STRIATAL TOE SIGN IN A 49 YEAR OLD MALE NIGERIAN HYPERTENSIVE WITH THALAMIC STROKE: A RARE PRESENTATION

Authors: Ernest.O.Nwazor, Ikechukwu Chukwuocha, Anthony C. Anyanwu

Category: Research Article Published: April 2021 Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 1 Pages: 84–89

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Movement disorders following a stroke are commonly associated with damage to the basal ganglia and thalamus.' Damage to deep brain...

A SURVEY ON EMIGRATION OF NIGERIAN MEDICAL DOCTORS

Authors: Anyanwu A.C, OnungS.I, Olopade O.B, Onwukwe C.H, Enang O, Young E.E, Ofondu E

Category: Research Article Published: April 2021 Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 1 Pages: 89–90

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Physicians' migration has existed for decades. Current trend in Nigeria however reveals an exponentially increasing migration of physicians from Nigeria to...

Keywords: Migration, doctors, healthcare

AN OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME IN NIGERIA: A CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Authors: Onuoha F, Ohadugha O, Egwim J

Category: Research Article Published: April 2021 Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 1 Pages: 91–96

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National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is a system of healthcare financing in which funds are contributed via premium, taxes or...

A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF COVID-19: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES AMONG MOTHERS IN OWERRI, SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA

Authors: Odinaka K, Edelu B, Nwaoha C, Okoro C, Nwolisa E, Achigbu K

Category: Research Article Published: April 2021 Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 1 Pages: 97–104

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The COVID-19 pandemic has become a major public health emergency of international concern with various countries of the world implementing unprecedented...

Keywords: Awareness, Covid 19, Pandemic, Practices Introduction

PROFILE OF SUBJECTS WITH ADULT AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN SOUTH EASTERNNIGERIA

Authors: Anyanwu A.C, Anackwe A.N, Ngoka S, Osineke S.O, Oputa R.N

Category: Research Article Published: April 2021 Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 1 Pages: 105–110

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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a systemic disease that affects 1 in 2,000 individuals and is the most...

PROFILE OF SUBJECTS WITH ADULT AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA.

Authors: Anyanwu A.C, Anackwe A.N, Ngoka S, Osineke S.O, Oputa R.N

Category: Research Article Published: April 2021 Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 1 Pages: 105–110

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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a systemic disease that affects 1 in 2,000 individuals and is the most...

WHEN THERE IS NO MRI-COMPATIBLE EQUIPMENT FOR SEDATION- USEFUL ALTERNATIVE

Authors: Abiodun Oyinpreye, Joyce Ekeme Ikubor

Category: Research Article Published: April 2021 Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 1 Pages: 111–112

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Sedation for patients going for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has its peculiar challenges to the Anaesthetists in the tropics where...

Keywords: sedation, oxygenation, magnetic resonance imaging, compatible equipment

CURBING DEBILITATING GENDER ISSUES: THE DEBACLE OF GENDER MUTILATION (FGM) IN NIGERIA

Authors: NZERIBE EA, IBEABUCHI GI

Category: Research Article Published: April 2021 Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 1 Pages: 113–119

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Commonly known as female circumcision or female cutting, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a primitive and brutish practice which involves...