Background: Sleep disturbance results in physical, mental and emotional disturbances among patients with HIV infection. In spite of these observations, studies of sleep problems among HIV patients from Sub-Saharan Africa are limited. Aim: To determine prevalence of sleep problems...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24049
Aims: The objective of this review was to assess the effectiveness of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors in men with erectile dysfunction (ED) and spinal cord injury (SCI). Methodology: The following databases were sought up to May 2015: PubMed, Google scholar, EMBASE and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24870
Aim: To compare plantar pressure distribution and contact time in patients in month 6 following operative treatment of calcaneal fractures. Study Design: Walking on the tensometric platform. Place and Duration of Study: Regional Hospital, Trauma Centrum, between September 2014 an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25189
Aims: Fertility desires among persons living with HIV (PLHIV) could have important HIV prevention and demographic implications particularly in high prevalence settings such as Cameroon. There is a paucity of data on fertility desires and associated factors among PLHIV in Cameroon...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25879
Aims: Intravenous fluid prescriptions are common in hospitals and most are written by junior doctors. Despite the frequency in which clinicians prescribe IV fluids, the burden from mortality and morbidity related to IV fluids is huge with an estimate that 1 in 5 patients are harm...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25456
João Fernando Gonçalves Ferreira, João Baptista Rezende-Neto, Rogério Augusto Pinto-Silva, Jaqueline Gontijo de Souza, Luiz de Macêdo Farias, Maria Auxiliadora Roque de Carvalho, Helton Santiago, José Carlos Serufo & Simone Gonçalves dos Santos·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Failures in the control of infectious focus may be associated with Intra-abdominal infections (IAI)-driven sepsis. We evaluated the bacterial antimicrobial profile and the cytokine production in patients with IAI in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. To the analyses, Vitek 2 bioMérieux and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25281
Objective: Present retrospective study was aimed to analyze comparative efficacy of fixed dose combination (FDC) (ceftriaxone + sulbactam + disodium edetate) and meropenem used alone or in combinations with other antibiotics for management of intensive care unit (ICU) patients su...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25102
Background: Head injury (HI) is a common condition presenting to Emergency Departments (EDs), accounting for a significant proportion of morbidity and mortality of the productive age of the world’s population. Aim: This study aims to highlight head injured patients’ epidemiologic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25409
Background: This study was carried out to compare high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and nasal intermittent mandatory ventilation (NIMV) in respiratory support of one day-old neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Methods: This was a clinical trial conducted in neonatolog...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25316
Introduction: Safety of healthcare workers (HCWs) is essential for patients safety. Despite of this fact, HCWs are at high risk of work-related injuries (WRI). Those injuries include falls, musculoskeletal disorders, needle stick injuries (NSIs) and workplace violence. These in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25056
Aims: To investigate the effect of combined administration of testosterone and vitamin E on diabetes-induced testicular dysfunctions and dyslipidemia in male Wistar rats. Place and Duration of Study: Applied and Environmental Physiology Unit, Physiology Department, University of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25329
Our brains are continuously and unconsciously integrating proprioceptive information together with the visual and vestibular systems through synapses in neurons, interneurons and motoneurons connections to the brain motor cortex and cerebellum to inform about our overall sense of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25540
M. P. Natividade Manuelle, P. Domingueti Caroline, Fernandes Ana Paula, B. Fóscolo Rodrigo, S. Reis Janice, M. S. Dusse Luci, S. F. Oliveira Camila, A. Haddad João Paulo, C. Godoi Lara, B. Gomes Karina & P. B. Magalhães Henrique·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Introduction: It is known that laboratorial tests (urinary albumin excretion and glomerular filtration rate), routinely used for nephropathy diagnosis in type 1 diabetes (T1DM), have limitations that justify the evaluation of new renal biomarkers. This study assessed the performa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23476
Objective: To assess the effect of elastic bandage through the Therapy Taping Method on the execution of motor functions of children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Methods: Two children with confirmed clinical diagnosis of DMD that visited the physiotherapy clinic at Met...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24176
Frontocutaneous fistula is a rare complication of frontal sinusitis. This mostly occurs as a result of osteomyelitis of the frontal bone on account of sinusitis. These are managed by endoscopic closure or by external approach depending on the cause and extent of sinusitis. We rep...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25084