Background: Fracture femur is common in elderly. Spinal anesthesia (SA) in elderly patients can be associated with major hemodynamic changes whereas lumbar plexus block (LPB) can provide ideal perioperative analgesia as there is no hemodynamic instability or depression of pulmona...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1530612
Tuberculosis has re-emerged as a serious health concern as a result of AIDS epidemic, immigration from areas where the disease is endemic and multi drug resistance, with 8.8 million patients affected worldwide in 2010. Infections with mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) are globally...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1530605
Introduction: There are varied scrotal findings in subfertile males of which ultrasonography is a readily available, non-ionizing and reproducible imaging modality of choice for proper assessment. Aim: To identify the patterns of scrotal ultrasonographic findings in suspected sub...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1530606
This systematic review (SR) synthesises recent evidence and assesses the methodological quality of published SRs in the Differential diagnosis of temporomandibular disorders (TMD). A systematic literature search was conducted in the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Bandolier databas...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1530604
Daniele Melo Sardinha, Pedrinha do Socorro Castro dos Prazeres, Rubenilson Caldas Valois, Erivelton do Carmo Baia, Gabriel Fazzi Costa, Juliana Conceição Dias Garcez, Diana da Costa Lobato, Lidiane Assunção de Vasconcelos, Ana Lúcia da Silva Ferreira, Eimar Neri de Oliveira Junior & Ana Gracinda Ignácio Da Silva·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2020
Objective: Describe the epidemiological profile of patients seen in an outpatient clinic in a region of the Amazon. Methodology: A cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive survey with a quantitative approach, conducted in an outpatient clinic of health specialties of a Private H...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1530603
Introduction: An acute phase response to tissue injury leads to release of pro inflammatory and anti inflammatory cytokines. TNF alpha is an early pro inflammatory cytokine that released in SIRS and largely responsible for clinical manifestation of sepsis. The release of TNF alp...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1530599
Wallenburg syndrome occurs due to damage to lateral segment of the medulla. Medial medullary syndrome occurs due to damage to upper portion of the medulla. I report a case of a 30 years old woman diagnosed with medullary syndrome [both medial & lateral features] in absence of...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1530600
Background: Malnutrition among under-five children have significant interest for the health authorities in Sudan. This is considered by the fact that the prevalence of underweight children in Sudan is among the highest in the world and it is essential to determine its prevalence a...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1530602
Introduction: It is generally believed that Cyperus esculentus (tiger nut) has some fertility boosting effects. However, scientific validation of some of the fertility boosting potentials as well as the ameliorative effect of tiger nut on Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) is lack...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1430598
COVID-19 was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China a few months ago (December 2019) and had since become a major challenging public health problem for not only China but also many countries around the world. It was on March 11, 2020, characterized by WHO as a pandemic....
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1430586
Bilateral olecranon fractures are a rare occurrence. Direct trauma usually results in comminuted fractures and indirect trauma in transverse fractures. We describe a case of bilateral olecranon fracture with a radial head comminuted fracture with coronoid fracture without the inv...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1430591
Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD), stroke and peripheral artery disease (PAD) are commonly referred to as cardiovascular disorders (CVD) due to a common underlying pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and are more common in diabetic patients. This study was carried out to...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1430590
Douglas Castanheira Barros de Sa, Sara Resplande Magalhães, Hyslla Marianna Coelho Azevedo, Ramônica Garcia Lopes, Amanda Aguiar Barros, Agrinazio Geraldo Nascimento Neto, Wellington Carlos da Silva, Daniela Santos do Nascimento, Murillo de Sousa Reis, Yasmim Souza Silva, Fábio Alves dos Santos, Lara Alves Moura, Lucas Alexandre Sandres Da Silva & Maisa Adriele Nalves da Silva·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2020
Introduction: Created from Brazilian social and sanitary movements, the Unified Health System (SUS) has changed the concept of health, its management, and how society should actively participate in this process. Portrait n. 154, dated January 24, 2008, created the Family Health S...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1430563
As a part of global health care system we are now facing an unprecedented increase in the number of COVID positive patients. While the SARS-CoV2 continues to expand its reach, newer information gets reported every day. The phenomenon of acro-ischemia in patients testing positive...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1430562
Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a hostile sub-type consisting of nearly 10-20 % of breast cancer patients. TNBC has been known to have a poor prognosis and overall survival (OS) compared to many other breast cancer tumors categories. These tumors are highly ag...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1430561