We present a case in which a pediatric cerebral palsy patient developed intraoperative myoglobinuria and rhabdomyolysis with elevated creatine kinase (CK) during prone scoliosis surgery. A diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis was established with the finding of tea-colored urine intraoper...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3165
Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a debilitating disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the urinary bladder. β-Adrenergic receptor blockers appear to have a beneficial clinical effect in IC. In this paper, we review the evidence of an association between β-adrenergic recept...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2938
Aims: To assess the efficacy of lafutidine therapy versus rabeprazole in Indian patients with endoscopically and histologically proven gastritis and peptic ulcer. Study Design: A double blind, double dummy, randomized, comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Global Liver...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3173
Background: Cutaneous diseases are common in patients with HIV/AIDS however there are few documented reports of these lesions from some parts of world such as Nigeria and West Africa. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify cutaneous pathologies in patients attending an...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2651
Aims: There is abundant evidence to suggest that health care staff are increasingly being exposed to violent incidents at their workplace. The purpose of our study was to identify the role of crowding in producing violence that occurs in emergency department as well as to outline...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3177
Aims: Paradoxical vocal fold motion, especially during exercise, causes symptoms of dyspnea in patients experiencing this condition. At present, the standard means to diagnose this condition is invasive using a laryngoscope. The Airflow Perturbation Device (APD) could offer a sim...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2409
Aim: To determine the effectiveness and compliance of Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLINs) on malaria parasitaemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Rivers State, Nigeria, between April and Septemb...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2737
Background: PTPN22 codifies for a protein-tyrosine-phosphatase (Lyp) involved in T cell receptor signaling regulation. p53 is involved in immune related inflammation regulating STAT 1 and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Possible interaction between the two systems concerning the susc...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2888
Background: Several randomized controlled trials (RCT) have reported no difference in long-term mortality between coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The purpose of this pooled observational analysis was to compare recent retrospec...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3380
Objectives: We evaluated mid-term results of balloon angioplasty (BAP) of native coarctation of the aorta (CoA) in children. There is paucity of data on left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and left ventricular mass (LVM) post balloon dilatation of native CoA, hence we also assesse...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3262