Aims: Identify factors predictive of increased risk of intracranial injury and assess the ability of the non-age related components of the New Orleans head CT criteria (NOC) to guide decision-making. Study Design: Retrospective electronic medical record review and application of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/10435
Aims: To study the effect of a large infectious-like event on admissions to, and bed occupancy in, a very large acute hospital in Reading (western Berkshire) England, observed to commence in the early part of 2012. These changes occurred in parallel with infectious-like spread of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13938
The heart failure (HF) diseaseasome is marked by substantial alteration in networked signaling pathways. Reductionist paradigm HF investigative approaches have focused on the regulation of a single pathway or single pathway components. In support of a more comprehensive systems b...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12896
Background: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is an important cause of acute respiratory tract infections among infants and children requiring hospitalization. No data is available concerning RSV epidemiological and demographic characteristics among Lebanese children. Methods: Th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12608
Two types of ready- to- use (RTE) amylase rich malted mixes (ragi or wheat mixed with green gram) were formulated and laddu, roti, kheer and porridge were suitably prepared and analyzed for overall acceptability. The results of organoleptic evaluation rated between very poor (1)...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/12701
Cancer of the oral cavity is one of the most common cancers. Oral cancer is still only detectable at a late stage, and the survival rate for an oral cancer patient has essentially remained unchanged over the past three decades. This study is concentrated on the oral precancerous...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11491
Toussaint Godonou Kpadonou, Germain Mabèrou Houngbédji, Etienne Alagnidé, Edwige Gouton, Herman Azanmasso, Didier Niama, Ghislain Sopoh & Joseph Capo-Chichi·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Background: The implementation of the antimicrobial therapy greatly improved Buruli Ulcer (BU) care. Nevertheless, the disease still imposes significant burden. In rural endemic areas, many patients are being healed from the disease with disabling sequels. They are living without...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14187
Aim: Delivery of smoking cessation supports via primary health care settings could be an effective way to increase people access to cessation services. This study was aimed at evaluating structural characteristics of smoking cessation services established within the Iranian Prima...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13858
Aims: Skin diseases are a common reason for consulting the general practitioner (GP). Few studies have been conducted that explore the topic of chronic skin disease from the patient's perspective. The aim of this paper was to investigate experiences and perceptions of people with...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13783
Background: Growth failure and restricted weight gain in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants remains extremely common despite advances in neonatal care. A majority of VLBW infants leave the hospital with weights below the 10th percentile for age. A variety of measures including...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13920
Aims: This study aims to investigate the small area spread of a presumed infectious agent, and to determine which factors determined the point of initiation, speed of the spread and the resulting increase in emergency medical admissions. Study Design: Analysis of a monthly time s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14223
Aims: To examine current practices in the UK in the use of chemotherapy in advanced penile cancer and investigate the treatment outcomes of this group of patients. Study Design: Retrospective series. Place and Duration of Study: The study population received chemotherapy at Clatt...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14391
The purpose of this article is to review the common MRI signs of musculoskeletal pathology. In this article, 15 classic MRI signs used in musculoskeletal radiology are presented and described. These signs include the anterior drawer sign, bone bruise sign, bow tie sign, celery st...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14501
Background: Risk factors for developing hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy have not been sufficiently studied and the incidence of this complication has probably been underestimated. One factor that has been associated is the autoimmune thyroiditis but hypothyroidism is a nor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15100
Background: Cystic fibrosis (CF) clinical outcomes remain difficult to prognosticate. Elevated cytokine profiles in vivo are associated with obstructive lung diseases including CF. However, no studies to date have conducted a longitudinal clinical outcome analysis of early cytoki...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12588