Table of contents (Vol 9, No 9)
RESEARCH

Outbreak of measles in Sokoto State North-Western Nigeria, three months after a supplementary immunization campaign
 

Worldwide, measles infects about 20 million people with about 200,000 deaths annually. This study reports an outbreak of measles in sokoto state, Nigeria.

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By Baffa Sule Ibrahim, Godwin Jiya Gana, Yahaya Mohammed, Ummulkhulthum Abubakar Bajoga, Abdullahi Shehu Umar, Abayomi Akintunde Olufemi, Bolatito Halimatu Ayanleke, Aisha Ahmed Abubakar, Saheed Oluwatoyin Gidado, Patrick M Nguku

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Reliability and factor analysis of general health questionnaire 12 in malay version among women with abnormal pap smear results
 

This study determines the reliability and validity of (GHQ-12) in Malay version among women with an abnormal Pap smear result.

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By Mardiana Mansor, Mainul Haque, Shabbir Ahmed Sheikh, Lim Chin Choon, Afiqah Mat Zin

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Speciation and susceptibility testing of Candida isolates from vaginal discharge
 

This study offers that Candida albicans is the commonest species isolated from vaginal discharge. Effectiviely more than half of all Candida isolates are non-albicans Candida, for which treatment has to be appropriate since intrinsic resistant to fluconazole is very common.

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By Swapna Muthusamy, Selvi Elangovan

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Association between anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies and schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar in patients hospitalized in the psychiatric ward
 

This retrospective case-control study explains that there is a changing trend in the susceptibility pattern of Toxoplasma gondii with emerging resistance to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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By Abdolhossein Dalimiasl, Mahdi Mosayebi, Behzad Ghorbanzadeh, Mohsen Ghasemi, Reza Hajihossein

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EDITORIAL

Sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy - Is it time for standardization of services?
 

This editorial highlights the safety of sedation during gastrointestinal endoscopy and its standardization.

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By Basavana G Goudra, Preet Mohimder Singh

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REVIEW

Type 2 diabetes mellitus: Link between diet, HbA1c and complications
 

Diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality and is associated with high rates of vascular complications. In this review a relatively new dietary consultation model has been proposed for more effective diabetes care.

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By Waqas Sami, Tahir Ansari, Nadeem Shafique Butt, Mohd Rashid Ab Hamid

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BRIEF REPORT

Basic life support through early clinical exposure: Students’ perspective
 

This study provides guidance to implement basic life support program within the framework of early clinical exposure. It has also provided insight into the effect of early clinical exposue on the affective domain.

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By Varshini Athipathy, Pananghat Achutha Kumar, Rajangam Tolstoy, Parthasarathy Jeyakrishnan, Prakash Mohanasundram, Amareswar Reddy

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RESEARCH PROTOCOL

Efficacy of the Flinders chronic condition management program in obese patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis
 

This study is designed to provide robust and transparent findings including randomisation sequence generation, allocation concealment and implementation and will therefore provide much needed quality evidence in the field of self-management and osteoarthritis.

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By Ladan Sahafi, David Smith, Kristen Georgiou, Jegan Krishnan, Malcolm Battersby

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CASE STUDY

Small bowel obstruction and volvulus secondary to strongyloidiasis
 

In Australia, the health care providers should be aware of the possible absence of the well-described risk factors and the potential atypical presentation of strongyloidiasis due to the growing population of migrants from the endemic areas.

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By Jasper Sung, Martin MacLeish, Damien Meagher

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Carney complex with PRKAR1A mutation: A case report
 

This case offers a clinical suspicion of Carney complex which was confirmed by genetic testing carried out by using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) based methodology.

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By Anil Satyaraddi, Aaron Chapla, Sahana Shetty, Nihal Thomas

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Multiple intra-renal pathological injury patterns in resistant myeloma
 

This case study highligts kidney disease is a common manifestation of Multiple Myeloma (MM) in approximately 50 per cent of patients having renal dysfunction during evaluation.

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By Dharshan Rangaswamy, Mohit Madken, Mahesh Vankalakunti, Ravindra Prabhu Attur, Shankar Prasad Nagaraju

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