Background: Stress in medical school has become a common phenomenon and studies have shown that students tend to adopt dubious strategies to cope and survive the higher general demands during medical training. This study aimed to determine the level of perceived stress and coping...
Background: The establishment of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria was the national strategy of combating the appalling health indices and rising cost of healthcare in the country. However, this vision remains a shadow of itself after over a decade of implementat...
Background: Manual storage of patients’ records comes with several challenges. In developing countries like Nigeria, it is a pressing time to establish a solid and context-based health information management system through innovative approaches. Electronic health management...
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition that affects a large number of people. The fundamental cause of this condition is a lack of insulin synthesis or reduced insulin action. A large variety of in vivo and in vitro models have been developed to investigate the antidiabetic eff...
Background: Unrelenting nasal obstruction sometimes associated with rhinorrhoa may suggest the presence of sinonasal growth. Two major groups commonly exist, neoplastic or inflammatory. Aim: The aim of this study is to present the clinical pattern of unilateral nasal masses in Un...
A common, complex endocrine condition called polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) causes polycystic ovaries, persistent an ovulation, and hyper androgenism, which manifest as irregular menstrual periods, hirsutism, acne, and infertility. Evidence-based medical management for PCOS e...
Psychiatric nurse has a very vast role to play in psychiatric hospitals for the treatment as well as rehabilitative aspect of the client. Clients admitted in psychiatric hospital are on different kinds of medicines like talking about anticonvulsants, like other drugs the anticonv...
Aims: To determine pattern of abdominal adiposity and its association with prediabetes and hypertension. Study Design: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso and the d...
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Prevention and Control (NCDC) is a disease contracted from animals (zoonotic disease). Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS COV-2) is the virus responsible for COVID-19. COVID-19 sympto...
Lassa fever (LF) is one of the chronic, zoonotic, viral haemorrhagic diseases that is caused Lassa virus, belonging to the family of arenaviruses, a member of the family Arenaviridaer. The Lassa virus was described in the year 1950s, but was not named until 1969. The first case o...
Adeola E. Idowu, Isaac O. Amole, Adewumi O. Durodola, Stephen A. Adesina, Adepeju O. Adegoke, Akinsola I. Akinwumi, Olatayo A. Idowu, Olufemi T. Awotunde & Akintayo D. OlaOlorun·Asian Journal of Medical Principles and Clinical Practice·2022
Aims: To determine the prevalence of hypertension among the diabetic patients and the associated risk factors. Study Design: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso and...
Introduction: In the year 2021, about 537 million adults between the age group of 20-79 years are living with diabetes. The expected number of individuals living with diabetes will be 643 million by 2030 and 783 million by 2045 [1]. The diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes with...
Welimahara Sarukkali Patabendige Thejan Mithsara, Ashrinpreet Kaur A/P Harbans Singh, Marcus Lee Tzexun, Kethesvani Jaya Kumar, Htoo Htoo Kyaw Soe, Soe Moe, Htay Lwin & Mila Nu Nu Htay·Asian Journal of Medical Principles and Clinical Practice·2022
Introduction: In the 21st century, the use of digital devices has become a daily affair. This has led to excessive daytime sleepiness, which is also prevalent among medical students. However, there is a gap in awareness regarding the association between the use of digital devices...
The discovery of penicillin in 1940 by Alexandra Fleming brought a major breakthrough in the management of infectious diseases and further sparked special interest in the research and development of antimicrobial agents. However, in a matter of time, penicillin like the sulphonam...
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has created havoc globally and negatively influenced the lives of children, particularly. Lockdowns and social distancing have brought down the closure of the institutions providing educational facilities. However, technological advances have been utilized ext...