Andressa Panegalli Hosni, Maria Elvira Ribeiro Cordeiro, Jaine Paula da Luz, Ana Carolina Dorigoni Bini, Ivo Ilvan Kerppers, Flávio Klinpovous Kerppers, Isabela Fanelli Barreto Biscaia, Larissa Sakis Bernardi & Paulo Renato de Oliveira·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2024
Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most prevalent chronic inflammatory diseases, which primarily involves the joints and may also include extra-articular manifestations, such as nodules, pulmonary involvement, vasculitis, and systemic comorbidities. Pterostilbe...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i25364
Aim: In India, people chew tobacco either alone or in combination with pan or pan masala, which may cause tooth wear. The nature of chewable areca nut and tobacco consumption in India has undergone rapid transformation with introduction of pan masala and gutkha. The negative heal...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i25363
Background: Melasma is a common pigmentary disorder that poses therapeutic challenges, so a variety of treatment modalities have been used in targeting pigmentation of melasma such as laser, Intense-pulsed light (IPL) and topical depigmented agents. Objective: To compare the effi...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i25362
Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, complications, and risk factors for mortality of hospitalized patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during intensive care therapy. Methods: This single-center retrospective cohort study included 149 patients...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15359
Objective: To assess the knowledge and practice of refractive error correction (spectacles and contact lenses) in medical students of National Defence University of Malaysia using a survey questionnaire. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study using a questionnaire was con...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15360
Introduction: Neural tube defects, a congenital malformation of multifactorial source, affect more than 200,000 to 300,000 births a year, and are twice as common in developing countries. Food fortification with folic acid has been shown to be effective reducing this congenital ma...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15361
Range of Motion (ROM) exercises are common after knee surgeries, but little has been researched about the actual amount of movement performed in active exercises at home. This was previously difficult to measure, as the patient was not in the office. But now, with wearables use...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15358
Introduction: Frozen shoulder is a disabling and painful condition that is commonly managed in the primary care setting. Frozen shoulder has a protracted natural history that usually ends in resolution. It is a condition characterised by functional restriction of both active and...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15357
Uangbaoje A. Cyril, Okhuoya U. Elizabeth, Okoduwa Darlington, Ajakaiye David, Abebe E. Stephen, Salami B. Goodluck, Osejele I. Meshach, Oiku A. Jeremy & Akhaine J. Precious·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2024
Background: Malaria is one of the most important public health and life-threatening parasitic infections caused by the protozoan parasite- Plasmodium. The WHO Global technical strategy for malaria 2016–2030, updated in 2021, provides a technical framework for all malaria-endemic...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15354
Dental caries has long been a frequent and costly disease in the world, with paediatric caries being the most common infectious disease. Caries risk is higher in children who live in rural areas, are impoverished, or have inadequate access to dental care. Restorative treatment sh...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15355
Sabrina Aparecida Wendler, Jéssica Roberta Nunes, Lais Fernanda Dranski, Maria Elvira Ribeiro Cordeiro, Rubiana Mara Mainardes, Christiane Schineider Machado, Ana Carolina Dorigoni Bini, João Alfredo Schiewe, Livia Hoyer Garcia Miranda & Ivo Ilvan Kerppers·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2024
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes impairment in daily living activities. Although there is no consensus on the pathophysiology of this disease, neuroinflammation is known to be associated with this disease. Objective: To evaluate the anti-inflam...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15356
Endodontic treatments are made much more difficult by the fact that teeth that need them frequently have damaged structures. For these teeth, pre-endodontic restoration is therefore an important strategy that dentists should take into account. Compared to a typical tooth restorat...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15352
Infectious diseases have long been a major cause for concern since they frequently result in pandemics. Undoubtedly, we have some degree of infection control, but the recent COVID-19 outbreak has reduced us to powerless bystanders watching people perish. The majority of infection...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15353
Fernando Henrique Vasconcelos dos Santos, Ana Caroline Sobrinho Dias, Henrique Acácio Barbosa, Sara Oliveira Rocha, Ana Karoline Kalif Siqueira, Yasmin Hanna Couto Brandão, Rodrigo Hideki Sousa Omoto, Rodrigo Rodrigues Virgolino, Daniele Salgado de Sousa, Janaína Moraes Cardim & Vitor Hugo Auzier Lima·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2024
Acute appendicitis (AA) is caused by inflammation of the vermiform appendix, with many hypotheses justifying the aetiology of this disease. One of the main aetiologies is obstruction of the appendicular lumen, either by faeces, vegetable seeds, a foreign body or a neoplasm, which...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15350
Hellen Cris Araújo Souza, Maycon Douglas Araújo Souza, Cássio Silva Sousa, Edilanne Katrine Amparo Viana, Sabrina Kelly Silva Alves, Alex Oliveira Marques, Arthur Serejo Neves Ribeiro, Vanessa de Sousa do Vale & Jefferson Almeida Rocha·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2024
Introduction: The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, identified in December 2019 as the cause of COVID-19, has triggered an outbreak of potentially fatal atypical pneumonia. The constant search for new molecules or strategies to combat this disease continues. Thus, the objective of this...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2024/v36i15351