Françoise Raïssa Ntentie, Maxwell Wandji Nguedjo, Mary-Ann Angie Mbong, Boris Ronald Tonou Tchuente, Palouma Souavourbe, Huiny Miriane Tienoue Fotso & Julius Enyong Oben·Asian Journal of Medical Principles and Clinical Practice·2022
Aims: Hypertension (HTN) is one of the major public health problems in the world, especially in developing countries. The objective of this study was to evaluate its prevalence and its association with anthropometric indices among students of the University of Maroua. Study Desig...
Background: One of the pillars of prevention is COVID-19 vaccination. Nonetheless, there are lots of skepticism in taking the vaccine in the populace even among health workers especially as it relates to the safety profile of the vaccine. Generally, the populace look up to the me...
Background: The war against COVID-19 pandemic is currently being fought using the COVID-19 vaccine. To break the chain of transmission of the infection and establish herd immunity, the COVID-19 vaccine is that veritable tool to be used but its uptake is hindered by the fear of it...
Background: Due to an increase in the use of a computer at work musculoskeletal symptoms are becoming very common and are well known for sickness absenteeism. Musculoskeletal symptoms usually occur in the upper parts of the body because of their continuous involvement in completi...
Maternal-fetal transmission of infectious diseases during the pregnancy poses a risk for the pregnant woman and for the future baby as well. The present case highlights the importance of testing during the pregnancy for all the infectious diseases included in the TORCH panel. We...
The aim of the current study was to evaluate neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and the levels of IL-6, TNF- \(\alpha\) in patients with schizophrenia after six weeks of antipsychotic treatment with Risperidone and Clozapine. Total study sample of 50 subjects of schizophrenia patient...
Background: Health care service providers aim at managing diseases and health related conditions. In this quest, they albeit inevitably generate wastes, some of which have potentials of causing harm to them, co- workers, clients, patients and the public. Objective: To assess the...
Lupus panniculitis is an infrequent form of systemic lupus erythematosus. The relapsing nature of skin lesions can make the treatment more challenging. We report a case of 6-year-old female child with systemic lupus panniculitis. The child presented with wounds all over the body...
Alcohol is a psychoactive and toxic substance which consists with dependence creating properties. Alcoholism has listed as one of the three most deadly killer diseases of the 20th century by World Health Organization. According to Ayurveda, Madatyaya is a disease which is charact...
Ovarian torsion accounts for more than 3% of gynecological emergencies with an incidence, among all ages of women, of 5.9 per 100,000 women. This affection can be simply defined as twisting of the ovary around its ligamentous support, often resulting in impedance of its blood sup...
Medication errors (MEs) are a significant issue that can jeopardize treatment quality and patient safety while also instilling distrust in the system, organization, and experts' work. MEs are a complicated problem. They can arise at any point throughout the medication development...
Background: The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease that affects the human population globally and often causes the death of hundreds of thousands of people with lung involvement. In recent years, it is an unprecedented reason for occupancy in hospital wards and inte...
Introduction: Talonavicular Arthritis is a condition in which (talonavicular joint undergoes deform) arthritis occurs in the talonavicular joint leading to joint inflammation and severe pain. Talonavicular arthritis can be caused by the conditions involving cartilage damage.some...
Background: Tumors of the larynx can be benign or malignant and affect both males and female. The presence of a lesion in the larynx can be detected early. However, most patients present late with the hope the symptoms are as a result of an upper respiratory tract infection which...
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “The Unjustified Act of Pakistan Health Department in FCPS Part II Training - The Real Struggle”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.