Background and Aim of Study: The use of Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) for hemodialysis anticoagulation has been proposed as effective and safe for hemodialysis (HD) anticoagulation as standard unfractionated heparin (UFH). The aim of our study was to assess the use of LMWH...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15365
Background: The white coat is synonymous with medical profession and helps for easy identification by patients and colleagues. Objectives: The objective of this study is to determine doctors’ perception on mode of dressing of their colleagues, especially wearing of white coats an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15150
Psychiatric disorders frequently coexist with medical illnesses. Most literature report on the occurrence of medical illnesses among patients with pre-existing psychiatric disorders. In this article we report the development of psychosis in a teenager who was being managed for mu...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/15570
Background: In places like rural Ethiopia where there is no CT or MRI, the diagnosis of stroke remains by clinical signs and symptoms. Knowing the actual proportion of the types of stroke seen locally is helpful in the prevention, diagnosis and thereby treatment of this illness....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14849
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection remains a public health challenge and Nigerian universities are not immune to the effect of the epidemic. Despite the fact that non academic junior staff constitute a significant proportion of the workforce and are at risk due to their...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14562
With the rising popularity of energy drink among Nigerian youths and males especially, there is the need to investigate the possible side effect of its major constituent, caffeine on reproductive and health related issues. To test the reproductive, health, and other effects of en...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13573
An 84-year-old female patient presented to our emergency department with unconsciousness. She was diabetic and the blood level of glucose was 34 mg/dL. Diffusion-weighted images (DWI) revealed symmetrical hyperintensity in perirolandic regions and posterior aspects of corona radi...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/15058
Aims: The number of reports on HCV positive PTLD patients in non-liver transplantation setting as well as our knowledge on the issue is extremely limited. In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of HCV infection on non-liver transplant recipients regarding PTLD developm...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/4093
Bupropion is an atypical antidepressant with a unique aminoketone structure similar to amphetamines. A narrow therapeutic margin is evident from observational studies that show seizure activity with doses of 400-600 mg or higher. A 38-year old woman took an overdose of 6 grams of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/14703
A case of huge left ventricular aneurysm of submitral type in a 21 year old Ethiopian patient is presented. This rare type of LVA is reported in young black Africans in Nigeria and South Africa but never in East Africa. The patient presented with cough and chest pain of two month...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/15475
Cristina Martínez-Berdeja, Paloma Almeda-Valdes, Teresa Cuatecontzi-Xochitiotzi, Bernardette Rivas-Gómez, Laura M. Bernal-López, Ivette Cruz-Bautista, Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas & Francisco J. Gómez-Pérez·International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports·2015
Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are fairly rare neoplasms and their diagnosis can result defying. Polycystic liver disease is also a rare condition characterized by the formation of liver cysts. We report a case of a 59-year-old female with isolated polycystic liver...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/15764
Aim: This study reports a rare case of simple bone cyst (SBC) with a radiographic behavior similar to malignancies and a mixed internal structure in a 43 year-old woman who presented to a dental office with clinical symptoms. Presentation of Case: A 43 year-old woman presented to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14580
Introduction: Poor retention, stability and margin gap due to excessive bone lose following surgery is one of the major problems of rehabilitation in orbital defect with adhesive retained orbital prosthesis. Presentation of Case: This clinical report describes a simplified techni...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15237
A cataractous and open angle glaucomatous right eye of a 60 year old man was surgically treated in a different way. First, phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens was done, then, under gonioscopy, I track, I science microcatheter was introduced in the supracho...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14993
Aim: To determine the prevalence of malnutrition and its association with primary pyomyositis among patients and controls who were age and sex matched. Study Design and Setting: A case-control study was conducted at Gulu Regional, Lacor, Kalongo, Kitgum and St. Joseph’s Hospitals...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14597