Eastern Heartland Journal of Medicine (EHJMED) is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary medical journal published by the Federal Teaching Hospital Owerri, Nigeria. EHJMED is dedicated to advancing medical knowledge and improving clinical practice through the publication of high-quality research, reviews, case reports, and clinical studies across all fields of medicine and health sciences...
Editor-In-Chief: Dr. Eberechukwu Achigbu
ISSN: 2734-2875 (Print)
ISSN: XXXX-XXXX (Online)
Distribution: Open Access
Frequency: Quarterly
Category: Research Article Published: April 2021 Vol. 2, Issue 1
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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 high income countries such as...
Keywords: Migration, doctors, healthcare
Category: Research Article Published: January 2020 Vol. 1, Issue 1
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Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's deadliest communicable diseases. Drug resistant - TB (DR-TB) occur when resistance develop to one or more anti-TB drugs....
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...
Category: Research Article Published: January 2020 Vol. 1, Issue 1
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Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest burden of paediatric HIV infection and renal disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in these children. Materials and Methods: This...
Keywords: HIV infection, GFR, Renal function, Paediatric.
Category: Research Article Published: April 2021 Vol. 2, Issue 1
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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 common hereditary kidney disease. ADPKD...
Category: Research Article Published: June 2020 Vol. 1, Issue 2
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Subarachnoid block for caesarean section is an acceptable and safe anaesthetic procedure. Cases of high spinal are encountered from time to time; especially in patients...
Keywords: subarachnoid block, Isobaric bupivacaine, hyperbaric bupivacaine, high Spinal
Category: Research Article Published: November 2024 Vol. 3, Issue 1
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"Plagiarism means presenting the work of others as your own work” (University of Liverpool, n.d.). It is a disregard to original authors' academic contribution. Improper...
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