The impact of COVID-19 anxiety on eating disorders in medical and Master’s students

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 virus) first appeared in China with rapidly progressing pneumonia of unknown cause. Our goal was to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and eating disorders among front-line physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This study is observational, prospective and analytical. The study population age range is from 18 to 65 years and includes healthcare professionals with a Master’s degree or higher or subjects who have completed their education. We administered the Demographic Data Form, the Eating Disorder Rating Scale (EDRS), and the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) to “Health professionals with a Master’s degree or higher education, or who are receiving or have received Medical Specialization Training” across Turkey. RESULTS: The study initially included 312 people in total, but 19 were excluded (9 due to a pre-existing eating disorder, 2 for pregnancy, 2 for colitis, 4 for Diabetes Mellitus, 1 for depression, 1 with generalized anxiety disorder – GAD), leaving 293 subjects (82 men and 211 women). Assistant doctor was the highest status in the study group (56%), while specialization Training was the highest level of training (60.1%). CONCLUSIONS: We presented a detailed account of effects of scales and parameters related to the COVID-19 process on eating disorders and weight change in a specific population. These effects show both anxiety scores related to COVID-19 and eating disorders on various aspects and identify various variables influencing these scales in the main groups and subgroups

The place of mitrofanoff neourethra in the repair of exstrophy- epispadias complex

PubMed ID: 9926304The authors present their experience with seven patients having an exstrophy-epispadias complex who had undergone Young-Dees-Leadbetter bladder neck reconstruction with an adjuvant Mitrofanoff neourethra. All the patients, but one, were male with a mean age of 7.4 ± 3.9 years. Six of them had had previous primary closure of their exstrophied bladders accompanied by anterior diagonal lilac osteostomies, and one having pure epispadias had an incompetent bladder neck and a very low bladder capacity. Four of these patients had breakdown of their reconstructed bladder necks clue to clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) via urethra. Ileocystoplasties were performed in all of the patients for their unacceptably low bladder capacities (mean 20.9 ± 12.9 ml) with an adjuvant Mitrofanoff neourethra. The patients were put on CIC every 3-4 hours via Mitrofanoff channel. Six were totally continent, and one had to use a pad during daytime. There were no complications related to the Mitrofanoff stoma except two patients complained about temporary difficulty on catheterization. The authors conclude that incorporating a Mitrofanoff stoma to bladder neck reconstruction procedures in exstrophy-epispadias complex, prevents injury to the bladder neck during CIC, and thus lowers the risk and incidence of failure

Interleukin-10 gene polymorphism in chronic hepatitis B virus infection

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