Background: Anemia is prevalent in our setting for myriads of reasons hence iron supplementation has become a routine in the antenatal clinics; other regimens are practiced in other climes. Aims: This study aimed at comparing the efficiency of the twice-weekly as against the dail...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1430969
Aim and Objectives: To determine the perioperative, short-term success and complications of TURP. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Ni...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1430971
Aim: To establish a local nomogram of Computed Tomographic measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter and determine the values that can objectively predict raised intracranial pressure. Study design: observational retrospective study Place and duration of study: Department of R...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1430966
Background: Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) provides high-resolution images of the pancreas, and it is considered one of the most accurate methods for the diagnosis and staging of solid pancreatic lesions (SPL), EUS guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS–FNA) can obtain cytological...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1430967
Performance enhancing agents (PEAs) are substances used to improve any form of activity performed by humans. These are widely used by athletes and body builders. Being a frequent subject of controversy in the sporting world, the use of performance-enhancing drugs has shown a dist...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1430968
Background: Maternal smoking during pregnancy is a recognized public health hazard with ill effects on fetal development. Whether infants exposed to tobacco smoke in-utero present with nicotine withdrawal syndrome (NWS) is debated Aim: To evaluate maternal smoking status by measu...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1430965
Fat-hiya Abdallah Said, Chukwuma J. Okafor, Said Ali Yusuf, Amina A. Ali, Khamis A. Abeid, Salma Abdi Mahmoud, Ufuoma Chukwuani, Ayan Ahmed Hussein, Sabahi Salum Khamis & Amina Abdi Hamid·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2021
Breastfeeding (BF) has been a proven means of providing young infants with the nutrients required for healthy growth and development. The process has also been known to reduce common childhood infections, which are the causes of high mortality and morbidity. Hence in achieving t...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1330963
Background: The diagnosis and management of cystic lesions of the pancreas is an increasingly recognized problem in clinical practice and many of the cystic pancreatic lesions are neoplastic and asymptomatic. Despite the significant advances occurred over the last decades, it rem...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1330964
Augustine Amaeze Amaeze, Ngozi F. Amaeze, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu, Charles I. Ezema, Chukwudi Uchenna Onwudiwe, Clementina N. Eze & Chukwuenyegom Joseph Egbumike·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2021
The purpose of this study was to determine which of the 3 methods axillary measurement best predict ideal crutch length. Ideal crutch length is defined as the length of the crutch, including accessories, obtained during stance when the crutch tip is 15.2cm lateral and 15.2cm ante...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1330962
Introduction: Acute mesenteric venous thrombosis is a rare condition with the most common site of thrombosis development being the superior mesenteric vein. Patients predisposed to this condition tend to develop a disruption to Virchow’s triad of endothelial injury, stasis and hy...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1330961