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Factors Impacting Nutritional Status in Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology

Dec 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-5014.jphn-25-5577
Mark GormleyCorresponding author

Infants with single ventricle (SV) physiology are at increased risk of undernutrition, which can contribute to adverse outcomes. This is a retrospective case series examining factors associated with undernutrition in patients with SV physiology at one year of age. It includes 56 infants from a singl…

The Comparison of Walking Performance in Cold and Warm Biologically Conditions in Physiology

Nov 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2578-8590.ipj-18-2493
Nasim HabibzadehCorresponding author

Walking is the best possible exercise to promote fitness. However, ambient temperature has an impact on walking regimen and performing exercise in different biological conditions can be challenging tasks. For example, both cold and hot temperatures can impair walking performance. In fact, walking in…

Ice Water Immersion as an Additional Method in Physiology Recovery in the Sport

Nov 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2578-8590.ipj-18-2465
Jaime HinzpeterCorresponding author

Objective: Soccer has a reduced overall recovery time. If these situations are not properly controlled they can cause the athlete chronic fatigue, an increase in delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and thus result in a decrease in athletic performance. There are several therapies that have attempte…

Physiology of Distinct Modes of Muscular Contraction

Oct 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2578-8590.ipj-18-2441
Nasim HabibzadehCorresponding author

Physiological changes in musculature allow widespread movements in human body. Correspondingly, varying in muscle prototypes characterise direct different training paradigms in therapeutics practice or can governs athletic performances. Mode of muscle contraction type are isometric, concentric or ec…

Understanding the Physiology of Adipose Tissue: A Key to Combat Obesity?

Nov 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-450X.jom-16-1268
DV MuralidharaCorresponding author Faculty of Medicine, University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Terengganu

Human obesity is now universal and has drawn serious attention of international academia to unravel its pathophysiology and treatment. In recent years, efforts are being made to understand the complex physiology of both white and brown adipose tissue in detail with relevance to obesity. A large numb…

A Review and Update on the Biochemical Basis of Conscious Breathing (Pranayama)

Mar 2026
Carlos AulesaCorresponding author

Breathing has long been recognised as a vital process in Eastern traditions such as YOGA and Ayurvedic medicine, where Pranayama is regarded as a transformative practice that harmonises body and mind. While the East developed sophisticated systems of breath regulation for health and self-awareness,…

Transmural Migration of a Retained Surgical Sponge; A Case Report

Feb 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-5518.jcci-26-5982
Philip Taah-AmoakoCorresponding author

Introduction A retained surgical towel in the abdomen is a serious postoperative complication and the most avoidable. Known as “gossypiboma”, it may migrate into adjoining cavities like the stomach, small bowel, colon, vagina, urinary bladder, pericardium, and urethra. Case Report A 32-year-old male…

Glaucoma Literacy in a Portuguese Population

Dec 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-0436.jos-24-5322
Catarina Pestana AguiarCorresponding author

Studies show that individuals with limited health literacy skills experience worse health outcomes in a multitude of chronic diseases including glaucoma. These patients have poorer compliance, worse disease understanding and greater disease progression. The main purpose of our study was to evaluate…

Primary Membranous Nephropathy Flare After COVID-19 Vaccination

Sep 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-4488.jna-24-5219
Kelly V. LiangCorresponding author

Primary membranous nephropathy (MN) is due to autoantibodies to phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R Ab). It is unclear whether COVID-19 vaccines can trigger flares of glomerular diseases such as primary MN. There have been increasing reports of glomerular diseases presenting or flaring after receipt of…

What is known Today about Nutrition and Microbiota

Mar 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-22-4120
Paolo MainardiCorresponding author

We are experiencing years of profound cultural revolution. New insights into the microbiota upset concepts in physiology, medicine, and nutrition. The role of the microbiota for our health is increasingly evident. We are increasingly certain that our health depends on that of the microbiota, or, rat…

Thyroid Function Abnormalities in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Feb 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-4488.jna-21-4039
A K Al MirajCorresponding author

The function of the thyroid gland is one of the most important in the human body as it regulates the majority of the body's physiological actions. The thyroid produces hormones (T3 and T4) that have many actions including metabolism, development, protein synthesis, and the regulation of many other i…

Impact of COVID-19 on Cognitive and Way to Resolve

Nov 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-21-4007
Mohammad Azizur RahmanCorresponding author

Cognitive abilities are of immense importance for the normal life sustenance of a human being. As cognitive impairment ensues, the living caliber declines. Among multiple factors, the current epidemic coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) has been implicated in worsening cognitive performance of the…

Embolization for Perimedullary Arteriovenous Fistulae: Pioneering Experience in Peru

May 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-21-3843
Andrés R. PlasenciaCorresponding author

Background Perimedullary arteriovenous fistulae, or type IV spinal cord arteriovenous malformations, are very rare and not well-known lesions. This paper aims to present our endovascular experience with these lesions. Methods We report our experience with 4 patients with perimedullary arteriovenous…

Reversible Posterior Encephalopathy Syndrome and Related Factors: Clinical Cases Study

Nov 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-20-3596
Damelan KombateCorresponding author

Background Reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome (RPE) is a clinical and radiological entity characterized by the acute or subacute fitting of symptoms covering headache, vomiting, visual disturbances, seizures and impairment of consciousness. The pathophysiology of RPE syndrome is poorly des…

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