John Of God Research Articles

Ordynacja zakonna Bonifratrów z 1724 roku

The article is a publication of the document presenting the regulations of the Order of St. John of God in the Lithuanian Province, written in 1724. These regulations - “to be helpful while rightly controlling” and “to preserve the order’s well being”, “set up to honour the God” - were handed down to the superiors of all the convents. Similar to constitutions, these regulations were to perfect and to organize the life in an Order. Engrossed in 39 points, these injunctions were for all members of the Order of St. John of God in the province: a superior, priests, friars of all professions e.g. nurses, hosts, collectors of funds, dispensers etc. The regulations were also to give advice for those being totally devoted to God, how to properly care for the vocation while working with the needy and with the poor and sick, how to unite with God and to strive after the sanctity of life with the help of the Eucharist, prayer, liturgy, adoration of the Holy Sacrament, religious readings, permanent contact with the constitution and with the descriptions of the life of St. John of God. One can also find here advice how to develop love, trust and goodwill, obedience and responsibility when living in a fraternal community. At the end of this document we read following: “these regulations (...) we want them to be truly observed by everyone (...) and to be read every month at congregations”.

A BNT162b2 mRNS-Pfizer–BioNTech-védőoltás hatásosságának és immunogenitásának monitorozása egészségügyben dolgozókon

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused global public health and economic crises. The aim of this observation study was to estimate the effectiveness, safety and elicited immune response of the BNT162b2 mRNA Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in healthcare workers of the Buda Hospital of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God. After vaccination, the infection rate, adverse events and the kinetics of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein and anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein antibodies were evaluated. Before vaccination, from the 295 healthcare workers 36 recovered from prior COVID-19 infection (COVID-19-positive group). After the second vaccination, there was no COVID-19 infection during the three-month follow-up period. The adverse events were mild. In the COVID-19-positive group, the median cut-off index of anti-N antibodies measured at 4 weeks after the first vaccination were significantly (p<0.0001) higher (28.37) than in the COVID-19-negative group (0.085). After the first vaccine, the median titer of anti-S antibodies was significantly higher (p<0.0001) in the COVID-19-positive group (8015 U/ml) compared to the COVID-19-negative group (23.18 U/ml). In the COVID-19-negative group, the median titer of anti-S antibodies increased significantly (p<0.0001) after the second vaccine (from 23.18 U/ml to 1173 U/ml), showing an increase of 500×. After the second vaccination, there was no COVID-19 infection during the follow-up. In the COVID-19-negative group, the anti-S antibody titer is moderate after the first vaccination and increases significantly after the second vaccine. In the COVID-19-positive group, the first vaccine induces significant anti-S antibody production. Orv Hetil. 2021; 162(39): 1551-1557.

Review: John of God: The Globalization of Brazilian Faith Healing, by Cristina Rocha

Review: <i>John of God: The Globalization of Brazilian Faith Healing</i>, by Cristina Rocha

Krankenpflege als soziale Praxis in den Hospitälern der Barmherzigen Brüder in Österreich im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. Eine Übersicht auf Grundlage insbesondere des „Manuale oder Hand-Büchlein Religions B. Joannis Dei“ von 1681 sowie der Wiener und Grazer Hospitalinventare

