Background: Vesico-vaginal fistula is a common problem that has public health significance. Aims: To determine the epidemiology, causes as well as the outcomes of VVF repair in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri, Borno State of Nigeri...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27859
Background: Carbonic anhydrase is found in the blood of all vertebrate and thus playing a fundamental role in the maintenance of acid-base homeostasis. Erythrocytes are intrinsically prone to oxidative stress because of their exposure to high oxygen tension. Aim: The study aimed...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26356
Aims: New cough guidelines recommend a wait, watch and review attitude without any prescription of medication. However, practitioner adhesion is low. We aimed to search what alternative physician could proposed to drug prescription and what attitude could be effective. Study Desi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26709
Aims: To report a case of a potential drug interaction between warfarin and lomustine that may have led to a subtherapeutic International Normalized Ratio (INR) and to inform health care providers of a need for more frequent INR monitoring in this patient population. Presentation...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27232
Aim: To examine whether or not non-secretion of ABH substances and non-tasting of PTC are risk factors exhibiting positive interactions for tuberculosis. Methodology: A total of 210 individuals comprising 110 tuberculosis patients (test group) and 100 apparently healthy subjects...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27953
We describe a pediatric pertussis case occurred in an unvaccinated six-month-old male infant. The newborn patient was rapidly diagnosed by means of the insight of the clinical microbiology laboratory, despite the absence of comments on the suspicion of pertussis. The keen insight...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27175
Introduction: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) as bariatric operation is gaining popularity nowadays. Many studies reported patient surgical outcome after LSG, however little is known about perioperative anesthesia-related complications. In this study we are reporting our ex...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27511
Introduction: Danazol is frequently used in the treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Very occasionally are described in the elderly fatal respiratory complications related to this drug such as acute pulmonary fibrosis for which no treatment has proven to be eff...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27778
Background: Carcinoma of the oesophagus is amongst the top ten cancers worldwide. It shows marked variation in incidence, types and outcome in the various regions of the world. Adenocarcinoma is the main variant worldwide whereas squamous cell carcinoma appears more common in dev...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27638
Hossein Ajdarkosh, Fahimeh Safarnezhad Tameshkel, Masoud Reza Sohrabi, Mohammad Hadi Karbalaie Niya, Gholamreza Hemmasi, Bahare Amirkalali, Farhad Zamani & Ameneh Mehraban Sarasiab·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Background/Objective: Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is an etiology of gastrointestinal problems like gastric cancer. Its role in colorectal cancer is under investigations. Therefore, in this study we proposed the association of Hp infection with colon polyp and colorectal cancer. Meth...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26480