Aims: Due to limited resources, to provide a simple and transparent tool for physicians to facilitate budget-related, medical decisions in any patient. Study Design: Comparative study. Methodology: Several articles with topics referring to the 2008 ”Surviving Sepsis Campaign” gui...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1379
Aim: To examine the effect of Raphia hookeri (RH) seed extract on blood glucose, glycosylated haemoglobin and lipid profile of alloxan induced diabetic rats. Materials and Methods: In the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), the animals received the extract (1 g/kg) or glibenclami...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1468
Aims: The aims of this study were to investigate batch-to-batch differences in mechanical and thermal properties of 22 commercial nickel-titanium wires and evaluate the surface quality. Secondly the percentages of superelasticity at mouth temperature were measured. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1597
The breast is a sign of female sexual identity. However, there are some anomalies that affect normal breast development. These abnormalities could have physiological, psychological and psychosocial effects on an individual and could result in the person developing a negative self...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1630
Laura Stefani, Gianni Pedrizzetti, Alessio De Luca, Loira Toncelli, Maria Concetta Robertina Vono, Roberto Mercuri, Gabriele Innocenti, Stefano Pedri, N. Maffulli & Giorgio Galanti·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2012
Aim: In athletes with Bicuspid Aortic Valve (BAV) a slight but progressive left ventricle (LV) enlargement with a reduction of longitudinal strain values at basal segments of the same chamber, have been previously demonstrated. The aim of the study is to verify by deformation par...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1286
Aim: To estimate sex using demarking points and index of sexual dimorphism of horizontal and vertical diameters of lumbar pedicles in male and female Nigerians. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Human Anatomy and Department of Radiology...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1324
Pregnant women infected with Trichomonas vaginalis are often untreated and evidence from the biology and epidemiology of the organism suggests that it may play an important role in causing adverse pregnancy outcomes. Using high vaginal swab from consenting pregnant women, a follo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1345
Aims: In epidemiological studies exposure assessment based on questionnaires is the most cost-effective method. A question about lifetime exposure to occupational physical activity (OPA) was used in a population-based survey (part of the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank, CAMB...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1607
Yutaka Endo, Shun Kohsaka, Toshiyuki Nagai, Kimi Koide, Masashi Takahashi, Yuji Nagatomo, Kazuki Oshima, Hiroaki Miyata, Keiichi Fukuda & Tsutomu Yoshikawa·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2012
Aim: To determine whether assessment of a combination of steady-state discharge levels of biomarkers improves risk stratification after acute decompensate HF. Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Place and Duration of Study: Keio University Hospital, between January 2006 and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1384
We present a case of a non-healing, post-traumatic wound, which as an alternative to reconstructive surgical intervention, was successfully treated with a non-invasive, high-frequency ultrasound of 10 MHz.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1458
Aims: Equine hospital Salmonella spp. were investigated retrospectively using antibiotic resistance typing and macro-restriction pulsed field gel electrophoresis techniques. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Comparative Molecular Medici...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1238
Aims: Clinical and pre-clinical studies have demonstrated that alcohol abuse, aging, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis are associated with increased risk of fractures compounded with impaired fracture repair. We note that these and other pathologies are characterized by chronic i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1547
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the immunological and histological profiles of adult coeliac patients after commencing Nigella sativa (NS) oil with gluten free diet (GFD) for a period of 1 year ± 1month to prove its validity in treatment of refractory coeliac disease (CD...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1608
Aims: Insufficient exposure of students to neurosurgery and neuroradiology has often been a matter of concern in medical schools across USA, Canada, UK and Europe. When taking into account the high incidence and mortality from head injuries in the form of subarachnoid and intracr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1578
Aims: Our aim was to study the modulatory effect of a Unani herbal formulation Jawarish amla sada against cyclophosphamide-induced toxicity in tumour bearing mice. Study Design: Non randomized control study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at the Department o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1228