This article deals with nursing within the Austrian hospitals of the Order of St. John of God during the 17th and 18th centuries. As far as possible, it casts light on the actual nursing practices, primarily displaying and analysing contemporary internal nursing guidelines and sources like inventories, pictures and administrative patients’ records. Thus, the paper attempts to “reconstruct” at least the expected and/or typical shape of some fundamental aspects of nursing care based on such indirect hints, being well aware, however, that this can only serve as a modest substitute for an – impossible − actual observation. Furthermore, scrutinizing guidelines, administrative records and similar material can easily lead to misinterpretations regarding the relation of norms and actual behavior; therefore, we must also bear in mind that variations and deviations are probably under-represented within such sources. This considered, some elementary insights drawn from the mentioned sources, are: The early modern hospitals of the “Barmherzige Bruder” – which already served as medical hospitals for acute diseases – disposed of remarkably well-equipped pharmacies and a well-educated staff. The brethren themselves conducted most of the nursing duties. A “Manuale” for their use from 1681 elaborately describes aims, but also problems in nurse-patient communication, moreover the necessary observation of vital functions in very “weak” patients, and several aspects of hygiene of the body, the beds, the laundry and the wards, as well as the nutrition of the patients – who were i. e. supposed to drink either boiled water or wine according to the individual diet prescribed by the physician and had two main meals a day, breakfast and dinner. The handling of the excretions was a matter discussed in less detail, but it was not avoided in total. Clothing is mentioned primarily with respect to the change of wear that was scheduled to take place during admission and regarding the correct storage of the ‘secular’ costumes until discharge. Rest and sleep was a matter of interest, too. The brethren were obviously well aware of the potentially conflicting target of securing the prior on the one hand, and effective nursing care, particularly in urgent cases, on the other. Moreover, the themes of movement and occupation possibilities for the patients are displayed. The aspect of sexuality is dealt with in the “Manuale” primarily with reference to specific demands of the staff’s clerical celibacy, only casually referring to the sick themselves. ‘Security’ is only marginally dealt with by the nursing guidelines, but, apart from hygienic prescriptions, does not play a prominent role. Yet, by other sources it becomes sufficiently clear, that there were specific security measures for distinct categories of patients, such as “mad” patients regarded dangerous for themselves or others. On the contrary, the “Manuale” pays ample attention towards the spiritual offers to and demands of the patients, which were closely linked to the strict daily routine of the brethren, largely filled by manifold and extent religious rituals.

Cristina Rocha, 'John of God: The Globalization of Brazilian Faith Healing'

Cristina Rocha, John of God: The Globalization of Brazilian Faith Healing. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. xiii + 269, ISBN: 978-0-19046-671-8 (pbk).

Association between disease extent and pain symptoms in patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis.

The study aimed to assess the associations between pre-operative symptoms in patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and intraoperatively determined extent of disease as described by the revised ENZIAN score. This was a retrospective data analysis of women who underwent surgery for DIE between 2014 and 2018 at the Department of Gynecology, Hospital St. John of God, Vienna (a tertiary referral centre for endometriosis). Data from 245 women were analysed. Statistically significant associations were found between involvement of ENZIAN compartment B (uterosacral ligaments, parametrium) and presence of dyspareunia (P = 0.002), ENZIAN compartment C (rectum, sigmoid colon) and dyschezia (P < 0.001), and ENZIAN compartment FB (urinary bladder) and dysuria (P < 0.001, Fisher's exact test). Statistically significant correlations were also detected between symptom severity of dyschezia and lesion size in ENZIAN compartment C (rs = 0.334, P < 0.001), and severity of dyspareunia and lesion size in ENZIAN compartment B (rs = 0.127, P = 0.046). Severity of dysmenorrhoea was correlated with lesion size in ENZIAN compartment A (rs = 0.244, P < 0.001) and was associated with the presence of adenomyosis (compartment FA; P = 0.005, Mann-Whitney U-test). Additionally, the number of affected compartments (A, B, C and FA) correlated with the severity of dysmenorrhoea (rs = 0.256, P < 0.001) and dyschezia (rs = 0.161, P = 0.012). In contrast to previous studies evaluating disease extent based on the revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine (rASRM) score, disease localization and extent as described by the revised ENZIAN score was associated and correlated with the presence and severity of different pre-operative symptoms. These explorative findings suggest that it may be important to evaluate the extent of DIE using the revised ENZIAN score in addition to the rASRM score.

