Cholelithiasis is a common surgical problem. In longstanding cases of cholelithiasis, spectrum of mucosal changes goes towards malignant changes. So Cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice as ea...
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that results from a complexpolymicrobial infection, leading to tissue destruction. The inflammatory process is regulated by an orchestrated network o...
The introduction of the use of continuous positive CPAP pressure (continuous positive airway pressure) has been associated with a decrease in the cases of alveolar rupture and chronic lung disease,...
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This study was carried out in order to determine factors that may influence anti-retroviral therapy (ART) adherence. The main objective was to identify factors that can be used to predict adherence...
Leukemia is a type of cancer caused by the acquisition of gene mutations that bestow deregulated proliferation, impaired differentiation. There is continuing interest to recognize the signaling pat...
Motorcycle is one of the largest means of transportation in Nigeria and many other low and middle income countries globally. Hence the term 'Commercial motorcycle'. It is a means of livelihood for ...
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall" - Confucius. Mankind has marched into the modern era of science and technology and our hospitals are equipped with the...
NSAID and Aspirin interactions have been well reported during the last decade. However, the reason behind These interaction are still unknown. This book presents the possible causes of both interac...
Colonoscopy is the gold standard to detect colorectal neoplasm. There have been multiple attempts to improve diagnostic accuracy partly by image improvement and one of them is narrow band imaging (...
The study is aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation along with motor relearning on improving functional mobility in subjects with sub-acute stroke.The o...
Cervical cancer is a preventable malignancy, yet every year over 530,000 women are diagnosed with and over 275,000 women die from the disease worldwide. The distribution of cases and deaths is comm...
The dramatic rise in intravenous drug use particularly heroin has been associated with elevated HIV transmission risk in sub-Saharan Africa. Medically Assisted Therapy is the use of prescription me...
The book is divided in seven chapters consisting two parts for each of gastrointestinal organs. The first part of the chapters gives overview on anatomical and physiological data for the organs, sy...
There is a worldwide epidemic of obesity; moreover, obesity is increasingly recognized as a common condition that accompanies asthma. While both are common in westernized countries, there is eviden...
The research-based pharmaceutical industry has faced growing challenges in recent years as a result of increased economic and regulatory pressures. Rising health care costs, increasing-price pressu...
Tooth is basically a hereditary unit that is in dynamic interplay with its environment, both affecting and being affected by its adjacent or surrounding tissues and organs. These surroundings, whic...
The predicting outcome of patients admitted in intensive care unit always remains an area of great concern for physicians as well as for patient's families. The impact of determining prognosis bear...
Hypertension and diabetes are causing affliction to the lives of most people in the world. Statistics available at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, one of Ghana's leading hospitals,...
Malaria and its related complications are a major problem in most African countries. Accurate diagnosis of the disease is key to proper management and control and an ideal diagnostic parameter that...