This study examined the knowledge and practice of exclusive breastfeeding amongst breastfeeding mothers attending Infant Welfare Clinic, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti Nigeria. The Self-efficacy theory was used as the theoretical foundation for the study. The...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27329
Spinal anaesthesia is widely performed for lower abdominal, inguinal, and lower extremity operations in routine practice, with a low complication rate. Neurological deficits are rare but significant complications of spinal anaesthesia. These complications have a wide spectrum var...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27158
Replacing tooth structure that is lost due to trauma to the anterior teeth remains a challenge to the restorative dentist. The restorations must not only be able to withstand masticatory forces and stress but also be esthetically pleasing and acceptable. Materials and techniques...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28268
Aims: The purpose of the examination of these cases is to maintain the treatments and the managements of teeth with extensive apical periodontitis. Case Presentation: Case 1: A fifteen years old young male patient with apical periodontitis and an accompanying symptom of intraoral...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28166
Giuliano Di Pietro, Camila Batista dos Santos, Maraiza Alves de Oliveira, Jussara Secundo dos Santos, Jessyca Costa Santos, Jamille C. da Silva Santos, Sílvia Costa Santos, Jussara Menezes Freire Social, Ravena Melo Ribeiro da Silva & Claudio Moreira Lima·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Due to the great evidence between accidents trauma assisted in the emergency department (ED) and the involvement of patients with alcohol, the goal of this work is characterize violence and trauma patients treated in two regional hospitals in a rural area, using the CAGE question...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29067
Aims: To inform wider debate regard attendance at the Accident & Emergency department via analysis of the complex factors regulating attendances at two London hospitals. Study Design: Analysis of 508,569 A&E attendances from a large hospital data base. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28783
Background: The most effective tuberculosis treatment currently available is the 6-months course regimen utilizing isoniazid (INH), rifampicin (RIF), Ethambutol (ETB) and pyrazinamide (PYZ). The most serious side effect, which limits the use of these first line anti-tuberculosis...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/29088
This paper aims at echoing the health implications of zinc in humans to the scientific world in order to designing a proper means to streamlining its research. The paper looks at some important functions of zinc, some health risks of zinc deficiency and, the boons and ambiguities...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19886
Background: Cancer is a group of more than 100 different diseases that are characterized by uncontrolled cellular growth, local tissue invasion, and distant metastases. Cisplatin is the most widely used anti-neoplastic agent for most of the tumors like lung cancer, gastric cancer...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27770
Alexas O. Polk, Sarah E. DeMott, Phillip L. Mohorn, Amy J. Yanicak, Meagan C. Miles, Gabrielle L. Furgiuele, Monica R. Litsas, Kristen G. Scott, Andrew W. Sides & P. Brandon Bookstaver·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Objective: To determine the degree of accuracy of medication orders in fictional medical-themed television shows. Design: Retrospective, observational, study Setting: A review of available US fictional medical-themed television shows identified via an Internet Movie Database sear...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28408
Leukemia is one of the most common types of cancers worldwide. It was first recognized in the year 1845. Leukemia is a heterogeneous group of malignancies, broadly divided into acute and chronic leukemia with further sub-classification into lymphoid and myeloid varieties. In 2000...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27690
Treatment and care for newborn babies are provided at medical centres by personnel with the required education and experience using special equipment. Similar to the situation in many other countries, centres with such concentrations are rare; such a situation has required transp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27746
Introduction: Increased antimicrobial resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae), is of great concern worldwide. Management of Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) due to MDR poses a challenge for clinicians. Case Presentation:...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28546
A 21-year-old previously healthy male presented with unexplained intravascular hemolysis. Patient had anemia, elevated serum indirect bilirubin, elevated LDH, reticulocytosis, decreased haptoglobin and spherocytosis. Initial Laboratory investigations revealed a negative direct an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26583
Background: About 10 to 40% Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and 30% Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) suffer from kidney failure increases huge financial burden for care for patients [1]. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes prone to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) which required kidney transplantatio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/28398