Aims: We aim to establish the relationship of birth weight to the placental weight of Fulani ethnic community which is an important population politically and economically not only in Nigeria but to West Africa in general. Study Design: This was a prospective study on Fulani ethn...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/4110
Aim: To identify the epidemiology and outcome of pediatric burn injuries. Study Design: Retrospective hospital -based analytical study. Place and Duration of Duration: Burn unit at Cairo university hospital, in the period between the first of January 2007 till December 2011. Meth...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5844
Aims: Acenocoumarol, a commonly prescribed oral anticoagulant drug, exhibits wideinter-individual variability in response. This study aimed at evaluating the contribution of genetic variations in Vitamin K epoxide reductase complex, subunit 1 (VKORC1), to variability in the respo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7067
Aims: To validate the CIN predictive risk score developed by Mehran et al in the study population. Study Design: This is a hospital-based prospective observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medicine and Department of Radiology, University of Benin Teaching...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6132
Aims: The aim of this study is to examine the issue of motivation of physicians employed at Greek public hospitals. Methodology: Through the review of relevant literature, an attempt to examine the trends in this issue in Greek public health care sector has been made. Various ele...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6821
Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)/asthma and pneumonia are the major reason for the hospitalization and emergency room visit in the US. In 2011, chronic lower respiratory diseases and pneumonia were among top ten causes of mortality in 2011. Hospi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6469
The dominant view that cancer arises from successive mutations in somatic cells is so unquestioned that accumulating challenges from experimental and observational results are rarely addressed in the scientific literature. Based on these challenges, we argue that the scientific u...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6855
The purpose of this guide is to help doctors prescribe baclofen in the treatment of alcohol problems as there is, to date, no standardized way to prescribe this molecule in the treatment of alcohol dependence. The Recommended Medical Practices in respect of baclofen prescription...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7069
Aims: i) To assess the feasibility of using pulse oximetry as a screening tool in low-income countries to detect hypoxemia associated with early-onset sepsis in asymptomatic newborns. ii) To evaluate the acceptability of pulse oximetry screening to mothers and healthcare professi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7221
Aims: To identify sexually-related themes of the sexuality of older African American women. Study Design: Mixed method. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Psychology, California State University Northridge, between July 2009 and June 2011. Methodology: We included 13 Afri...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5491
Objective: To observe the demographic characteristics of the patients, substance abused, intention and precipitating factors for self-poisoning presenting to Accident& Emergency department of Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Patients and Methodology: A...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6416
In Kenya, one of the most significant public health concerns is the spread of HIV. Additionally, 13,000 girls drop out of school every year due to pregnancy. Although the Kenyan Ministry of Education and other independent organisations have tried to implement various means of dev...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6878
Aims: A new approach to patient tracking in cranial stereotactic radiosurgery relies on contact-free localisation of the cranial bone. It requires accurate information about the soft tissue thickness on the patient's forehead, which in this work is measured using two independent...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6822
Aims: To find out whether ongoing missense mutations in the exon 2 of DRB1*01:01 affect the operation of this protective allele in HIV patients. Place and Duration of Study: the Clinical Immunology and Immunogenetics Laboratory of Riga Stradiņš University, Riga Eastern Clinical...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5660
George Andreadis, Triantafyllos Albanis, Eleni Andreadou, Styliani Mitka, Faedra Eleftheriou, Dimitra Lampropoulou, Nikolaos Avramidis & Dimitrios Patoucheas·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2013
Aims: There is little evidence concerning the effects of organophosphates in the liver of healthy individuals, and the existing researches come to contradictive results. In this study, we evaluated the influence of organophosphates (Dimethoate, Chlorpyrifos) in liver and renal fu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5828