 Pica is a sustained, compulsive eating behavior of nonedible substances. Pica has been described as sequelae of psychosis due to its state of disorganization; however, temporal and causal relationship between the two has not been reported in the context ...
Priyash Jain +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Pica in Alzheimer's disease (AD) makes it difficult for caregivers to provide care. However, few effective medications have been reported for pica in AD. We report a case of AD with pica that was successfully improved by trazodone and fluvoxamine.
Tadashi Kanamori +5 more
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Bihemispheric posterior inferior cerebellar artery in a cadaver with Chiari I malformation
Folia Morphologica, 2023 Typically, patients with Chiari I malformations (CM I) do not have other intracranial anatomical variations, especially vascular derailments. Here, we report the findings of a cadaveric specimen found to have CM I and cerebellar tonsils supplied by a ...
N. Boggio +6 more
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Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2021 Objective To assess the efficacy of occipital artery (OA)⁃posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) bypass for the treatment of vertebral aneurysms involving PICA.
CHEN Hao +5 more
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