Asian Journal of Medicine and Health (ISSN: 2456-8414) aims to publish high quality papers in the areas of Medicine and Health Science. By not excluding papers based on novelty, this journal facilitates the research and wishes to publish papers as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated.
Felix Olaniyi Sanni, Paul Olaiya Abiodun, Oluwasola Stephen Ayosanmi, Abike Elizabeth Sanni, Friday Iyabosa Igbinovia, Oriyomi Nimotalai Karimu, Azeezat Abimbola Oyewande, Michael Ogunmola Dada, Zachary Terna Gwa, Olaniran Olakunle Daniel, Chidinma Udah, Olaide Lateef Afelumo, Michael Olabode Tomori, Abimbola Oluseyi Ariyo, Bartholomew Boniface Ochonye, Innocent Okwose & Ishata Conteh·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2022
Aim: Since the covid-19 pandemic began, prevention and treatment services for non-communicable diseases have been significantly interrupted. This study assessed the influence of COVID-19 knowledge on using healthcare services during the lockdown in Nigeria. Methods: The study was...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i430455
Aims: To assess the Liver function in COVID-19 infection and study its correlation with inflammatory markers and severity of disease. Study Design: A Retrospective Observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, India. Two month stu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i430452
Ali Johnson Onoja, James Dele Babarinde, Felix Olaniyi Sanni, Modupe Tabitha Babarinde & Sheila Iye Onoja·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2022
Background: Immunization has been shown to be an effective technique for managing and eliminating life-threatening infectious diseases, averting about two million deaths per year. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and uptake of polio vaccines among Nigerian wome...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i430453
Background: Detection of specific antibodies in the blood/body fluids is the primary testing method for HIV infection. A rapid test is one of the assays used in detecting HIV-specific antibodies. This study was conducted to evaluate the laboratory performance of the Wantai HIV 1/...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i430454
Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy is a procedure commonly performed in patients requiring prolonged ventilatory care in intensive care unit. In this procedure, a tracheal tube is inserted in the anterior tracheal wall between the second and third tracheal rings using selding...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i430451
Joshua Dindiok Dubik, Mubarick Nungbaso Asumah, Gilbert Ti-enkawol Nachinab, Ayishetu Gariba, Anoome Irene Adumbire, Lamisi Christabel Adimazoya & Amoro Rosemary Abondomah·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2022
Background: Adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health is supreme to healthy living, and because the health of adolescents is important, it has compelled most countries across the globe to put up appropriate measures to meet their needs. Aims: The main aim of the study was to as...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i330449
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of bullectomy in patients with bullous lung by comparative analysis of their preoperative and postoperative pulmonary function parameters and subjective dyspnea score. Materials and Methods: The study included 42 cases of bullo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i330450
Transversus abdominis plane block is a beneficial method of pain relief after abdominal surgeries. In the recent past, there had been an increased use of TAP block in laparoscopic surgeries, both as intraoperative and postoperative source of pain relief. Aim: The aim of this stud...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i330447
Background: Depression and anxiety are familiar for most people these days . Almost no one in this world is free from these “Anxiety” and “Depression”. Demanding profession has been associated with poor psychological health due to multiple factors such as overworking hours and ni...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i330448
M. Kumarasinghe, K. Kasturiaratchi, P. Senanayake, S. Perera, S. Irfaan, W. S. Samarasinghe, M. Dissanayake & C. De Silva·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2022
Aims: Limited information is available on private sector contribution for maternal care in Sri Lanka. The main objective of this assessment is to describe the maternal and newborn characteristics of deliveries in private sector in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Secondly, the assess...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i330445