Aims: The aim of this study was to characterize occlusal anomalies in a Portuguese population with Down Syndrome (DS) and to compare its distribution with that of their siblings. Study Design: A sibling-matched, population-based and cross-sectional survey was performed. Methodolo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/12688
Background: This study investigated the potential therapeutic effect of simvastatin and vildagliptin and their combination on angiogenesis in diabetic hind-limb ischemia. Methods: 60 Sprague-dawely rats were divided into 5 groups, group A (normal control), group B (diabetic ische...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10804
Background: Medical laboratory diagnostics in Poland has a long history, however there is lack of studies in this field. Main Findings: The first clinical laboratories on ethnic Polish territory were founded in the mid. 19th Century. After the World War I, rapid development of la...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/12514
In the global community of today, the importance of accessing timely and relevant information has increased in value. However, with the exponential increase in data and data sources, innovations to monitor, control, and effectively manipulate data are required, especially to reso...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/12063
Introduction: A healthful school environment is that which embraces the health and safety of learners and other members of the school community. Undergoing pre-school medical examination (PSME) is not only necessary to screen for previously undiagnosed health conditions and subse...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11931
Aim: One of the main goals of caring of asthmatics patients is QOL improvement. The present study was conducted to examine the effect of empowerment education on QoL in patients’ whit asthma. Methods: In this quasi experimental study, we examined 70 patients with asthma who had r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/12621
Aims: The aim of this paper was to assess the promptness of caregiver’s action at the onset of malaria symptoms to giving recommended effective anti-malaria drugs from public health facility. Study Design: It was a cross sectional study. Study Setting: The study was conducted in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7473
Emergency department overcrowding combined with shortage of experienced and knowledgeable healthcare staff may lead to fatal, albeit rare, malpractice cases in developing countries. We report herein a patient with cardiac arrest as a result of inadvertent intravenous injection of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/12509
Background: Diarrhoea is a leading cause of under – five morbidity and mortality. Diarrhoea deaths can be prevented by adequate case management of diarrhoeal episodes in children. With majority of cases being treated initially or completely in the home and community, the level of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11340
Aims: To estimate the prevalence of urinary abnormalities in asymptomatic children aged 3 to 5 and to estimate the prevalence of urological anomalies detected by renal ultrasound among children with abnormal urine findings in an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City. Study Design: c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11975