1.Gelam Honey: A Review of Its Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Anticancer and Wound Healing Aspects
Putri Shuhaili S ; Haszianaliza H ; Muhammad Fairuz A ; Zar Chi T
Medicine and Health 2016;11(2):105-116
In recent years, there is a growing enthusiasm in honey which has potential health benefits, disease prevention and serves as substitution of modern medicine. Honey is a natural sweet product which is produced by honey bees from floral nectar and has been traditionally used to treat several diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease since ancient times. Gelam honey (GH) is one of the Malaysian wild monofloral honey which is widely used as traditional medicine by the local population. GH is enriched with several therapeutic properties namely, antioxidative, antiinflammatory, anticancer and accelerated wound healing activities. However, there is lack of literature focusing on the overall effects of GH and its medicinal value. This review paper summarises the phytochemistry characteristics of GH along with its therapeutic values which lead to a broad spectrum idea on several diseases. A concise clarification on the therapeutic properties of GH is expected to provide new knowledge to thescientific society in these modern globalization eras.
Wound Healing
2.Maternal and perinatal morbidity after Caesarean delivery at full cervical dilatation.
Pandian RADHA ; Shephali TAGORE ; Muhammad Fairuz Abdul RAHMAN ; John TEE
Singapore medical journal 2012;53(10):655-658
INTRODUCTIONThis study aimed to assess maternal and perinatal outcomes following second stage Caesarean sections.
METHODSA retrospective study was conducted in a Singapore-based tertiary referral centre from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. The medical records of all the women who underwent emergency Caesarean sections in the second stage of labour were reviewed.
RESULTSOut of 2,501 emergency Caesarean sections performed, 116 were Caesarean sections in the second stage of labour. Women with non-vertex, twins and preterm deliveries were excluded, and 110 (4.4%, 110/2,501) Caesarean sections were recruited. The majority of the Caesarean sections were determined and performed by registrars or consultants. With regard to maternal outcome, 2.7% (3/110) of patients had primary postpartum haemorrhage and 4.5% (5/110) of patients had vertical or lateral lower uterine segment tears. As for neonatal outcome, although the Apgar scores of newborns were low at birth for 8.2% (9/110) of patients, the Apgar score was > 4 at 5 minutes for all patients.
CONCLUSIONOverall, there was no statistically significant adverse maternal or perinatal outcome.
Adult ; Apgar Score ; Cesarean Section ; adverse effects ; mortality ; Emergency Treatment ; Female ; Humans ; Infant Mortality ; Infant, Newborn ; Labor Stage, First ; Labor, Obstetric ; Postpartum Hemorrhage ; etiology ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Outcome ; epidemiology ; Retrospective Studies ; Singapore ; epidemiology ; Uterine Rupture ; etiology
3.The Agreement between State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory (STAI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) on Measuring Anxiety Level Among Adult Patients Before Venepuncture Procedure
Izzaty Dalawi ; Mohamad Rodi Isa ; Faizul Haris Mohd Hatta ; Muhammad Fairuz Rahmat
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2023;19(No.3):254-261
Introduction: Venepuncture procedure is painful and anxiety associated with venepuncture is common. There are
many tools for assessing anxiety levels in an outpatient setting. Hence, this study is to compare the degree of agreement between State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory (STAI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) for measuring anxiety levels
among adult patients before venepuncture procedure. Methods: A cross-sectional pilot study was conducted among
patients while waiting for a venepuncture procedure in the Phlebotomy Unit, UiTMMC in April 2020. The Malay-validated version of the State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory (STAI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were used to assess the anxiety level. Differences between sets of data were plotted as described by Bland-Altman to determine the
agreement between these two assessment tools. Results: A total of 330 patients participated in the study with a mean
age of 46.34 ± 14.34 years old and gender was equally distributed. The scores of state-anxiety (STAI-S), trait-anxiety
(STAI-T) and BAI score were 30.04 ± 20.74; 29.51 ± 19.11; and 40.98 ± 20.45, respectively. The score of anxiety
using BAI was higher compared to STAI-S (p<0.001) and STAI-T (p<0.001). The mean difference between the STAI-S
and BAI was -10.94 (95%CI: -53.01, 26.87) and between the STAI-T and BAI was -11.47 (95%CI: -42.26, 19.32).
However, very few patients’ scores outside the 95% LOA for both differences. Conclusion: The STAI and BAI are concordances in measuring anxiety levels among these patients. However, the anxiety score using BAI was higher than
STAI. Thus, both assessment tools can be used in clinical practice in measuring anxiety in the out-patients setting.