Asthma Control and Its Predictive Factors in Adult Asthma Patients

By Eman Albataineh et al.
Journal of Clinical Medicine Research, 2019; Dec, 11(12):807-817.
Asthma is a highly prevalent condition that remains difficult to control, as its associated factors remain poorly understood. Thus, the primary aim of the present investigation was to determine the prevalence of uncontrolled asthma in hospital units in south Jordan and to evaluate the risk factors that may contribute to uncontrolled asthma.

Hypothermia Following Spinal Anesthesia in an Infant: Potential Impact of Intravenous Dexmedetomidine and Intrathecal Clonidine

By Jordan Arends et al.
Journal of Medical Cases, 2019; 10(11):319-322.
The α2-adrenergic agonists (dexmedetomidine and clonidine) have been used in several different clinical scenarios in infants and children including sedation during mechanical ventilation, procedural sedation, supplementation of postoperative analgesia, prevention of emergence delirium, control of post-anesthesia shivering, treatment of withdrawal and prolonging of duration of neuraxial anesthesia.

Molecular Classification of Gastric Adenocarcinoma

By Qianqian Wang et al.
Gastroenterology Research, 2019;12(6):275-282.
As one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths, gastric cancer (GC) has gained more and more attention. Although most GCs are adenocarcinomas, they have considerable heterogeneity among patients. Thus, appropriate classification and individualized treatment of GCs is essential. The traditional morphology-based classification systems including the World Health Organization (WHO) classification and the Lauren’s classification have a limited utility in guiding clinical treatment due to the molecular heterogeneity of GC.