Aims: To evaluate the wastage rate of blood and components in a newly established blood bank of a teaching hospital in West Bengal. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Transfusion Medicine, IQ City Medical College and Narayana Multispecia...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16930
Aims: This study was conducted to detect and evaluate the relation between chronic aseptic arthritis and previous Chlamydia trachomatis infection among middle aged Iraqi patients. Study Design: Cross sectional study Place and Duration of Study: private clinic in Al-Door city/ Sal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17615
A 41-year-old Japanese female was admitted to our hospital with a history of right abducens nerve palsy, right gaze diplopia, right eye pain and double vision. Thyroid function, thyroid autoantibody levels, and tests for other pathologies were normal. Orbital contrast-enhanced sh...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17738
Aim: To explore the challenges mothers encounter during infant and young child feeding in children under-5 years and to make recommendations to overcome these challenges. This is paramount as feeding practices in children under- 5 years is essential for optimal infant and young c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17261
Ourania Schoinohoriti, Aristeidis H. Katsanos, Ioannis Iatrou, Nikos Triantafyllou, Sokratis G. Papageorgiou, Spyridon Vasdekis, Efstathios Boviatsis, Konstantinos Voumvourakis & Georgios Tsivgoulis·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Objective: To review the literature regarding the association of periodontal disease with stroke that has been gaining interest during the last two decades. Methods: A search was conducted through MEDLINE and SCOPUS databases for all literature related to the combination of terms...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17516
Introduction: Delayed union with its subsequent morbidity remains a major problem in fracture healing. Angiogenesis plays an important role in fracture healing. Sildenafil has been shown to be a potent stimulator of angiogenesis through upregulation of pro-angiogenic factors know...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15427
Background: Medication safety unit [MSU] streamlines the safe management and use of prescribed medications and reduction in all types of medication errors [MEs], and associated morbidity and mortality resulting in enhanced patient safety, better quality of healthcare services and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17221
Aims: Even though glutamate is one of the primary endogenous amino acids of the Central Nervous System (CNS) its subunit receptors exist also in non-neuronal tissues outside CNS such as the hematopoietic system. The purpose of this paper is to define the possible in vivo effect o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17683
Background: Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare obstetric emergency with unclear aetiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. The true incidence is unclear and diagnosed largely by exclusion. It can neither be predicted nor prevented and its management is fraught wit...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17340
Aims: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can differentiate into multiple cell types including insulin-producing cells. However, these cells usually cannot be directed to efficiently differentiate into β cells in vitro. The present study aimed to explore whether the pancreatic microenv...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16600