Aim: To describe the clinical management of three teeth with aberrant root canal morphology: a mandibular canine with two radicular canals, maxillary second premolar with three roots and root canals; and maxillary second molar with four roots and root canals, all of which are rar...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19059
Background: Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) comprises a wide spectrum of sleep-associated breathing abnormalities; those related to increase upper airway resistance include snoring, upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). This concept...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19026
Introduction: Medical students experience difficulty transferring what they have learned in the classroom into the clinical workplace. Learning environments based upon whole-task learning can help medical students to apply knowledge, skills and attitudes into their clinical pract...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19601
Introduction: Delirium is a common problem among elderly patients seen in the emergency department (ED). Under-diagnosis of delirium by the ED team is common and can have serious implications. In a previous study we found poor quality of cognitive assessment and no mention of de...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19443
Background: The role of Computed Tomography (CT) in the medical diagnosis of diseases has greatly expanded, despite the potential risk of cancer following exposures to ionising radiation (X-Ray) from this modality. This risk is particularly of great concern in children, who are m...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18079
Objectives: We aim to report here a series of cases developing AKI after scorpion stings. Patients and Methods: During a period of 25 years that is; from January 1990- December 2014 all the patients coming to Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, with AKI after scorpion...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19611
Background: Conflict within the health team is a recognized problem known to hinder quality health care service delivery. In order to achieve the objective for which a hospital is set up, interactions between all members within a medical team must be conducted in such a way that...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15839
Purpose: Recently, purpose in life (PIL) drawn from existentialism and the concept of ikigai [meaning in his/her life] from Japanese classical literature have been recognized as effective ways to manage stress. PIL/ikigai is related to a function of the prefrontal lobe of the bra...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16758
Background: Hypertension is one of the common complications seen in pregnancies in the developing countries which contribute significantly to the maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Objective: The present study was undertaken to analyse the histomorphologic changes of the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17899
Background: Nurses can play a fundamental role in organizational learning being the largest group providing healthcare services; however, factors affecting their organizational learning are yet to be identified. Aims: To explore factors hindering organizational learnin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/19367