Background: This study aims to detect sero-prevalence of measles Immunoglobulin-G, antibodies, (IgG Abs) before versus after second measles containing vaccine (MCV2) among young children. Methodology: This cross–sectional study was conducted in a selected primary health care cent...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2730851
Introduction: A cesarean section is a life-saving surgery when some complications arise during pregnancy or the process of childbirth. The development of post-caesarean delivery surgical site infections is one of the significant cause of prolonged hospitalization, greater mortali...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2730852
Selenium, an essential trace element, plays an important role in mammalian biology. Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) have gained significant importance because of its bioavailability, least toxicity, its interaction with proteins and its biocompatibility. The objective of the prese...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2730853
Aims: To quantify pamidronate in a sensitive and accurate way either in bulk or dosage forms. Methodology: The quantification of this group of drugs is a challenging task as they lack the presence of chromophore groups in their structure. The proposed method depends on the deriva...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2730854
The purpose of the work is to consider the features of the multidimensional impact of the consequences of the spread of infectious diseases on the economic development of countries. The author concludes that the process of public health exposure to regional or global new and ende...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2730855
Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) is an experimental material used for the capping of pulps as well as a root end filling material. Glass ionomer cement (GIC) is a widely used dental restorative due to its high mechanical strength and antibacterial function. The aim of this study...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2730856
Today, every continent in the world is affected by the novel coronavirus2019 (COVID-19). Saudi Arabia has also suffered from this highly contagious, socially disruptive, infectious disease. Our aim was to assess the anxiety and depression prevalence and identify the associated ri...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2730857
Aim: This study aimed to analyze acyclovir prescription patterns in a public hospital in AlKharj. Methodology: Cross-sectional study, via hospital pharmacy services that included collecting data on acyclovir utilization from de-identified pharmacy records in maternity and childre...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2730858
Objective: To assess the attitude of healthcare students regarding Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in a medical university. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenience sampling method. A self-developed and pre-validated tool was used to collect data...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2730859
Kanwal Baloch, Delijan Mugheri, Abdul Majeed Soomro, Wasim Sarwar Bhatti, Muhammad Khan, Shafi Muhammad Wassan, Shumaila Usman, Uzair Nisar, Waseem Abbas Malhani, Nadeem Baloch, Altaf Ali Mangi, Saika Lashari, Rashid Ali Arbani, Sultan Othman Alolyan, Shumaila Parveen Arain & Sultan M Alshahrani·Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International·2020
Background: The objective of this study conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital Larkana was to check the prevalence of respiratory distress in neonates and their morbidity and mortality associated with respiratory distress. Methods: A retrospective...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2730849
Aim: Lipid-lowering drugs are used to decrease low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and as a result, they are used in both secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases. This study aimed to observe the prescribing trend of lipid-lowering drugs and to describe the gen...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2730848
Cancer is considered to be one of the major threats throughout the world. Treatment for cancer involves chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgeries. Different groups of drugs are used for chemotherapy. Anticancer antibiotics are such groups that act against tumor cells that ar...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2630839
Aim: A large proportion of females diagnosed with progressed phases of the disease, which can be related to knowledge deficiency about screening importance. This study aimed to assess the awareness and attitudes about breast self-examination and breast cancer among females in Alk...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2630840
The aim is to assess how aware the dental students are about endodontic irrigants and the deleterious effect. Successful root canal therapy relies on the combination of proper instrumentation, irrigation, and obturation of the root canal. Of these three essential steps of root ca...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2630841
Jabbar Abbas, Arslan Ahmer, Muhammad Yousuf, Shaib Muhammad, Durr-e-Shahwar Malik, Sadaf Hayat Laghari, Fahad Jibran Siyal, Yasmeen Qureshi, Hetesh Kumar, Naveed Hussain & Naseem Hyder·Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International·2020
The purpose of present effort was to conduct physiochemical evaluation of miscellaneous commercially available diclofenac potassium 75 mg tablets in the local market of Sindh, Pakistan. Further comparison was made among their different parameters. In study seven brands tagged as...
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Research Article10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2630842