Sávia Denise Silva Carlotto Herrera, Anna Carolina Lacerda Guedes, Neilton Araujo de Oliveira, Marcos Gontijo da Silva, Júlio Cezar Castro de Souza Júnior, Rayssa Cláudia Oliveira Duarte, Warly Neves Araújo, Rafaela de Carvalho Alves, Janne Marques da Silveira & Yuniel Martínez Hernández·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2020
Objective: To evaluate the influence of Medical Residency Program Health in Family and Community (MRPHFC) on the quality of care and prevention of type II diabetes mellitus (DM II) provided by basic health units (BHU) in Gurupi-TO. Methodology: Descriptive, cross-sectional and re...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230375
Aim: Several challenges have been hampering the DOTS strategy ranging from a paucity of staff, laboratory consumables and drugs among others. This study, therefore, assessed the challenges facing TB-DOTS implementation in Anambra State, Nigeria. Study Design: A cross-sectional an...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230374
Aim: To describe a rare case of pelvic desmoid tumour simulating as a huge uterine leiomyoma causing a diagnostic dilemma in a premenopausal woman. Case Presentation: This was a 44-year-old, para 2 (2 alive) who was referred to our gynaecology clinic from a secondary health faci...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230372
The authors report a rare case of bilateral elbow dislocation with associated radial head fractures in a 33 year male who presented to our hospital following a road traffic accident. The elbow dislocations were reduced in the emergency room, the left radial head fracture was trea...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230373
Previous research, defining spatial control of inositol phosphate biosynthesis in the developing brain of CBA (normal) and CT [curly tail (ct-CT) and straight tail (st-CT)] mutant mice implicated a role for 1l-myo-inositol 1-phosphate synthase (MIP) in normal functioning of the c...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230371
Background: Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) are an important cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide and are highly on rise. Its socioeconomic repercussions are a matter of great concern. In order to control the losses created due to RTA, it is important to study its causative f...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230370
Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma is prevalent in South Asian countries with rising cases of its incidence and mortality. Despite advancements in treatment, survival and recurrence rates are poor. Immunotherapy is a novel therapeutic modality in immunooncology. Immune chec...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230368
Objectives: Destruction of blood cells and damage to hepatocytes are the hallmark of hepatitis B viral infection. This cross-sectional study was undertaken to evaluate some hematological parameters and biomarkers of liver injury in healthy blood donors infected with the occult an...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230369
Background: Normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) affects the older people and the presentations are gait disturbance, incontinence and dementia. The reason is still unknown and there is increased CSF volume causing pressure to the periventricular brain causing the symptoms where t...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230366
Aims: The aim of this study is to determine association between lymph node metastasis and various clinico-pathological parameters in order to predict their future prognosis of cancer patients. Study Design: Cross sectional study design. Place and Duration of Study: Ziauddin Hospi...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230365
Aims: This study was carried out to determine the rate of co-infection of Malaria/typhoid fever among patients attending the hospital. Study Design: The study was a hospital based cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Centre Medical Camrai...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230364
Background: Policies and programs aimed at giving access to healthcare free of charge for some segments of the population are increasingly being put in place by low and middle-income countries. The impact of such policies has so far been rather mixed. Objective: This study sought...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230363
Blood lipids are essential for life; at the same time, elevated or reduced levels of some of the components of lipid are related to risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). This article provides a review on dietary and blood lipids with their impact on cardiovascul...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230362
Aim: To evaluate the antiamnesic and antidepressant effect of Foeniculum vulgare whole crushed seeds. Study Design: Laboratory based randomized control study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmacology, University of Karachi between January 2018 to August 2018. Meth...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i130360
Background: Gynaecological disorders are a particularly common cause of morbidity and mortality among women of reproductive age and a common cause of hospital presentation/admission and surgery. Objective: This study sought to review gynaecological diagnoses and surgeries perform...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i230361