Background: Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem in the world. Early recognition and treatment is crucial in order to avoid or decrease complications including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver biopsy is an invasive procedure for diagnosis of chronic hepat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28880
Aims: The study determined the serum zinc levels of children with Sickle cell disease (SCD) and its relationship to their growth. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: This study was conducted between November 2012 and February 2013 at...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28242
Background: Circumcision is a common practice in Nigeria and in the Niger Delta region is mostly done as a cultural and religious practice. The procedure is increasingly, commonly being offered in hospitals and carried out by trained doctors and surgeons. It has been shown that b...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27657
Introduction and Objectives: The Postoperative delirium on elderly patients (P.O.D.) is a frequent post operative disorder in sick and elderly patients, and always has been associated with prolongation of day stay in hospital, and certainly more cost for the hospital as well. The...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25865
Introduction: The implant abutment connection is an important factor regarding peri-implant bone remodeling as the highest number of inflammatory cells has been observed at the implant-abutment interface. Supracrestal implant position favours the establishment of biological width...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29111
P. C. Obi, A. C. Anyanwu, C. B. Nwatu, N. Ekwueme, A. C. Mbaike, O. A. Onyegbule, A. C. Ihim, R. N. Oputa, C. Onah, F. O. Nwako, J. Nnodim, C. E. Dioka & S. C. Meludu·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Background: The global prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is steadily increasing. Diabetes mellitus is associated with acute and chronic complications including erectile dysfunction (ED). Erectile dysfunction is commoner among men with diabetes mellitus than their non-diabetic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28969
Uzair Yaqoob, Zara Nadeem, Muniba Mehmood, Daniya Batool, Tooba Irshad, Sara Shaukat Ali, Hina Irshad, Manisha Aijaz, Syed Zohaib Maroof, Ramsha Jafri, Samrah Ibrahim, Ramsha Mehmood & Shaheryar Hasan·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Objective: To determine the frequency of fractures among motor bike accidents presented in emergency department of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. Methodology: A Cross-sectional study was conducted in Emergency department (ER) of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (J...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28748
Background: The assessment of medical knowledge is integral to becoming a medical practitioner in Australia, and Short Answer Questions (SAQs) are frequently used in this process. This paper compares the use of Classical Test Theory (CTT) and the Rasch rating scale measurement fr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29295
Aims: To determine the relationship between circadian preference and risk for developing alcohol use disorder among medical students and pre-university students. Study Design: An analytical cross sectional study was conducted among non-Muslim undergraduate students of a private m...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28269
Background and Objective: Cardiovascular sequelae of Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning may be clinically occult and remains undiagnosed due to lack of overt symptoms as acute chest pain and ischemic changes in the ECG. The advent of more sensitive and specific markers capable of det...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25824