Rocha, Cristina, 2017. John of God: the globalization of Brazilian faith healing

Rocha, Cristina, 2017. John of God: the globalization of Brazilian faith healing

Institutional entrepreneurship in a religious order: The 1741 Constituciones of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God

An extensive branch of accounting literature studies accounting and religion. The variety of religious organizations studied, theoretical approaches, and roles assigned to accounting are as extensive as the range of the values that are rooted in religious organizations. However, the literature has not yet described the role of the individual in the spread of accounting and accountability into a religious organization and what leads the individual to advocate such change. The concept of institutional entrepreneurship can shed light on this topic. To this end, this work studies the change in the Constituciones (rules) of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God in eighteenth-century Spain. Father Ortega, as General of the Order, played a key role supporting the implementation of accounting and accountability techniques.

Theoretical Appliqué and Comparative Contextualization in Cristina Rocha’s John of God / Bordado teórico e contextualização comparativa no livro John of God, de Cristina Rocha

Este artigo analisa dois tipos de trabalho conceitual no livro de Cristina Rocha, John of God: The Globalization of Brazilian Faith Healing (2017): bordado teórico e contextualização comparativa. O primeiro apresenta um conjunto ad hoc de conceitos, oferecendo uma série de interpretações parciais. Apesar de não oferecer uma única interpretação coerente, esta abordagem tem as vantagens de respeitar a complexidade do caso e de indicar uma série de pistas interpretativas. O segundo envolve o trabalho típico, no estudo da religião, de colocar o movimento religioso ou outro objeto de estudo em relação à sua paisagem religiosa, salientando influências e concorrentes, comparando crenças e práticas. Embora o livro fosse melhor se ambas as dimensões do trabalho conceitual tivessem sido desenvolvidas, vale a pena considerar o bordado teórico como modelo para outros trabalhos. Este artigo visa destacar o valor do bordado teórico e sugerir como ele pode ser conduzido de forma ainda mais efetiva.

Book Review: Cristina Rocha: John of God: The Globalization of Brazilian Faith Healing

Book Review: Cristina Rocha: John of God: The Globalization of Brazilian Faith Healing

The prognostic role of extremely high levels of the B-type natriuretic prohormone with regard to the in-hospital mortality of patients hospitalized for heart failure

Patients hospitalized for heart failure have a very high in-hospital as well as one-year mortality. Natriuretic peptides play both a diagnostic and a prognostic role in this disease. Changes of natriuretic peptide levels in response to therapy are a well-known prognostic marker. Regarding in-hospital mortality, however, little is known about the prognostic value of extremely high levels of natriuretic peptides measured on admission. To decide whether extremely high levels of B-type natriuretic peptide have a prognostic value with regard to in-hospital mortality. NT-proBNP levels on admission and in-hospital mortality were extracted retrospectively from the data of patients treated with heart failure in the cardiology department of the Hospital of St. John of God in Budapest. We separately analyzed the data of patients hospitalized for heart failure in 2015 with extremely high initial NT-proBNP levels. The cut-off value in this regard was 10 000 ng/l. We also analyzed the comorbidities of these patients. The median NT-proBNP level of those patients who survived beyond the index hospital stay in the last 10 years was 4842 ng/l, whereas the median NT-proBNP level of those 182 patients who died during their hospital stay was 10 688 ng/l (p<0.001). In the year 2015, we treated 118 patients with an NT-proBNP level above 10 000 ng/l. Thirteen of these patients died, which means that their in-hospital mortality exceeded 10%. In comparison, the in-hospital mortality of all heart failure patients was 5.8%. The difference of median NT-proBNP levels of surviving versus deceased patients in this group with extremely high NT-proBNP levels was no longer significant (17 080 ng/l vs. 19 152 ng/l). Patients with an NT-proBNP level of >10 000 ng/l on admission have a significantly higher in-hospital mortality. The difference of NT-proBNP levels of surviving versus deceased patients in the group with admission NT-proBNP levels >10 000 ng/l is no longer significant. We could not identify any etiological factors that would explain these extremely high NT-proBNP levels or the excess in-hospital mortality. Orv Hetil. 2017; 158(20): 779-782.

