Background: Perioperative fluid management is essential to the practice of anaesthesia. Outcomes may be improved if fluid therapy is individualized according to the patient's fluid responsiveness. Pulse-induced continuous cardiac output (PiCCO) monitor is an invasive device that...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26063
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a public health problem which is increasing all over the world and various contributions to its prevention and management is crucial. Cocoa powder as a food ingredient has been discovered to have medicinal purposes most especially in the treatment of car...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24534
Background: Maximizing the stroke volume (SV) as measured by Trans-oesophageal Doppler (TED) optimizes preload, & is a goal-directed fluid therapy technique that has been used in a variety of clinical settings. Masimo® Plethysmograph variability Index (PVI) is a reliable, saf...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26030
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease which poses a major challenge to healthcare and is characterized by elevated blood glucose levels resulting from either an underproduction or underutilization of the insulin hormone. The actual cause of Type 1 diabetes is unknown, but it m...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24987
Aims and Objective: Glomerular disease (GD) is one of the most common forms of renal diseases and can have many different clinical presentations and there is a variation in the prevalence of the type of GD according to geographical location and race of the study population, so ou...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24158
The analyses of the existed literature devoted to chronic recurrent hematogenous osteomyelitis have been performed in this study. Pathogenesis and morphologic picture of the disease have been studied in detail. It has been presented modern imaginations about clinical manifestatio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25477
The treatment of urinary tract infections (UTI) caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamases [ESBL] pathogens has become an increasingly difficult problem due to the limited antibiotics available for therapy. Although fosfomycin has been available for over 40 years, it has not bee...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26139
Progressive Disseminated Histoplasmosis (PDH) reported worldwide is yet a rare entity in India. Although, usually associated with an underlying immunocompromised state but few reports of this disease in non- immunocompetent individuals have been surfacing in last decade. We repor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25291
Smiling is not a simple option in those patients who have a severe aesthetic deformity. Many definitions of aesthetics were introduced in dentistry but according to Young, beauty, harmony, naturalness and individuality are the major qualities of aesthetics. The dentist must visua...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20486
Background: Changes in lipid profile are seen in many patients infected with malaria parasite. The malaria parasite causes hepatocellular damage and disturbs lipid handling by the liver. Inside hepatocytes and erythrocytes the parasite replicates rapidly scavenging cholesterol an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23751
Aim: Pharmacy workers have an important role on ‘patient self-management’ and ‘medication use’. The aim of this study was to evaluate the awareness of chronic airway diseases and knowledge level of inhaler devices usage in pharmacy workers. Study Design: A questionnaire for asses...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25708
Aims: To investigate the levels of the chemokines; eotaxin and RANTES in chronic rhinosinusitsis with nasal polyposis in comparison to their levels in control healthy nasal mucosa to evaluate if they might play a role in pathogenesis. Study Design: We performed a prospective case...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26409
Background: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are an important cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. Spontaneous reporting of ADRs is considered an essential component of successful pharmacovigilance (PV). Physicians’ unfamiliarity with ADRs and reporting procedures are...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26812
Aims: The aim of the study is to find whether there is any relationship between glycated hemoglobin level and serum lipid profile in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Study Design: A total of 128 study participants were approached during a period 6 months of which 72 were confir...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26175
Introduction: Ankyloglossia is another name for tongue tie which in mild form is characterized by mucous membrane bands to complete ankyloglossia whereby the tongue is tethered to the floor of the mouth. It can affect feeding, speech, and oral hygiene [3] as well as have mechanic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24168