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Social support and associated factors among family caregivers of older people in North-East Peninsular Malaysia.
Belitung Nurs J
February 2023
Department of Critical Care Nursing, Kulliyyah of Nursing, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200 Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
Background: The negative health results associated with the family caregivers of older people can be alleviated with social support, which is considered a valuable resource. Hence, the factors contributing to social support need to be understood.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the social support associated with the family caregivers of older people.
Prevalence of Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization among Transfused Chronic Kidney Disease Patients in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Oman Med J
September 2020
Department of Pathology, Hospital Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Article Synopsis
- A study examined the prevalence and risk factors of red blood cell (RBC) immunization in 249 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients who received blood transfusions at a Malaysian hospital over a year.* -
- Results showed that 12.4% of patients developed RBC antibodies, with a significant correlation to a history of pregnancy, but no links were found between immunization and factors like demographics or the number of transfusions.* -
- The findings suggest implementing Rhesus RBC phenotyping for better matching in transfusions, particularly for CKD patients of reproductive age to reduce the risk of RBC immunization.*
Primary care barriers to cataract surgery in the eastern zone of Peninsular Malaysia: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.
Med J Malaysia
April 2018
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Faculty of Medicine, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Objective: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in Malaysia. There is an alarming backlog of cataract extraction surgery as the majority believes they did not require surgery. This study aimed to explore the barriers at the primary care level to cataract surgery from the perspective of patients with severe cataract blindness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPredictors of polymyxin B treatment failure in Gram-negative healthcare-associated infections among critically ill patients.
J Microbiol Immunol Infect
December 2018
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia; Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Unit, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. Electronic address:
Background: With increasing prevalence and spread of multidrug resistant Gram-negative infections, parenteral polymyxins resurged in clinical practice. The primary aim of the study was to determine the predictors of treatment failure and in-hospital mortality among critically ill patients treated with polymyxin B.
Methods: Demographic data, underlying diseases, procedures and details on polymyxin B therapy were retrospectively analyzed in a cohort of 84 patients who received intravenous polymyxin B in an intensive care unit from 2010 to 2014.
Multiplex amplification refractory mutation system (MARMS) for the detection of β-globin gene mutations among the transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia Malay patients in Kelantan, Northeast of Peninsular Malaysia.
Am J Blood Res
September 2014
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Malaysia.
The aim of this study was to adapt MARMS with some modifications to detect beta mutation in our cohort of thalassemia patients. We focused only on transfusion-dependent thalassemia Malay patients, the predominant ethnic group (95%) in the Kelantanese population. Eight mutations were identified in 46 out of 48 (95.
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