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.
Background: Formaldehyde (FA) is a well-known chemical widely used in mortuaries in Nigeria for the preservation of human cadavers, yet little is known of the potential health risk associated with occupational exposure to formaldehyde in mortuaries. This study evaluated the poten...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i230115
Introduction: Performance score evaluation is a tool for assessment of patients prior to cytotoxic chemotherapy administration. It has also been used to modify and personalize the dosage, route and types of the various chemotherapeutic agents. Aim: The present study was aimed at...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i130114
Background: Pulmonary mycobacteriosis has been documented in HIV-infected, diabetics, asthmatics, smokers and alcoholics and its progression and severity are affected by these risk factors. Inappropriate diagnosis of mycobacteriosis could lead to inappropriate treatment with anti...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i130113
Background: Despite the fact that anaemia is a preventable morbidity in most cases, its prevalence among pregnant women is still unacceptably high especially in rural and sub-urban settings. This is worrisome considering the enormous contribution of anaemia to maternal and infant...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i130112
Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the common micro-vascular complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). It is the main cause of blindness among young adults worldwide. Poor glycemic control in addition to longer diabetic duration is the main risk factors for diabetic retinopat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i130111
Marwa Ahmed Abdelwahab, Eman Abdel Raheem Labah, Laila Mahmoud Sayed, Mohamed Mokhtar Elbedwey & Heba Mohamed Gabr·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2019
Objective: Infection is a leading cause of hospitalization and the second most common cause of mortality among hemodialysis (HD) patients. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of infection prevention and control education program on improving healthcare workers knowledge...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v14i430109
Hepatitis B virus infection is a major public health problem; it infects more than 400 million people worldwide. In recent years, the overall prevalence of this virus has declined due to its vaccine that is now in circulation. Hepatitis B virus causes liver injury by an immune re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i130110
Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is a nutrition specific intervention that is crucial to growth and development of a young child and contributes to the attainment of sustainable development goals. Aim: To determine the level of awareness, prevalence and determinants of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v14i430108
Aims: Mobile/cell phone use has become an important socio-medical means of communication. The reason people use a particular ear to answer phone calls more frequently may be associated with hemispheric dominance/ handedness. We aim to determine association between hemispheric and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v14i430107
Aim: To determine whether Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) taste blindness is associated with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and possible relationship between intake of treatment medications and PTC taste sensitivity. Methodology: The study participants consisted of 100 type 2 DM patient...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v14i430106