Background: Self-medication is defined as the use of medicines to treat self-recognized or self-diagnosed conditions or symptoms, instead of seeking advice from professionals. Aim: Our study was aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of self-medication among undergradua...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v21i130122
Aims: Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) is the current care standard for treating patients with HIV/AIDS. Although HAART has is the only regimen potent enough to decrease viral load, adverse events may limit its efficacy. Metabolic disorders are common in patients trea...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v21i130121
Objectives: To determine the quality of chest radiographs of adult patients x-rayed at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) in accordance with Committee of European Commission (CEC) guidelines on quality criteria and to determine the most common factor that affec...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v21i130120
Objective: Open radical nephrectomy can be performed through midline or chevron incision. This study aims to compare the quality of life between midline and chevron incision in open radical the nephrectomy since comparison studies between these approach focused on quality life ar...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v20i430119
Waindim Dorcas, Epee Emilliene, Tembe Fokunang Estella, E. A. Nshadze Joseph, Naidoo Kovin, Jyotikumarie Jaggernath, Waindim Timothy, Ngo Valery Ngo, Abena Obama Marie Therese & Fokunang Charles Ntungwen·Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences·2019
Herbal plants have played an important role traditional medicine therapy of multiple human illnesses since the existence of man in many parts of the globe .The most common eye diseases include conjunctivitis, cataract, glaucoma, eye allergies, eye inflammation. The problem of a...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v20i430118
Background: Anaemia is the most common nutritional problem affecting various age group individuals all over the world. Iron deficiency anaemia is a major health problem since it impairs the cognitive development; causes delay growth, affect immune mechanism leading to various inf...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v20i430117
Aim: The study is targeted at the sickle cell disease. It has been discovered that some drugs or medications taken for certain ailments are either pro-sickling or anti-sickling in nature. In this study, acorticosteroid by the name of prednisolone was investigated to determineits...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v20i430116
Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic syndrome that is characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia, and can lead to chronic long-term complications. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Cameroon has been reported at 5.9% in 2017. Studies conducted in 2011, sh...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v20i430115
Background: Communicable diseases have always been a threat to mankind since times immemorial. Leishmaniasis, an infectious disease caused by protozoan of various species of leishmania, is a major health problem spreading across 98 countries and about 350 million people stand the...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v20i330114
Background: Medication errors are major challenging clinical incidents in health care settings that could jeopardize a patient’s life and well being. These errors could occur at any step of the medication use process from prescribing, prescription verification, dispensing, drug a...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v20i330113