Factors affecting empathetic patient care behaviour among medical doctors and nurses: an integrative literature review.

Background: Healthcare professionals' empathic behaviour is an important component of quality health care. Patients' reports suggest that empathy is often lacking. Specific factors that may facilitate or inhibit empathetic behaviour have not been extensively examined.

Prevalence of neuropathic pain among patients with chronic low-back pain in the Arabian Gulf Region assessed using the leeds assessment of neuropathic symptoms and signs pain scale.

This prospective, multicentre, epidemiological study was designed to assess the prevalence of neuropathic pain among adults with chronic low-back pain (LBP) in the Arabian Gulf region. A total of 1134 patients recruited from the outpatient medical setting were assessed using the Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (LANSS) Pain Scale. A LANSS Pain Scale score ≥ 12 was used to differentiate between patients with a neuropathic contribution to their pain and those with nociceptive pain only.

A new management strategy for puncture wounds of the foot. A case report.

This is a case report of persistent foot infection after a deep puncture wound caused by a bolt which went through a sandal and into the foot. An occult rubber foreign body was missed by X-ray and MRI. On the basis of persistence of infection the foot was explored.

Antegrade Rush nailing for fractures of the distal humerus. A case series.

A single antegrade Rush nail was used to treat 37 fractures of the distal humerus extending to the olecranon fossa and up to 6.5 cm proximal to it. In order to stabilise the fracture, the bent tip of the Rush nail was directed into the lateral epicondylar ridge.

Percutaneous extra-articular excision of femoral neck osteoid osteoma: report of a new method.

A simple new way for excision of intramedullary osteoid osteoma from the femoral neck without going through the hip joint is described. A trephine hole starting distal to the great trochanter with fluoroscopy guidance is used. This procedure (for such a lesion) has not been reported in the literature.