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...

PATTERN OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN OWERRI, SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA.A 5 YEAR REVIEW.

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

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Background: Head and neck cancers are increasingly becoming a prominent part of oncological practice in Nigeria owing partly to the advances made in this area of...

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE AND SYSTEMIC BLOOD PRESSURE IN A NIGERIAN COHORT

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

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Objective: To determine the relationship between intraocular pressure and systemic blood pressure as a justification for making recommendations for better clinical investigation and management of patients. Methods:...

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.

A CASE OF HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM WITH INFANTILE GENITALIA IN A 16YEAR OLD NIGERIAN MALE

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

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Background: Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism or secondary hypogonadism is a clinical syndrome that results from gonadal failure due to abnormal pituitary gonadotropin levels. It usually results from...

Keywords: Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, undescended testes, infantile genitalia

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...

PATTERN OF CAREGIVING BURDEN IN CAREGIVERS OF GERIATRIC POPULATION SEEN IN FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE OWERRI, IMO STATE NIGERIA

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

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Abstract Aim: To assess the pattern of caregiving burden among caregivers of geriatric population. Method: A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted for 215 caregivers with...