La orden hospitalaria de San Juan de Dios en Filipinas. Siglos XVII y XVIII

La historia de la orden hospitalaria de San Juan de Dios en Filipinas es poco conocida, en contraste con la profusa historiografía existente sobre la actuación de las diferentes corporaciones eclesiásticas en el archipiélago. Este trabajo pretende estudiar los procesos que permitieron su expansión y desarrollo en las islas, su trabajo hospitalario, el concepto de hospitalidad que le sirvió de guía y las peculiaridades que adoptó el gobierno de sus hospitales y religiosos, situados a miles de kilómetros de su casa matriz en la ciudad de México.

Atención y preparación del duelo en familiares de pacientes crónicos terminales: prueba piloto en Zaragoza

Objetivo: Evaluar si la intervención enfermera (información) disminuye el grado de ansiedad y miedo a la muerte que presentan los familiares de pacientes con enfermedad crónica terminal en la Unidad de Cuidados Paliativos de la Orden Hospitalaria San Juan de Dios (OHSJD) de Zaragoza.Metodología: Se realizó un estudio cuaxiexperimental de diseño pre post intervención para analizar el grado de ansiedad que presentan los familiares de pacientes en situación de enfermedad crónica terminal, así como el miedo de enfrentarse a la muerte y el proceso de morir de uno mismo y ante una persona ajena, a través de dos cuestionarios validados.Resultados: Todos los participantes disminuyeron el grado de ansiedad, siendo el grupo que recibe la intervención el que presentó mayores diferencias. Por el contrario, sólo el grupo que recibió la intervención redujo el miedo a la muerte.Conclusiones: La intervención enfermera demuestra ser eficaz en la reducción de la ansiedad y el miedo a la muerte y el proceso de morir en los participantes que acompañan a familiares con enfermedad terminal. Además de mejorar la calidad de vida, y por consiguiente, los cuidados al familiar enfermo.

Intraindividual comparative analysis of capsule opacification after implantation of 2 single-piece hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses models: Three-year follow-up

To compare the 3-year postoperative anterior (ACO) and posterior (PCO) capsule opacification and the level of anterior capsule retraction after implantation of 2 single-piece hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) models. Hospital of St. John of God, Vienna, Austria. Comparative randomized controlled double-blind clinical trial. Eyes with bilateral cataract were evaluated. Each patient had an Acrysof SA60AT (interrupted optic edge) IOL implanted in 1 eye (Group A) and a Tecnis ZCB00 (continuous optic edge) IOL implanted in the fellow eye (Group B). One and 3 years postoperatively, PCO was evaluated using Evaluation of Posterior Capsule Opacification software and the ACO level and capsule-retraction level were evaluated and graded subjectively. The study evaluated 100 eyes of 50 patients ranging from 61 to 80 years. Postoperatively, there were no statistically significant differences in PCO between Group A and Group B at 1 year (0.06 ± 0.12 [SD] and 0.07 ± 0.13, respectively; P = 4.35) or 3 years (0.23 ± 0.36 and 0.22 ± 0.32, respectively; P = .66). In Group A and Group B, ACO was present in 18.0% of eyes and 2.7% of eyes, respectively, at 1 year (P = .03) and in 92.0% and 24.0%, respectively, at 3 years (P < .01). Capsule phimosis (18.0% at 1 year; 30.0% at 3 years) and glistenings (66.0% at 1 year; 86.0% at 3 years) were observed in Group A only. Both IOLs had similarly low PCO rates 3 years postoperatively, although more ACO and capsule retraction were observed in eyes with the interrupted optic edge IOL.

