Introduction: The implant abutment connection is an important factor regarding peri-implant bone remodeling as the highest number of inflammatory cells has been observed at the implant-abutment interface. Supracrestal implant position favours the establishment of biological width...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29111
P. C. Obi, A. C. Anyanwu, C. B. Nwatu, N. Ekwueme, A. C. Mbaike, O. A. Onyegbule, A. C. Ihim, R. N. Oputa, C. Onah, F. O. Nwako, J. Nnodim, C. E. Dioka & S. C. Meludu·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Background: The global prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is steadily increasing. Diabetes mellitus is associated with acute and chronic complications including erectile dysfunction (ED). Erectile dysfunction is commoner among men with diabetes mellitus than their non-diabetic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28969
Uzair Yaqoob, Zara Nadeem, Muniba Mehmood, Daniya Batool, Tooba Irshad, Sara Shaukat Ali, Hina Irshad, Manisha Aijaz, Syed Zohaib Maroof, Ramsha Jafri, Samrah Ibrahim, Ramsha Mehmood & Shaheryar Hasan·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Objective: To determine the frequency of fractures among motor bike accidents presented in emergency department of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. Methodology: A Cross-sectional study was conducted in Emergency department (ER) of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (J...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28748
Background: The assessment of medical knowledge is integral to becoming a medical practitioner in Australia, and Short Answer Questions (SAQs) are frequently used in this process. This paper compares the use of Classical Test Theory (CTT) and the Rasch rating scale measurement fr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29295
Aims: To determine the relationship between circadian preference and risk for developing alcohol use disorder among medical students and pre-university students. Study Design: An analytical cross sectional study was conducted among non-Muslim undergraduate students of a private m...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28269
Background and Objective: Cardiovascular sequelae of Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning may be clinically occult and remains undiagnosed due to lack of overt symptoms as acute chest pain and ischemic changes in the ECG. The advent of more sensitive and specific markers capable of det...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25824
Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effects of midazolam and neostigmine co-administration with bupivacaine in pediatric inguinal hernia surgery. Study Design: Randomized, double-blinded clinical study. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Anesthesiol...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27029
Aims: The main aim is to expose the medical student after completion of their forensic medicine posting to the crossword puzzle and to study their responses given in feedback questionnaire with an effort to introduce an innovative short answer question for the end of posting exam...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28957
Pawan Kumar Kare, Neerja Aggrawal, Om Prakash Kalra, Basu Dev Banerjee, Parul Varshney, Rishila Ghosh, Neeru Singh, Vinod Kumar Arora, Sri Venkata Madhu & Ashok Kumar Tripathi·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aims: The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) therapy on proteinuria and serum advanced glycation end products (AGEs) level in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with nephropathy. Study Design: Single-arm pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28555
The first aim of the research was to compare the Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) with psychopharmacological intervention (PI) and to find out its effectiveness on Iranian women with Anxiety disorders (general anxiety disorder GAD, obsessive compulsive disorder OCD, social anxiet...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/10765
Auscultation of the chest is a very old diagnostic method. Originally, it was performed by the examiner directly hearing into the patient's chest, and this practice dates back to the time of Hippocrates. The original description of lung sounds was based on comparing acoustic phen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28642
Miriam Givisay Domínguez-Cruz, María de Lourdes Muñoz, Armando Totomoch-Serra, María Guadalupe García-Escalante, Nina Valadez-González, Doris Pinto-Escalante & Álvaro Díaz-Badillo·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aims: Maya ancestry populations from Yucatan have exhibited a high prevalence of diabetes and obesity; consequently, the aim of this study was to determine the allelic and genotype frequencies of six polymorphisms associated with diabetes and obesity in two Maya populations. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28660
Background: Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms due to triggers to which the patients are sensitive. Due to the hormonal variations in monthly cycles, women are at risk of increased asthma exacerbations w...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27400
Aims: To assess the level of maternal cell contamination (MCC) that can be detected in the molecular determination of triplet repeat expansions in the FMR1 gene. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Diagnostic Genetics, LabPLUS, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28769
Introduction: Extracorporeal Shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) may be associated with both anatomic and functional injuries to the kidney when used in the management of uncomplicated kidney stones. Assessment of the resistive index (RI) is a non invasive diagnostic modality for studyi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27882