http://www.seipub.org/ams/RSS.aspxen-US2016-0<p class="abstract">QT Interval Dispersion in Acute Alcohol Intoxication</p><ul><li>Pages 1-6</li><li>Author Willy Aaseb</li><li>Abstract Alcohol intoxication is probably the most common intoxication worldwide. Some studies have suggested an association between QT interval dispersion (QTd) and the risk of arrhythmias. The aim of this report is to assess how alcohol in potential lethal blood concentrations affects QTd. Eighty-four patients were included in analyses. QTd at admittance was compared with a control group (n = 27) and with QTd at discharge. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed in order to explore odds ratio for dispersion including several variables. Mean QTd was 48.6 msec (SD: 13.9) in alcohol intoxicated patients compared to 40.8 msec (SD: 16.5) in the controls (p = 0.019). QTd was larger at admission than at discharge in patients with alcohol intoxication (49.7 msec (13.3) vs. 41.9 (13.8). P = 0.032). Mean blood alcohol level was 2.9‰ in the study group. High to very high blood alcohol concentration may increase QT interval dispersion.</li></ul>http://www.seipub.org/ams/PaperInfo.aspx?ID=26786International Journal of Advance in Medical Sciencehttp://www.seipub.org/ams/PaperInfo.aspx?ID=267862016-0<p class="abstract">Appropriate Umbilical Stem Cells Prescriptions and Tests in Italy: Not Conforming Behaviours</p><ul><li>Pages 7-13</li><li>Author Sergio ParcoMarcello MorguttiFulvia vascott</li><li>Abstract The aim of this work is to study the impact of formal errors in obstetric-gynaecologic prescriptions and tests validation, especially related to cord blood collection, at a Children’s Hospital of Trieste (cape town of FVG region). To this purpose had been performed a monitoring, during 2013-14s, to improve appropriateness of prescriptions related to stem cells collection and to make more suitable and safe transplants and related medical cares. Medical prescriptions were monitored for 24 months (from 2013 January to 2014 December), and studied with a χ2 test before and after analysis not in compliance with the activities, and was introduced a management protocol to improve the external quality assessment (EQA) of the related tests. The comparison of prescriptions and related tests during 2014-15s has highlighted a significant decreasing of not appropriate requests, mistakes of prescriptions about obstetric exemptions (p<0.05), and an improvement of 2 tests out standard deviation (SD), with a good entry of EQA in the first or in the second SD.</li></ul>http://www.seipub.org/ams/PaperInfo.aspx?ID=31973International Journal of Advance in Medical Sciencehttp://www.seipub.org/ams/PaperInfo.aspx?ID=31973