Clinically missed Dieulafoy's lesion is a significant cause of gastro-intestinal bleeding with a poor prognosis. We hereby compare an autopsy case of a similar nature; thereby highlighting the importance of autopsy. 69 years old male living in a retirement home was being managed...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11356
Because no study has been conducted on the attitude to ageing among the community dwelling elderly in Malaysia, the objective of this study was to determine the attitudes to ageing among the elderly and the influence of social support on it. This cross sectional study was conduct...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10023
Introduction: Although tuberculosis is hyper-endemic in India and is responsible for a huge proportion of respiratory morbidity, adequate workup should be conducted to rule out other differential diagnosis wherever applicable. Case Report: A 32 year old male health worker was suf...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11883
Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the chest radiographic patterns of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in relation to HIV co-infection. Study Deign: Cross-sectional descriptive study Place and Duration of the Study: The study was conducted at Gondar U...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7308
Álvaro Montiel-Jarquín, Ángel Espitia-Ayala, Mario García-Carrasco, Claudia Mendoza-Pinto, Rodolfo G. Barragán-Hervella, Arturo Árcega-Domínguez, Arturo García-Galicia & Eugenio García-Cano·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Background: Gynaecomastia is defined as an enlargement of the mammary gland in men. Objective: To evaluate Aesthetic Results of Subdermal Mastectomy by means of Inferior Periareolar Incision. Materials and Methods: Descriptive, cross sectional and prospective study. We evaluate a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11251
The incidence of malaria infestation has assumed epidemic status and treatment procedures have failed to yield required results due to resistance of most Plasmodial species to conventional antimalarial drugs especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Phyllantus amarus (Schum and Thonn) wa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7463
It is well-known that coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most cause of death in all over the world and generally been considered as a disease of elderly people and occasionally middle-aged men. Emerging data displays an important sex-based difference in CAD. Therefore CAD in th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11912
We present the case of a 6-week-old male infant with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) in which DonnatalTM (phenobarbital, hyoscyamine, atropine, hyoscine) Elixir was used as an adjunct therapy. The infant was born to a mother taking 130mg of methadone per day since conception....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/12419
Background: Genetic backgrounds play an important role in susceptibility to and protection against Guillain Barré Syndrome. Certain human leukocyte antigens have been found to be associated with Guillain Barré Syndrome. Aim of Study: This study aimed to study the relationship bet...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10283
Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of falls among older people with plantar changes in order to preserve their autonomy and independence. Study Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study was conducted based on a sample of elderly people....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10882
Aims: The prevalence of syphilis has been reported to be on the increase worldwide as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Maternal syphilis puts the fetus at risk of congenital syphilis with the attendant health risks including intrauterine death. This study was carried out to det...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11242
Background: Protein malnutrition (PM) is one of the major public health problems in developing countries. Cisplatin (CDDP) is an effective anticancer drug that elicits many hepatotoxicity. CDDP hepatotoxicity restricts its clinical use under long term treatment. Objectives: The s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9559
Aims: Recent investigations correlated early menarche to cardiovascular risk factors in adulthood, whereas others underlined relationship of menarcheal age to body mass index (BMI) and dysmetabolic conditions. Our aim was to assess whether early menarche could indicate an increas...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7006
Background: Common neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer disease are a major public health issue because of their high prevalence and etiopathogenic complexity. Ageing, combined with a genetic predisposition and modifiable risk factors including cardiovascular factors, h...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10762
Aims: The aim was to investigate the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], skin color and sun exposure score. Study Design: Cross-sectional Place and Duration of Study: Florida International University, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, D...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10551