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: 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...
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: January 2020 Vol. 1, Issue 1
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Background: Malnutrition is a major public health issue in most parts of the developing world because it is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in children....
Keywords: Malnutrition, stunting, underweight, wasting.
Category: Research Article Published: November 2024 Vol. 3, Issue 1
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Retinal diseases are among the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness worldwide. However, they are underdiagnosed and undertreated in Nigeria as in other developing...
Keywords: Retinal diseases, prevalence, pattern.
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: April 2021 Vol. 2, Issue 1
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Sedation for patients going for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has its peculiar challenges to the Anaesthetists in the tropics where there are resource constraints. Efforts...
Keywords: sedation, oxygenation, magnetic resonance imaging, compatible equipment
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