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Davey DG

Br Med Bull, 1951;8:37-46.

Until the early thirties the chemotherapy of malaria was comparatively simple, even if unsatisfactory. Quinine, inherited from the seventeenth century, still held sway, and directions for its use were fairly straightforward, although the experts, of course, each had a particularly favoured way of using it A second drug, plasmoquine (pamaquin)1, heralded with an appropriate fanfare because it was the first synthetic drug for malaria, appeared in 1926, but in the early thirties it was still in an experimental stage, and in any event no one suggested that it would rival quinine or that it would have more than special uses ancillary to quinine. Then, in 1931, atebrin (mepacrine) was announced, and as research with it proceeded, particularly by Field and his colleagues in Malaya, it became clear that the role of quinine was being challenged. If war had not broken out in 1939 the outcome of the challenge would, perhaps, never have been properly known, for the Germans had pushed on from atebrin and developed resochin (chloroquine) and sontochin (sontoquine) both of which were receiving field trials when war came. © 1951, Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Matched MeSH terms: Malaria/therapy

Efficacy of Benson's Relaxation Technique on Anxiety and Depression among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review

Abu Maloh HIA, Soh KL, AbuRuz ME, Chong SC, Ismail SIF, Soh KG, et al.

Clin Nurs Res, 2022 01;31(1):122-135.

PMID: 34159828 DOI: 10.1177/10547738211024797

This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Benson's relaxation technique on anxiety and depression among patients undergoing hemodialysis. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials was conducted. Searching databases included EBSCO Host, PubMed, ProQuest, Science Direct, Sage Journals, Ovid, and Google Scholar from January 2000 to September 2020. Five randomized controlled trials were identified. Findings revealed a statistically significant decrease in anxiety score. Concerning depression; one RCT showed a statistically significant decrease and two RCTs revealed a non-significant difference in depression level. The overall quality of the RCTs was not high. Despite that the RCTs showed benefits of BRT in managing anxiety. However, this is not the same for depression. The lack of high-quality scientific evidence supporting its retinue use indicates that additional well designed randomized controlled trials in multiple countries are warranted to support the efficacy of Benson's relaxation technique on anxiety and depression among patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Matched MeSH terms: Anxiety/therapy; Relaxation Therapy*

Full coma insulin therapy, chlorpromazine and electroconvulsive treatment: a control study of 600 schizophrenic patients

TASSIS JA

Med J Malaya, 1959 Dec;14:135-43.

PMID: 13837016

Matched MeSH terms: Convulsive Therapy*; Electroconvulsive Therapy*; Schizophrenia/therapy*

Fulltext The role of general practitioners in home oxygen therapy

Khoo SB

Malays Fam Physician, 2007;2(2):58-63.

PMID: 25606082 MyJurnal

Recommendation of oxygen therapy must include clear indication and benefits of its use, appropriate prescription, vigilant monitoring and appropriate methods of delivery. Home oxygen therapy is expensive, inconvenient and cumbersome; it should be recommended only if benefits outweigh the disadvantages and adverse effects of oxygen. GPs play an important supportive and supervisory role in the use of long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) to improve mortality of patients with chronic hypoxaemia. Prescription of short burst oxygen therapy (SBOT) for palliation of breathlessness is without clear evidence of its efficacy. GPs can prescribe SBOT when other secondary causes of breathlessness are excluded or treated, when breathlessness is not relieved by other treatments and if an improvement can be documented in patients.

Matched MeSH terms: Oxygen Inhalation Therapy*

Fulltext Guidelines on management of adult asthma: a consensus statement of the Malaysian Thoracic Society

Med J Malaysia, 1996 Mar;51(1):114-28.

PMID: 10967990

Matched MeSH terms: Asthma/therapy*

Further notes on the treatment of malaria with cinchona febrifuge, quinidine and cinchonine [duplicate2]

Fletcher W

Malayan Medical Journal, 1926;1:43-7.

Matched MeSH terms: Malaria/therapy

Problems in skin medication

Nathan PS

Family Practitioner, 1974;1(5):13-24.

Matched MeSH terms: Skin Diseases/therapy

Conjoint marital sex therapy: a case report

Woon TH

Family Practitioner, 1977;2(8):109-111.

Matched MeSH terms: Marital Therapy*

Trial of effect of Bemegride in schizophrenia

SCHMIDT KE

Med J Malaya, 1960 Jun;14:217-24.

PMID: 13748029

Matched MeSH terms: Schizophrenia/therapy*

Slimming

WELLS R

Med J Malaya, 1957 Sep;12(1):386-9.

PMID: 13492811

Matched MeSH terms: Obesity/therapy*

Resochin; single dose therapy and mass suppression

WALLACE MF

Med J Malaya, 1954 Mar;8(3):251-9.

PMID: 13164695

Matched MeSH terms: Malaria/therapy*

The treatment of Tinea in Malaya

GREENWOOD K

J R Army Med Corps, 1951 Sep;97(3):157-64.

PMID: 14881125

Matched MeSH terms: Tinea/therapy*

Fulltext The under portrayal of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) procedure in the Asian media

Ahmad Izzat Ahmad Tajjudin, Dayana Asilah Mohd Nasaruddin, Hatta Sidi

ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, 2017;18(2):0-0.

