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Asian Journal of Medicine and Health

Published by SCIENCEDOMAIN international · ISSN (electronic) 2456-8414

Asian Journal of Medicine and Health (ISSN: 2456-8414) aims to publish high quality papers in the areas of Medicine and Health Science. By not excluding papers based on novelty, this journal facilitates the research and wishes to publish papers as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated.

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Is Elevated Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Value a Prognostic Marker in Sepsis Patients?

Sethuraj Selvaraj & A. Tumbanatham · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Sepsis and its complications are a common cause of infectious disease and death in worldwide. But the infection can be challenges to confirm and there is gold standard methods to confirm it. Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) value frequently measured at every complete blood...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1130397

Sudden Cardiac Death

Omar Elsaka · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Background: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains a major open clinical and public health problem, with an estimated 300,000 deaths per year in the United States. The possibility of identifying potential SCD victims is limited by the large size of the large number of SCD victims and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1130396

Status of Public Primary Schools: Safety, Health Service Provision and Environmental Health Facilities in Sokoto Metropolis, Northwestern Nigeria

Auwal Usman Abubakar & Ismail Abdullateef Raji · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Background: Provision of security, health services and environmental health facilities in schools is crucial in achieving the overall goals of the School Health Programme (SHP) because of their implications in all the areas of school health and plays an important role in the safe...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1130395

Anatomical Variations of Uncinate Process in a Tertiary Care Hospital of a Coastal city in Karnataka

Carol Jacob, Anita Aramani, Basavaraj N. Biradar & Shaista Naaz · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Introduction: Superior attachment of uncinate process is the most important anatomical landmark in frontal recess surgery. The uncinate process is an integral struc­ture of osteomeatal complex and prevents the direct contact of the inspired air with the maxillary sinus. It acts a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1130394

Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Group A Beta-Haemolytic Streptococcal Throat Isolates of Primary School Children in Rivers State, Nigeria

Wonodi Woroma, Okari Tamunoiyowuna Grace & Opara Peace Ibo · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus (GABHS) pharyngitis when untreated can cause non-suppurative sequelae such as acute rheumatic fever and post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis. Prompt treatment of infected individuals with appropriate antibiotics that the organism is su...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1130393

Online Information Seeking Behavior among Indonesian during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sulistyawati Sulistyawati, Herman Yuliansyah, Surahma Asti Mulasari & Tri Wahyuni Sukesi · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Background: The COVID-19 vaccination movement in Indonesia until mid-2021 has still not reached the expected number, which is less than 20% of the Indonesian population who receive the first dose of vaccine. Meanwhile, the government's target for accelerating herd immunity is to...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1130392

Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defect

Omar Elsaka · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Background: Over the past decade, percutaneous atrial septal defect (ASD) closure has been the preferred treatment option in many clinical programs for ASD. Percutaneous ASD closures with advanced device architecture and distribution have established user experience and process s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1030391

Prevalence and Determinants of Psychiatric Morbidities in Nigerian Men with LUTS Due to Prostatic Diseases

M. U. Dada, P. T. Adegun, A. A. Idowu, A. E. Omonisi, L. O. Oluwole & A. Obadeji · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Aims: This study aimed at determining the prevalence and significant factors associated with psychiatric morbidity in men with LUTS secondary to prostatic diseases in a tertiary health centre in a developing country. Study design: This is a prospective, cross-sectional study. Pla...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1030390

A Qualitative Study about the Psychosocial Issues of COVID-19 Perceived by the South Asian Bangladeshi Senior Immigrants Living in Toronto, Ontario

Qazi Shafayetul Islam & Nasima Akter · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Background: People stayed home and got isolated during the pandemic time (COVID-19). The pandemic passed more than a year, and it is still ongoing. There is not enough information about the psychological and social issues of the COVID-19 on the South Asian senior immigrants livin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1030389

Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty: Technique and Results

Omar Mohamed Raouf Mohamed Ahmed Elsaka & Omar Elsaka · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Background: Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty is a procedure used to dilate the mitral valve in cases of rheumatic mitral stenosis. The catheter is inserted into the female vein to the right atrium and atrial septum. The mitral valve is then passed through the inflated ba...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1030388