Introduction: Extra pulmonary form of tuberculosis is an important public health disease which cannot be ignored because of its low transmissibility. Data on the exact burden of the disease in developing countries is scarce. Aim: To assess the burden of the disease in a tertiary...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16345
A healthy 48 year-old man became unconscious suddenly, with a corporal temperature of 43ºC when participating in a strenuous motorcycle off-road competition in the last 2 days in southeastern Brazil on a very hot and humid summer. Once the first 6 hours of in-hospital he had dysf...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16450
Background: Renal blood flow evaluation during malaria illness is rarely done despite the high incidence of kidney injury from malaria and availability of Doppler ultrasound scanners in malaria endemic areas. Aims: This study is to evaluate the renal blood flow changes using Dopp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17051
Aims: The methods of renal replacement therapy influence highly the quality of life (QOL) of patients with chronic kidney disease. The present study aimed to evaluate and compare the QOL in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD) and kidney transplantation...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17304
Aims: To determine normal peak bone mineral density (PBMD) values in a cohort of healthy Omanis. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the study: in the Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Medicine at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman between 2012 and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17321
Background: The female condom remains the only female-initiated means of preventing both pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Unfortunately uptake in the West and in some developing countries has been low thus precluding the realization of the dual benefi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17869
Aim: The Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI) is a valid and reliable questionnaire. This questionnaire was created by Chochinov in 2002 and is used to measure various sources of distress related to the dignity of patients. The present study investigated the characteristics of items,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16657
In current research reports several disease states are claimed to be associated with elevated levels of endogenous ouabain. These include hypertension, cardiac enlargement, cardiac and renal failure, and a variety of terminal disorders. It has been suggested that endogenous ouaba...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17042
Background: Febrile convulsions continue to be a common occurrence in paediatric practice in Nigeria and Africa. Constant review of the subject from time to time is therefore desirable. Methods: We prospectively studied over a seven month period the prevalence, aetiology and outc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17206
Background: Up to 80 percent of Africans are reported to use some form of alternative medical therapy (AMT) to meet their health needs. There are gaps in knowledge relating to attitude towards AMT in south- south Nigeria. An understanding of beliefs and the prevailing factors tha...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16054