Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effects of midazolam and neostigmine co-administration with bupivacaine in pediatric inguinal hernia surgery. Study Design: Randomized, double-blinded clinical study. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Anesthesiol...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27029
Aims: The main aim is to expose the medical student after completion of their forensic medicine posting to the crossword puzzle and to study their responses given in feedback questionnaire with an effort to introduce an innovative short answer question for the end of posting exam...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28957
Pawan Kumar Kare, Neerja Aggrawal, Om Prakash Kalra, Basu Dev Banerjee, Parul Varshney, Rishila Ghosh, Neeru Singh, Vinod Kumar Arora, Sri Venkata Madhu & Ashok Kumar Tripathi·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aims: The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) therapy on proteinuria and serum advanced glycation end products (AGEs) level in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with nephropathy. Study Design: Single-arm pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28555
The first aim of the research was to compare the Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) with psychopharmacological intervention (PI) and to find out its effectiveness on Iranian women with Anxiety disorders (general anxiety disorder GAD, obsessive compulsive disorder OCD, social anxiet...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/10765
Auscultation of the chest is a very old diagnostic method. Originally, it was performed by the examiner directly hearing into the patient's chest, and this practice dates back to the time of Hippocrates. The original description of lung sounds was based on comparing acoustic phen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28642
Miriam Givisay Domínguez-Cruz, María de Lourdes Muñoz, Armando Totomoch-Serra, María Guadalupe García-Escalante, Nina Valadez-González, Doris Pinto-Escalante & Álvaro Díaz-Badillo·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Aims: Maya ancestry populations from Yucatan have exhibited a high prevalence of diabetes and obesity; consequently, the aim of this study was to determine the allelic and genotype frequencies of six polymorphisms associated with diabetes and obesity in two Maya populations. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28660
Background: Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms due to triggers to which the patients are sensitive. Due to the hormonal variations in monthly cycles, women are at risk of increased asthma exacerbations w...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27400
Aims: To assess the level of maternal cell contamination (MCC) that can be detected in the molecular determination of triplet repeat expansions in the FMR1 gene. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Diagnostic Genetics, LabPLUS, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28769
Introduction: Extracorporeal Shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) may be associated with both anatomic and functional injuries to the kidney when used in the management of uncomplicated kidney stones. Assessment of the resistive index (RI) is a non invasive diagnostic modality for studyi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27882
Background and Purpose: Adhesive capsulitis is a common condition, but outcomes have been mixed. It is possible that Physical Therapy can be an effective intervention. Case Description: This case study details a demographically typical patient with adhesive capsulitis who experie...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29123
Tight hamstring syndrome (THS) is a symptom complex which has a varied pathogenesis. The syndrome usually occurs in childhood and adolescent period. It is characterized by tightness of lumbar, ischial and crural muscles. Case Report 1: 17 year old male was complaining of low back...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28749
Aims: To estimate the skin to lumbar epidural space distance (SLESD) in Nigerian adults and determine the influence of age, height, weight and body mass index on it. Study Design: It was a cross sectional descriptive study carried out on consenting patients enlisted for surgery w...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28520
Ana Cláudia do Nascimento, Eliana Leonardo dos Santos, Lorem Krsna de Morais Sousa, Alerico Dias Vieira, Sérgio Eberson da Silva Maia, Raquel Gonçalves Vieira-Andrade, Carolina Carvalho de Oliveira Santos & Thiago Fonseca-Silva·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Background: Amelogenesis imperfecta is a complex group of hereditary conditions characterized by malformation of the dental enamel. Although to be well described in literature, this condition may be related to others local and systemic disorders and present a peculiar hereditary...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28765
Introduction: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is bacterial infection, has become a primary cause for peptic and duodenal ulcers and an etiologic agent in the development of gastric cancer. Aim: To assess the impact of patient's dietary behavior, socioeconomic factors, and lifesty...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24777
Background: The prevalence and complications of diabetes are currently on the rise, so this study investigated the prevalence, risk factors and predictors of diabetic sexual dysfunction (SD). Methods: The study was cross-sectional multicentred. Patients were randomly selected fro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28186