Poisoning hallucinogenic plants rarely occurs in children but it is a significant problem for the emergency doctor. We report the case of three boys who suddenly exhibited behavioral problems, one of whom was in serious condition. The three children had no remarkable medical hist...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/30120
Background and Objective: There is a dearth of literature on tricuspid atresia among African people. The current study aims to document the clinical profile and prevalence of tricuspid atresia amongst children in a tertiary hospital in South Western Nigeria. Methods: A prospectiv...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28998
Background: According to the Convention of the Right of a Child, every infants and child has the right to good nutrition. In delivery of good nutrition to the child, it is however important to encourage a child to eat in a responsive-feeding (RF) rather than forced-feeding (FF) m...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/19826
Visceral larva migrans (VLM) is a worldwide neglected disease, prevalent among children from socio-economically disadvantaged populations in temperate and tropical regions. Infections may go undiagnosed as the required diagnostic tests; serological, molecular and/or imaging exami...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/28780
Aims: The study determined the serum zinc levels of children with Sickle cell disease (SCD) and its relationship to their growth. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: This study was conducted between November 2012 and February 2013 at...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28242
Background: Chronic pain not associated with a disease is very common in childhood and adolescence, with prevalence rates between 5-27%, and is considered to constitute a considerable health problem. Aim: The current update of literature aims at showing why studying chronic pain...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28333
This study investigated the prevalence of onchocerciasis among children and teenagers (1-15 years of age) in Adani - Enugu state, Nigeria. Rapid Assessment Method (RAM) was used during the study. Among 210 subjects examined, 66 (31.4%) were shown to be positive. Occurrence of the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/22294
Aim: This study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of two instruction methods for demonstration of modified bass tooth brushing technique: verbal instruction using posters and demonstration using life-sized models in plaque reduction over a four-week period in school ch...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27338
Pseudopapilledema is used for pathologies that mimicking the optic disc edema. Among these, pseudo papilledema is commonly produced by optic disc drusen (ODD). A 17-year-old female patient was referred to the ophthalmology department from child neurology department with papillede...
Second hand children socks were analysed for microbial contaminants. A total number of 50 samples were collected from three major markets in Makurdi metropolis namely; Wadata, Wurukum and Modern markets and were transported immediately to the laboratory in the Department of Biolo...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/26754
Aim: To examine whether socioeconomic status as determined by the number of siblings, educational level, and monthly household income is associated with childhood eye injuries. Materials and Methods: Eighty six patients with ocular trauma and 86 subjects without trauma (control g...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27808
Mohamed Diomandé, Abidou Kawélé Coulibaly, Ehaulier Soh Christian Louis Kouakou, Joe Clovis Yao, Cyprien Kouakou, Mariam Gbané-Koné, Baly Ouattara, Kouassi Jean Mermoze Djaha, Edmond Eti, Jean Claude Daboiko & Marcel N’zué Kouakou·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Background: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common rheumatic disease in children. Compared to Western countries, very few studies have been devoted to this disease in black sub-Saharan Africa. The aim is to describe the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical and therap...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27043
Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between school violence and resilience among Palestinian children in Gaza Strip. Methods: The sample consisted of 449 children selected randomly from the five localities of the Gaza Strip. Children completed the School...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/26895
This study investigated the prevalence of taeniasis among school-aged children in Odeda area of Ogun state, Nigeria. Four hundred and twenty-eight school-aged children were recruited and demographic information were obtained using a simple questionnaire. Faecal samples were also...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/27084
Background: Although the incidence of Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD) has been reported in other reports on Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) in the region. None has considered VSD as a separate entity. Other previous studies on Congenital Heart Disease in the region had also been...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25984