POST CATARACT SURGERY CONJUNCTIVAL INCLUSION CYST: A CASE REPORT.

Category: Research Article Published: November 2024 Vol. 3, Issue 1

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Aim To report the development of conjunctival inclusion cyst after manual SICS, highlight its features and possible causes. Case Report A 69-year-old gentleman underwent an uneventful small incision cataract...

Keywords: cataract, surgery, conjunctiva, inclusion cyst

CASE REPORT: A 74-YEAR-OLD COVID-19 PATIENT PRESENTING WITH HYPERGLYCAEMIA, STROKE AND GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME

Category: Research Article Published: November 2024 Vol. 3, Issue 1

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Covid-19 infection is an airborne infection caused by SARS-CoV-2, a positive stranded RNA virus. The disease which started in Wuhan a commercial city in China...

Keywords: Covid-19, Infection, Hyperglycaemia, Stroke, Polyneuropathy

CASE REPORT: UNCLASSIFIED VERSUS HYBRID FORMS OF DIABETES MELLITUS (DM)

Category: Research Article Published: November 2024 Vol. 3, Issue 1

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Background. The WHO 2019 classification of diabetes mellitus introduced two new subgroups: Hybrid forms and the unclassified. This means that some cases of diabetes mellitus (DM)...

Keywords: Hybrid forms of diabetes, Unclassified diabetes, New type of diabetes, C-peptide, Beta cell function.

MEDICAL ETHICS AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF A PHYSICIAN IN COURT: CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

Category: Research Article Published: January 2020 Vol. 1, Issue 1

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It is the candid wish of the authors that medical practitioners at the end of this discourse will be handy with the principles of medical...

REVIEW ARTICLE. CURRENT CONCEPTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THYROID GLAND DISORDERS.

Category: Research Article Published: November 2024 Vol. 3, Issue 1

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Thyroid gland disorders are common, being second to Diabetes Mellitus in Endocrine practice. The normal thyroid gland is not visible and is not palpable. More...

THE DILEMMA OF TRACHEOSTOMY DECANNULATION IN A 3- MONTH-OLD BABY: CONVERSION OF AN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE TO A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE IN A RESOURCE CONSTRAINT ENVIRONMENT.

Category: Research Article Published: June 2020 Vol. 1, Issue 2

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Non-availability of medical consumables is a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Difficult weaning of a child off tracheostomy is illustrated in this case. Case report A 3-month-old female with...

Keywords: Upper Airway Obstruction, Endotracheal tube, Temporary Tracheostomy, Improvised (preformed) tracheostomy tubes, Decannulation

INFANT FEEDING PATTERN OF HIV POSITIVE WOMEN ASSESSING CARE AT A TERTIARY HEALTH FACILITY IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA AND ITS OUTCOME IN INFANTS

Category: Research Article Published: January 2020 Vol. 1, Issue 1

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Background: Breastfeeding is the normative and culturally accepted way of feeding newborn babies. Breastfeeding by HIV mothers raises a lot of concern because of the...