Descriptive Study on the Implication of Families in the Care of Institutionalized Elde

The main objective of this study is to know the involvement in the care of families in Home for the Elderly of San St John of God in Seville. This is a pilot quantitative, descriptive and observational study. After a process of non-probability has formed a convenience sample of 20 relatives of elderly residents, including 5 are men and 15 are women. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire "Scale-Zarit caregiver burden" and data analysis has been made by the SPSS 15.0 statistical program. Administered questionnaires, all agree that most of the care of the elderly is performed by the medical personnel of the residence, which implies that the results aren´t overloaded. And they claim that the informal support of the elderly doesn´t cease with the institutionalization. The involvements of family members in nursing homes meet the objective of having a collaborative role, in which the family is the memory and the voice of the elderly by the passage of time or by the disease who have they can´t answer questions as they arise for health professionals.

Descriptive Study on the Implication of Families in the Care of Institutionalized Elde

The main objective of this study is to know the involvement in the care of families in Home for the Elderly of San St John of God in Seville. This is a pilot quantitative, descriptive and observational study. After a process of non-probability has formed a convenience sample of 20 relatives of elderly residents, including 5 are men and 15 are women. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire "Scale-Zarit caregiver burden" and data analysis has been made by the SPSS 15.0 statistical program. Administered questionnaires, all agree that most of the care of the elderly is performed by the medical personnel of the residence, which implies that the results aren´t overloaded. And they claim that the informal support of the elderly doesn´t cease with the institutionalization. The involvements of family members in nursing homes meet the objective of having a collaborative role, in which the family is the memory and the voice of the elderly by the passage of time or by the disease who have they can´t answer questions as they arise for health professionals.

Welcome from the Captain

Salzburg, Austria From the Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Academic Teaching Hospital of Paracelsus Medical University. Received for publication May 1, 2014; accepted May 2, 2014. Disclosure:The author has no financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in the accepted abstracts of the EPSRC 2014. Lorenz Larcher, M.D., M.A., Captain 2014, European Plastic Surgical Research Council, Hospital St. John of God (Barmherzige Brüder Salzburg), Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Academic Teaching Hospital of Paracelsus Medical University, Kajetanerplatz, 1, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria, [email protected]

Flip‐Flop Ventricular Tachycardia

Journal of Cardiovascular ElectrophysiologyVolume 25, Issue 8 p. 908-909 EP Image Flip-Flop Ventricular Tachycardia JÁNOS TOMCSÁNYI M.D., Ph.D., JÁNOS TOMCSÁNYI M.D., Ph.D. Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Budapest, HungarySearch for more papers by this authorANDRÁS WETTSTEIN M.D., ANDRÁS WETTSTEIN M.D. Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Budapest, HungarySearch for more papers by this authorTAMÁS FRÉSZ M.D., Corresponding Author TAMÁS FRÉSZ M.D. Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Budapest, HungaryAddress for correspondence: Tamás Frész, M.D., Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Árpád fejedelem útja 7, Budapest, 1027 Hungary. Fax: 361-438-8561; E-mail: drfresztamas@yahoo.comSearch for more papers by this author JÁNOS TOMCSÁNYI M.D., Ph.D., JÁNOS TOMCSÁNYI M.D., Ph.D. Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Budapest, HungarySearch for more papers by this authorANDRÁS WETTSTEIN M.D., ANDRÁS WETTSTEIN M.D. Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Budapest, HungarySearch for more papers by this authorTAMÁS FRÉSZ M.D., Corresponding Author TAMÁS FRÉSZ M.D. Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Budapest, HungaryAddress for correspondence: Tamás Frész, M.D., Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Árpád fejedelem útja 7, Budapest, 1027 Hungary. Fax: 361-438-8561; E-mail: drfresztamas@yahoo.comSearch for more papers by this author First published: 21 March 2014 https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.12419 No disclosures. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume25, Issue8August 2014Pages 908-909 RelatedInformation

