Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful not only in identifying ischemic lesions. Susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) is a new magnetic resonance procedure that utilizes the magnetic susceptibility variances of various tissues, such as iron, blood and calcificati...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234878
Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a frequent consequence of untreated congenital heart disease (CHD). Elevated pulmonary pressure induces vascular remodeling and RV dysfunction through several mechanisms, culminating in a gradual elevation in pulmonary vascular...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234874
Background: The utility of laboratory values to predict complications in pediatric burn patients is poorly understood. This study assessed the laboratory investigations’ role in morbidities and mortalities prediction after moderate and severe thermal burn in pediatrics. Methods:...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234875
Objectives: This study was done to assess the effect of intra-articular injection of corticosteroid in persistent synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Methods: Thirty RA patients with persistent synovitis in one joint were subjected to intra-articular injection of cor...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234876
Bassey Ewa Ekeng, Emmanuel B. Adams, Ubong A. Udoh, Okokon Ita Ita, Linda N. Okorafor, Bernard E. Monjol, Ochigbo S. Oteikwu, Offiong E. Ikpeme & Rita O. Oladele·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2022
Aim: Increasing cases of Cryptococcus laurentii infection are being reported globally possibly due to advances in medicine, the use of immunosuppressants and invasive therapies such as endotracheal intubation, parenteral nutrition, central vascular catheters and exposure to broad...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234873
Background: IUFD (intrauterine fetal death/demise) is a devastating experience for moms. IUFD mothers run the danger of going through life feeling depressed, anxious, unhappy, and sorrowful. Therefore, it is essential to do research on how moms cope with such a terrible event. Pu...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234870
Background and Aim: Since the new Coronavirus started spreading in December 2019, the virus has had enormous consequences on people’s health and way of life in every nation on earth has been touched. A pregnant lady is more susceptible to infection than a healthy one because she...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234871
A significant contributor to cancer-related morbidity and mortality worldwide is head and neck cancer (HNC). Depending on the affected site, its etiology may include risk factors like geographic differences, genetic predisposition, gender, age, type of diet, smoking and/or alcoho...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234872
Perinatal loss has serious implications on the lives of the affected women and sometimes on the family. However, not much is known in the empirical literature, especially in the Tamale Metropolitan area. This paper sets out to examine the impact of neonatal deaths on women. The s...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234866
Purpose: To review the outcome of retinoblastoma management at a tertiary eye hospital in Nigeria over a five - year period since chemotherapy became available at our institution. Methods: A retrospective review of hospital records of patients managed for retinoblastoma between J...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234867