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  • Adenocarcinoma of the Appendix in Young Men with Acute Appendicitis 
    Alexiou, K.; Ioannidis, Argyrios; Drikos, I.; Karanikas, I.; Fotopoulos, A.; Chorti, M.; Economou, N. (Scientific Research, 2014-05)
    Intoduction: The adenocarcinomas of the appendix are rare tumors of the gastrointestinal truct that often reveal no clear clinical symptoms and are not diagnosed in time. In this study, we analyze a rare case of an ...
  • Adult Cardiac-Related Deaths: A Reflection of Epidemiologic Transition of Diseases in the Developing World? 
    Thomas, Martins O.; Awolola, Nicholas A.; Olusoji, Olugbenga O. (Scientific Research, 2012-12)
    Background: Epidemiologic transition of diseases is taking place globally. Therefore, it is necessary that more work is done to unravel the situation in respect to cardiac diseases in the developing world. Aim: The research ...
  • Anaesthetic Challenges in Cardiac Interventional Procedures 
    Thangavel, Periyasamy; Muthukumar, Siva; Karthekeyan, Baskar R.; Vakamudi, Mahesh; Nayagam, Hemananand (Scientific Research, 2014-11)
    The increasing scope of interventions in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) and electrophysiological laboratory (EPL) has resulted in new challenges for the anaesthesia teams where they deal with different ...
  • Anesthesia Alert—A Preoperative Safety Concept for the Surgeon 
    Protyniak, Bogdan; Pearce, Paul; Giambarberi, Luciana; Kumar, Atul; Goldfarb, Michael A. (Scientific Research, 2015-04)
    Background: Advances in modern medicine and surgical technique have allowed patients with multiple comorbidities to undergo invasive surgery electively. This places additional stress on hospital resources to anticipate ...
  • Antibioprophylaxy by the Surgery Staff in the Teaching Hospital Gabriel Touré in Mali 
    Dembélé, Bakary Tientigui; Traoré, Alhassane; Togo, Adégné; Kanté, Lassana; Diakité, Ibrahim; Traoré, Amadou; Cissoko, Bourama Emmanuel; Konaté, Madiassa; Karembé, Boubacar; Coulibaly, Yacaria; Keita, Soumeila; Keita, Mamby; Diallo, Souleymane; Diallo, Gangaly (Scientific Research, 2015-03)
    This prospective survey was conducted from February to December 2014 about the use ceftriaxone (ceftriaz) for antibioprophylaxy concerning 300 patients by the surgery staff in the Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital in Mali. ...
  • Assessment of the Left Ventricle Wall Motion Using Tagged Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data (tMRI) 
    Alenezy, Mohammed D. (Scientific Research, 2015-11)
    In this paper, the Radial Strain (RS) and Strain Rate (SR) was calculated using tagged MRI (tMRI) data. Using tagged magnetic resonance imaging (tMRI), the left ventricle short axis of five healthy adults (three men and ...
  • Atherosclerotic Descending Aortic Aneurysms. Pros and Cons of Surgery 
    Krylov, Vladimir P.; Titov, Leonid P.; Gaiduk, Valentina N.; Reut, Leonid I.; Smaliakou, Аleksey L.; Mankevich, Nadezhda V. (Scientific Research, 2015-09)
    Within the last few years, there has been a strong trend to rethink the issue of management of atherosclerotic descending thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). When etiopathogenetic associations among changes ...
  • Bradyarrythmias: A Study of Anthropometric, Demographic and Comorbidity Profiles in an African Population 
    Thomas, Martins O.; Ogunleye, Ezekiel O.; Olusoji, Olugbenga O.; Olugbemi, Augustin; Ojo, O. O. (Scientific Research, 2013-11)
    Background: Bradyarrhythmias are a group of cardiac rhythm disorders that are characterized by bradycardia and they are cosmopolitan in distribution. Their demographic, anthropometric and comorbidity attributes are yet ...
  • Cardiac Immobilization in Beating Heart Surgery Using Pericardial Bands 
    Sirivella, Srikrishna; Gielchinsky, Isaac (Scientific Research, 2012-06)
    A novel technique of stabilization of the coronary targets with autogenous pericardial bands is described in off pump coronary revascularizations. Pericardial bands are placed across the coronary targets and snared to the ...
  • Cardiac Surgery during Pregnancy-Our Experience 
    Kanhere, Vivek M.; Kanhere, Anjali V.; Chakravarty, Devashish; Pendse, Nikhil; Pendse, Milan; Khan, Munir A.; Shrivastava, Anita; Narkhede, Vinod (Scientific Research, 2017-08)
    Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) continues to be endemic in developing countries like India, thus a number of female patient present with valvular heart disease complicating pregnancy. Surgery is lifesaving in ...