Hospital de San Juan de Dios de Granada desde sus inicios

John of God was the epitome of hospitality and beneficent charity at that time. He practiced a humanistic Chistianity consolidated by his acts in hospital care, which he universalized with time. John Ciudad Duarte was the “seed” of what is now the Order of the Brothers Hospitallers, with 1.000 members of the religious order, 30.000 workers and 225 centres around the world. The material and methods which have been used include documents published from 1995 to 2013, thanks to an exhaustive bibliography of electronic resources and books. For this purpose, we have taken into account variable such as its opening, historical, context, the role of Juan Ciudad Duarte and the health system at that time. Among the results, we can mention that in the Hospital of San Juan de Dios, patients were put in a particular hospital according to their disease. Hygiene was of the utmost importance and patients´ urine and excrements were properly disposed of. The way mentally ill people were treated was new. The work was carried out by own bothers of the order.

An Easy and Novel Method of Preoperative Laser-Assisted Marking for Body Lift Procedures

Sir: We read with great interest the article “Simplifying Circumferential Body Contouring: The Central Body Lift Evolution” by Rohrich et al.1 The authors present the evolution of their technique and experience with the central body lift procedure in a greater than 12-year period and emphasize the key operative elements and strict safety guidelines that afford optimal results with minimal morbidity. We would hereby like to introduce a novel technique to facilitate the preoperative planning and marking concerning the body lift procedure in massive weight loss patients. Preoperative markings are set in standing position,2,3 and this sometimes implicates difficulties for the surgeon, especially in drawing straight vertical and horizontal lines, which later on will be the position of the horizontal scar on the typical position of the abdomen and the back. Scar placement is crucial and the result of a precise marking technique. In the massive weight loss patient, excess skin may make identification of the anatomical landmarks (which are often used for orientation to achieve symmetry) difficult.4 Kalbermatten et al.5 in 2009 suggested body taping to visualize the optimal position for skin incision. This technique makes preoperative marking objectively reproducible. The authors also postulated demands for a sufficient marking technique, which are all fulfilled by our new method too: minimal expenditure of time, congruence of marked and later resected area, and finally cost efficiency. In this Viewpoint, we present a new simple method of reproducibly defining the incision lines for body lift procedures with an available laser marking device (Fig. 1).Fig. 1: Laser device placed opposite the standing patient (Stanley XP180 Cross Line and Laser Plumb; Stanley Deutschland–HDL Industrievertretung GmbH).The patient is placed standing with hanging arms to avoid a tightening effect on the lateral trunk. The laser marking light lines (horizontal and vertical light) are turned on and the vertical light line is placed exactly on the anal cleft. The designated scar line is generally defined by placing the horizontal laser light approximately 2 cm below the upper impression of the underwear’s elastic strap. After marking of a median line, further vertical lines are drawn at a distance of 5 cm (2 inches) as far as the spina iliaca anterior superior by turning the patient. For defining the resection margins, skin is moved upward and downward using the tip of the index finger at each vertical line. Immediately before skin slips of the fingertip, a skin mark is set at the place where the vertical line and laser light intersect. This maneuver is started medially and continued to the lateral side as far as resection is planned. To complete the drawing of the inferior and superior incision line, these points are connected (Fig. 2).Fig. 2: Laser marking light lines (horizontal and vertical light) placed on the back of the patient.The use of this simple instrument allows placement of reproducible skin markings, pays respect to varying tissue mobility, and reduces time needed for preoperative skin marking. As a sighting device, the laser marking device gives the surgeon a secure instrument with which to draw precise lines that finally will result in a more precise positioning of the scar and thus a better postoperative outcome for the massive weight loss patient. DISCLOSURE The authors have no financial interest to declare in relation to the content of this communication. No funding was received for this work. Lorenz Larcher, M.D. Hospital of St. John of God (Barmherzige Brüder) Salzburg (A) Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery Academic Teaching Hospital Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg Karl Schwaiger Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg Florian Ensat, M.D. Gottfried Wechselberger, M.D., M.Sc. Heinrich M. Schubert, M.D. Hospital of St. John of God (Barmherzige Brüder) Salzburg (A) Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery Academic Teaching Hospital Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg Salzburg, Austria