MyJurnal

Objective: Mental health is often stigmatized in Asia, and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is portrayed negatively in the media. The objective of this short report is to obtain an insight on Asian countries’ perception on Electroconvulsive Therapy, mainly through the media.
Methods: Several online movie databases were searched, with emphasis on Asian movies’ portrayal of Electroconvulsive Therapy.
Results: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) was portrayed in 9 television programme, 4 in films and 2 on Youtube. All patients (15) had no proper information given on possible side effects and consent not taken in all of them. 5 patients (33%) were tortured via ECT, 3(20%) of them had, ECT for Schizophrenia. In all scenes (15/15, 100%) ECT were given without general anaesthesia and the patients were fully awake. Basic monitoring (2/15, 13%) was performed, and all patients had no oxygenation. Tonic Clonic seizures were visible because all patients received no muscle relaxant. Bilateral electrode's placements (13/15, 87%) were common. One (6.6%) patient had a trilateral electrode placement. Most patients (9/15, 60%) received one shock, 4 patients (27%) received 2 shocks. One patient (6.6%) received 3 and 1 patient (6.6%) 4 shocks. 100% of patients were in obvious discomfort and ECT was portrayed as barbaric. There was no death depicted post ECT.
Conclusion: ECT is under portrayed in the Asian media. Only the Indian and Pakistani medium broached the subject. In the majority of the scenes, ECT was portrayed
negatively. This shows a total lack of knowledge of ECT among the Asian population. Alarmingly, ECT was used as a torture device in 5 mediums. This only adds to the stigma of ECT in Asia. More needs to be done to correct the misconceptions of ECT in Asia.

Matched MeSH terms: Electroconvulsive Therapy*

Treatment of malaria with dimeplasmin [duplicate1]

Green R

Lancet, 1929;213:1137-1138.

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)97604-9

Matched MeSH terms: Malaria/drug therapy

Spirillum minus treatment of G.P.I

Poynton JO

Lancet, 1947;250:810.

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(47)90846-5

Matched MeSH terms: Neurosyphilis/drug therapy

A report on fifty cases of malaria treated with atebrin. A new synthetic drug.

Green R

Lancet, 1932;219:826-9.

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)56672-0

Matched MeSH terms: Malaria/drug therapy

Pre-clinical endodontic education outcomes between artificial versus extracted natural teeth: a systematic review

Decurcio DA, Lim E, Chaves GS, Nagendrababu V, Estrela C, Rossi-Fedele G

Int Endod J, 2019 Aug;52(8):1153-1161.

PMID: 30883828 DOI: 10.1111/iej.13116

AIM: To compare the educational outcomes using artificial teeth versus extracted teeth for pre-clinical endodontic training.

DATA SOURCES: Literature searches of PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library, Trip Database, Web of Science and Open Grey databases were conducted from their inception until November 2018 with no language restriction. Hand searching of most likely relevant journals was performed. The review followed the PRISMA guidelines.

STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, PARTICIPANTS AND INTERVENTIONS: Studies that compared pre-clinical endodontic training using extracted teeth and artificial teeth were included.

STUDY APPRAISAL AND SYNTHESIS METHODS: The quality of included studies was appraised by Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal tools. The findings were tabulated and summarized according to their outcomes with distinct narrative syntheses.

RESULTS: Five studies were included. The component studies included 359 operators in total, mainly consisting of undergraduate students (97%, n = 349) and 10 endodontists (3%). Forty-seven per cent (n = 170) operated on artificial teeth only, whilst 19% (n = 67) worked primarily on extracted teeth, with the final treatment outcome being evaluated by independent observers using objective criteria. Operators in two studies (34%, n = 122) used both artificial teeth and ET and compared their experiences in surveys. Regarding technical outcomes, no significant differences between training with artificial teeth and extracted teeth were found, but the performance tended to be better in artificial teeth than extracted teeth. Operators trained solely on artificial teeth appeared to be adequately educated for subsequent root canal treatment (RCT) in the clinical setting.

LIMITATIONS: Due to the scarcity of research on the topic overall, and the methodological variation between the studies, it was not possible to perform a quantitative analysis (meta-analysis).

CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF KEY FINDINGS: Based on the available evidence, the use of artificial teeth for pre-clinical endodontic training achieved similar educational outcomes compared to extracted teeth. However, the experiences reported by the operators diverged. Further studies assessing other artificial teeth available in the market testing other RCT procedures are necessary.

Matched MeSH terms: Root Canal Therapy*

Plasmochin compound in the field

Wallace RB

Malayan Medical Journal, 1928;3:145-7.

Matched MeSH terms: Malaria/drug therapy

The effectiveness of gamelan therapy on depression levels in chronic kidney failure patients

Nurhidayati T, Pambudi DA, Rahayu DA, Elengoe A, Ramuni K

Enferm Clin, 2020 06;30 Suppl 5:69-72.

PMID: 32713588 DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.11.023

INTRODUCTION: The effect of depression on human behavior have been widely recognized in chronic kidney failure patients who undergoing hemodialysis. There was some depression technique management which could be applied. It could be a pharmacological or non-pharmacological technique. One of the complementary non-pharmacological therapy are Javanese gamelan therapy.

OBJECTIVE: This research reduced depression level with Javanese gamelan therapy in chronic kidney failure patients' who undergo hemodialysis at RSUD KRMT Wongsonegoro Semarang.

METHOD: It was a quasi-experimental research with pretest-post-test without control group. The research was administered during March-May 2019 with 30 respondents taken as sample using the total sampling technique.

RESULTS: The research on 30 respondents showed that p-value=0.00,

Matched MeSH terms: Depression/therapy; Music Therapy*

Full coma insulin therapy of schizophrenia in Singapore-a ten year appraisal

TASSIS JA

Med J Malaya, 1959 Sep;14:55-77.

PMID: 13837015

Matched MeSH terms: Convulsive Therapy*; Schizophrenia/therapy*

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