Invasive Salmonella infections are responsible for a significant burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide. There has been increase in resistance to anti-typhoid prescription drugs medicinal plants have gained popularity among both urban and rural dwellers in the treatment of n...
Background/Aim: Colonoscopy may be associated with pain due to distension of colonic mesentery and air insufflation into the colonic lumen, although Sedo-analgesia may increase the tolerability of the procedure. This randomized, prospective, controlled study based on our clinical...
Aims: The present study aims to highlight the duplex color doppler measurement of hepatic artery resistance Index in Evaluation of Severity of Hepatic Steatosis. Introduction: This study was conducted to evaluate the correlation between the severity of fatty liver and the hepatic...
Aim: The study evaluated the chemical contents and antioxidant potential of aqueous extract of Irish potato tubers traditionally used for ulcer treatment in Nigeria. Methods: Freshly harvested Irish potato tubers were purchased from Aba grocery market, Abia State. They were thoro...
Introduction: Functional bowel disorders are functional gastrointestinal disorders affecting the middle or lower gastrointestinal tract. They occur worldwide and manifest with features of abdominal pain, bloating, distention, and/or bowel habit abnormalities such as diarrhea, con...
Background: Diabetes is a major health challenge globally and it is on the increase as carbohydrate is the main food consumed by an average human. Up till now, no synthetic drug has been able to provide permanent cure for diabetes. Aim: This study investigated the effect of the c...
Background: Recently, the use of seasonings to enhance the flavour of food has increased. A variety of seasonings are produced nowadays and the constituents of these flavour-enhancers are unknown to ignorant consumers. Most consumers preferred to eat food with good taste without...
Background: The growing number of diabetes coupled with the harsh side effects of some synthetic drugs has led to the increasing search for alternatives which are relatively cheap with minimal side effects. Aim: This study sought to investigate the antidiabetic potential of alkal...
Background: Recently, the quantity of acute purulent - septic diseases and it related complications are one of urgent problems of clinical medicine (6). Especially, patients having purulent - septic complications are aggravated by acute hepatic-renal insufficiency (AHRI), which i...
Background: In recent days, the use of seasonings to enhance the flavor of food has been increased. A variety of seasonings are produced now days and the constituents of these flavor-enhancers are unknown to ignorant consumers. The consumers were preferred to eat food with good t...
Part of its metabolic function, the liver; which is a vital organ of all vertebrates is exposed to numerous toxins that may alter its physiologic functions. This functional tendency is often implicated via specific markers whose levels can be assayed to ascertain the functional c...
Excessive usage of antibiotics often puts the patients at a risk for reactions to drugs or other problems, including Antibiotic-associated diarrhea. One of the most common and serious causes of antibiotic-associated diarrhea is infection with a bacterium, Clostridium difficile. I...
Aim: This study is aimed at investigating the hepatoprotective effect of Parkia biglobosa on acute ethanol-induced oxidative stress in wistar rats. Methods: P. biglobosa was purchased from a local market at Orita-Challenge area of Ibadan, Nigeria. They were sun dried and milled i...
Emergency laparotomy Audit is the facility that helps to take care of patients in their adverse conditions with the help of advanced medical facilities and tried to cure them every aspect. Aim: We measured our patient outcomes regarding 30-day mortality rate and morbidity post em...
Background: The main thrust of the study was investigate the curative potentials of stem bark extract of Bombax costatum in acetaminophen induced hepatotoxicity in experimental animals. Methods: Thirty experimental animals (Wistar rats) were grouped into six. Group III is the neg...