Background: The prevalence of coronary artery lesions (CAL) is higher in older children compared with younger children. Anti-inflammatory drugs including aspirin appeared to have a negative impact on the suppressive effects of initial intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy for...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34047
Aim: This study assessed the impact of nutrient intake and physical activity level on nutritional status of undergraduate university students Study Design: Cross sectional study design. Place and Duration of Study: School of allied health sciences, University for development stud...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/33335
Aims: We investigated whether Lp-PLA2 activity of blood samples collected 24 h after hospital admission could serve as a predictor of future cardiovascular events in Vietnamese patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). In addition, we correlated Lp-PLA2 with common risk factor...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/33587
Background: Tuberculin skin tests (TST) are long established screening methods for tuberculosis (TB). We aimed to compare Mantoux test (a TST) in smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis adults and control subjects. From January to December 2015, 131 patients with smear positive pul...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34166
Background: Nasogastric tubes (NGT) are used in the clinical setting for the management of patients who require nutritional support amongst others. Knowledge of the perceptions and Myths about NGT use would help address the problem associated with its use so that patients care ca...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34464
All the teeth that have undergone root canal therapy require some form of restoration to enable them to function again. Endodontic treatment removes the vital contents of the canal, which subsequently leads to reduction in elasticity, desiccation and increases brittleness of rema...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/32747
Infection is an uncommon cause of scleral inflammation and it heals with appropriate treatment in majority of patients. However, necrosis of scleral tissue occurs in severe microbial infections resulting in abscess rarely. We describe a case of 45- years old female patient who pr...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34220
Kidney dysfunction in orthopaedic cases may be as a result of kidney injury due to fracture, burns, osteomyelitis, spinal injury, spinal tuberculosis, sickle cell disease and various forms of arthritis. This study aimed at evaluating the biomarkers of kidney dysfunction among pat...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/31640
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the age of the Mona Lisa and the effect of painting composition on her beauty in terms of facial femininity, youthfulness, and attractiveness. Study Design: We used a longitudinal study design. Place and Duration of Study: We enr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/33453
Hypertension is one of the major public health problems, prevalent all over the world. It is newly described as an iceberg disease, as the submerged portion of the iceberg represents the larger, hidden and undiagnosed portion of the disease. It is the leading risk factor for card...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/33179