BACKGROUND: In Egypt, medical malpractice problems have been magnified during the last few years. AIM OF THE WORK: to evaluate and address the knowledge and previous experiences of the physicians regarding malpractice in Egypt and to increase the physician's awareness to avoid medical litigation through good malpractice and ensure a good doctor patient relationship. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: a crosssectional study was done through spreading of a simple formatted questionnaire among 181 randomly selected physicians in Kasr alainy teaching hospital from 2019 to 2020. RESULTS: (72.37%) of the physicians thought that sometimes malpractice affects doctor's thinking and actions. About (34.25 %) of the physicians thought that failure of diagnosis is the most common cause of malpractice. The majority of the physicians agreed that the patient, stress and overwork have a role in the adverse events, and malpractice. More than half of the physicians (58.56 %) handled malpractice cases. The majority (83.43 %) of the physicians thought that the patient should be told if any mistake happened & (86.25 %) of the physicians agreed that patients should be compensated. Most physicians (72.92 %) agreed that malpractice could be avoided, and (45.30 %) thought that staying up to date is the best way to avoid malpractice. More than half of the physicians (54.14 %) disagreed that informed consent is enough to protect the doctors from malpractice. CONCLUSION: More education and training systems are recommended for doctors to increase doctors' competence and awareness about medical responsibility, performing regular assessment and evaluation, creation of a conducive working environment, encouraging communication between all departments, encouraging reporting and discussing possible errors. The insecure sensation of the physicians should be put in mind and more efforts should be exerted to improve doctor patient relationship.
Fingerprints are skin markings delineated by epidermal ridge patterns present on the skin of the hands' fingers and palms. There is a positive association between fingerprint distribution and different diseases like diabetes mellitus, making it a useful tool for its prediction. The study aimed to determine if fingerprint pattern distribution could be used as an early screening tool for predicting type II diabetes among at risk Egyptian populations. This study was carried out on 138 patients with type II diabetes mellitus diagnosed at the diabetic clinic, Al kasr Alainy hospital, Cairo city, between September and December 2019. Another 138 participants were included as a control group for this study. The fingerprint distribution pattern between the diabetics and the control showed insignificant (p>0.05) differences except for whorls which showed significantly lesser distribution among diabetics. The ulnar, radial, and double loops were insignificantly (p>0.05) more, while the arch & composite patterns were insignificantly (p>0.05) lesser in diabetics compared to control. The study concluded that the distribution pattern of a fingerprint is not a definitive predictive tool for type II diabetes mellitus.
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