  • Cardiomyopathies in Tropical Countries: Causes and Nosological Perspective 
    Touze, Jean-Etienne; Fourcade, Laurent (Scientific Research, 2013-11)
    Background: Cardiomyopathy is the main cause of heart failure in developing countries, mainly in Africa. In those areas the concept of “tropical cardiomyopathy” is still used to design all unexplained cardiomyopathy. The ...
  • Combined Antero-Posterior Inverted-U Metaphyseal and Open-Wedge Medial-Epiphyseal Osteotomy for Advanced Blount Disease 
    Ogbemudia, Alfred O.; Bafor, Anirejuoritse; Ogbemudia, Ehimwenma J.; Edomwonyi, Edwin (Scientific Research, 2015-04)
    Background: Blount disease is frequently associated with deformities that may not be adequately corrected by a single metaphyseal osteotomy. This study evaluated the outcome of a combined metaphyseal and epiphyseal ...
  • Comparison of Double-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Needlescopic Cholecystectomy 
    Ko, Kenju; Yamada, Shigetoshi; Hayashi, Ken; Tsunoda, Akira; Kusanagi, Hiroshi; Kano, Nobuyasu (Scientific Research, 2013-12)
    Purpose: Recently, reduced port surgery is becoming popular for laparoscopic surgery. “Reduced” means reducing the size or number of ports, but it is controversial as to which procedure is better. We evaluated double-incision ...
  • Consistent Condom Use among HIV Positive Women Attending Comprehensive Care Centre of Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya 
    Macharia, Anne G.; Kombe, Yeri; Mwaniki, Peter (Scientific Research, 2015-09)
    Background: Condoms offer protection against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission when used correctly and consistently. Many HIV infected people do not use condom regularly, thus leading to new HIV infections ...
  • Dengue Vaccines: Challenge and Confrontation 
    Perng, Guey C.; Lei, Huan-Yao; Lin, Yee-Shin; Chokephaibulkit, Kulkanya (Scientific Research, 2011-11)
    Dengue has been recognized as one of the most important vector-borne human diseases. The disease is induced by dengue virus infection resulting from the bite of an infected Aedes spp. mosquito after imbibing the tainted ...
  • Determination of Accuracy of Nursing Diagnoses Used by Nursing Students in their Nursing Care Plans 
    Aydin, Nursel; Akansel, Neriman (2013)
    Aim: The aim of this study was to determine and evaluate appropriateness of nursing diagnoses with NANDA taxonomy used by second year nursing students in their nursing care plans. Methods: Retrospective design. Findings: ...
  • Development, Dependency and HIV Risk in Kiribati 
    McMillan, Karen; Worth, Heather (Scientific Research, 2014-06)
    A study was undertaken in Kiribati, a small Pacific island nation, that has a low-level HIV epidemic but a high incidence of STIs among seafarers, their spouses (and children), and those involved in sex work. There are ...
  • Diversity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Subtypes in Western Kenya 
    Adungo, F. O.; Gicheru, M. M.; Adungo, N. I.; Matilu, M. M.; Lihana, R. W.; Khamadi, S. A. (Scientific Research, 2014-12)
    Background: HIV/AIDS is the principal pandemic in the world today. Two viral types (HIV-1 and HIV-2), with numerous groups (M, N and O for HIV-1 and A through H for HIV-2) have emerged. These have further proliferated ...
  • DNA Vaccines Approach: From Concepts to Applications 
    Pereira, Vanessa Bastos; Zurita-Turk, Meritxell; Saraiva, Tessália D. L.; Castro, Camila P.; Souza, Bianca M.; Agresti, Pamela M.; Lima, Fernanda A.; Pfeiffer, Vanessa N.; Azevedo, Marcela S. P.; Rocha, Clarissa S.; Pontes, Daniela S.; Azevedo, Vasco; Miyoshi, Anderson (Scientific Research, 2014-05)
    DNA vaccines are the third generation vaccines based on purified plasmid preparations containing transgenes that encode antigenic/therapeutic proteins or peptides capable of triggering an immune response against a wide ...
  • Does Obesity Affect Early Results after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting? 
    Aithoussa, Mahdi; Atmani, Noureddine; Seghrouchni, Anis; Abdou, Abdessamad; Moutakiallah, Younes; Bamous, Mehdi; Bellouize, Siham; Nya, Fouad; Lakhal, Zouhair; Ghadbane, Abdedaim H.; Elbekkali, Youssef; Boulahya, Abdelatif (Scientific Research, 2017-10)
    Background: The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of obesity on early results after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients underwent isolated CABG from ...

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