Aims: To highlight the importance of considering non-obstetrical etiologies for acute abdominal pain in gravid patients with risk factors for vasculopathies including diabetes and hypertension. Specifically, we report a tragic case of splenic artery aneurysm (SAA) rupture during...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10204
Background: Many patients visit dentists as a result of pain. It may have non-odontogenic causes such as lesions of vascular, neurologic/psychological, muscular, bone structures or referred from surrounding structures, or odontogenic, in which case the cause of the pain is the to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8635
The rates of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in children and adolescents are rising globally, and this is closely linked to the obesity epidemic that is affecting millions of youth around the world. In this review, we examine the differences between type 1 diabetes and T2D, and highlight t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11043
Aims: To assess the ovarian reserve for subpopulations of Iraqi infertile couples seeking Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) treatment. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of ovarian reserve markers in predicting the response to Controlled Ovarian Stimulation and Intra cytopla...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8461
Christina P. C. Borba, Abebaw Fekadu, Solomon Teferra, Desalegn Bekele, Teshome Shibre, Claire E. Oppenheim, Silenat Biressaw, Anwar Mulugeta, David A. Schoenfeld & David C. Henderson·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Background: Approximately 30% of patients with schizophrenia suffer from treatment-resistant psychotic symptoms, which can produce substantial distress, result in hospitalization and disrupt school or work functioning. Studies have found low blood folate concentrations in psychia...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10473
Objective: The aim of this study is to discuss the non-surgical periodontal instrumentation, (which is necessary and irreplaceable) with the adjuctive use of diode laser (810nm), in the treatment of peri-implant infalmmation. Data are limited to a case report. Presentation of Cas...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9091
Introduction: Currently there is little understanding of the factors that contribute to the successful implementation of clinical supervision in the development of new competencies for senior practitioners. The two linked studies reported are part of a wider inquiry to improve di...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8661
Left atrial space occupying lesions pose diagnostic challenge on echocardiography. We report a 79-year-old man with history of pheochromocytoma with left adrenal mass presented with heart failure symptoms after adrenalectomy. Echocardiogram revealed a large echo lucent structure...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10942
Background: In the north central Nigeria, observed haemoglobin concentration is often used to determine the packed cell volume of patients, especially by many laboratories that cannot afford the cost of micro-haematocrit centrifuge. Aim: The study was carried out to determine the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9366
In the tropics where the prevalence of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is high, reports of concurrence of sickle cell anaemia and diabetes mellitus are rare with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), being rarer. In this case report, we present the cases of two Nigerian adolescents (one male an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9858
A 51-year-old male with a family history of premature coronary artery disease (CAD) presented with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with coronary angiography demonstrating no angiographic disease and a mid-left anterior descending (LAD) myocardial bridging (MB) segment with 71%...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10208
Aim: It is known that blood viscosity and erythrocyte aggregation are increased and erythrocyte deformability is decreased in diabetic patients. Blood rheology is known to be affected by numerous factor including anaesthetic drugs. Accordingly, we aimed to investigate the effects...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/8749
Aims: To alert practitioners to complications regarding inflatable penile prostheses. Presentation of Case: A 56 year-old male with a history of an inflatable penile prosthesis and multiple revisions was found to have a small bowel obstruction. Computed tomography scan and subseq...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10316
Aim: To assess G-6-PD, Pyruvate kinase enzyme activity and some coagulation parameters in HIV positive patients on antiretroviral treatment (ART) and those not on antiretroviral treatments with varying durations of infection and Antiretroviral treatments. Study Design: Case-contr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10211
Aims: The objective was to evaluate the single exposure of general anesthetics with or without a surgical procedure at postnatal day 14 (P14) on nociceptive behavioral responses. Furthermore, we evaluated ectonucleotidase activities at P14 and P30. Place of Study: All experiments...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6571