Introduction: Appropriate medical care-seeking could prevent a significant number of child deaths and complications due to ill health. Objectives: The purpose of our study was to assess care-seeking behaviour of mothers during childhood illnesses and its influencing factors. Meth...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/16088
Background: The effect of crude extract of Erythrophleum suaveolens was studied on isolated tissues of the Rat’s phrenic nerve-diaphragm muscles. Study aimed to investigate the relaxant effect of crude extract of E. suaveolens on the skeletal muscle using isolated rat phrenic ner...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/14688
The efficacy of Garcinia kola seed ethanolic extract on selected haematological parameters of male Wistar rats was investigated. Thirty (30) male Wistar rats weighing 150.42±3.98 g were divided into three groups (I, II and III) comprising ten animals each. Animals in group I (con...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15305
Aim: To report a case of endodontic treatment of a maxillary right canine in which an extra canal was located and successfully treated. Presentation of Case: A 35 year old male reported with pain in maxillary right canine. Pain was dull and intermittent in nature. Instrumentation...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15276
Aim: Despite well established validity and reliability of Pap test, a significant proportion of false negative test results still remains and is partially due to the lack of agreement between observers. Visual inspection tests (VIT) share this difficulty but their results are im...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15296
Background: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a monophaseprocess nevertheless sometimes aggravated by relapses (so-called multiphasecourse of the disease). In such case the treatment must be targeted at reducing clinical manifestations of the disease and prevention o...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/14216
Tuo Karim, Béourou Sylvain, Touré André Offianan, Ouattara Karamoko, Silué Kigbafori Dieudonné, Tano Konan Dominique, Adagba Marius, Koffi David, Yao Serge Stephane, Djaman Allico Joseph & Coulibaly Adama·Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences·2015
Introduction: Malaria is a deadly parasitic infection in its severe form. It is caused by an endoparasite protozoan transmitted by a mosquito vector. Despite considerable efforts to eradicate it, this endemic disease remains a public health problem because of its high frequency,...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/13779
The leading cause of death across the globe is due to cardiovascular diseases complicated by a chronic oxidative stress only partially corrected with orthodox drugs. About 80% of deaths occur in low and middle-income countries of every continent. In order to reduce the burden of...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15549
The physicochemical properties of drugs, their dosage forms and routes of administration affect the rate and extent of drug absorption. Oral administration of drugs presents with variable absorption profiles due to multifarious factors. The first fixed-dose artemisinin-based comb...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15333
Aims: This study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in clinical samples from University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo-Nigeria, and determine their antimicrobial susceptibility profile. Study Design: This stu...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15384
Objective: To evaluate the global and segmental diastolic function of the right ventricle using pulsed tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in patients with clinically stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without pulmonary hypertension (PHT). Methods: Twenty stable patient...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/14459
Our study focused on identifying factors underlining the deteriorating health condition of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the New Juaben Municipality. After a review of the relevant literature, the following hypotheses were developed: the attitude of PLWHA to antiretrovir...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/13809
Aims: This study was carried out as a step further in our investigation of the antidiabetic properties of ethanolic seed extract of Corchorus olitorius (ewedu) in the bid to Isolate and Structurally Elucidate the Most Active Antidiabetic Fraction of Corchorus olitorius Seed Ext...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/14855
Background: Self-medication with antibiotics constitute a major form of irrational use of medicines and can cause significant adverse effects such as resistant microorganisms, treatment failure, drug toxicity, increase in treatment costs, prolong hospitalization period and increa...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15147
Successful endodontic treatment of a molar tooth having an additional root whether it is radix para/ento molaris; begins with proper diagnosis. Hence careful examination and assessment of intra oral peri-apical radiographs should be done prior to attempting access opening. These...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/14756