Table of Contents

 

Review Articles

An Overview of Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in China: Current Landscape and Future Prospects - Sakarie Mustafe Hidig –  387

Original Research

The Neuropeptide Substance P is Elevated in Sickle Cell Disease and is a Marker of Severity of Vaso-occlusive Crisis - Olutoyin Olawuyi, Lateef Salawu, Rahman Bolarinwa, Olalekan Akerele, Victor Mabayoje, Ademayowa Adeyemo - 398

Assessment of Nutritional Status among Elderly Hospitalized Patients in Enugu, Nigeria: A Hospital-based Study - Ngozi Ijeoma Okoro, Bruno Basil, Michael Chinweuba Abonyi. - 403

Predictors of HIV Testing Among Pregnant Women aged 15-49 Years in Nigeria - Charles Echezona Nzelu, Magdeline Aagard, Hadi Danawi, Gwendolyn. S. Francavillo, Pelagia Melea. - 413

Vaginal hysterectomy at federal teaching hospital, Katsina: A five-year review - Abdulfattah Mohammed Lawal, Fatima Abubakar Rasheed, Aisha Abdurrahman. - 424

Effectiveness of the use of intravenous tranexamic acid and pericervical tourniquet in decreasing peri-operative blood loss following open abdominal myomectomy: A randomized controlled trial - Lubabatu Abdulrasheed, Nana Hauwa Madugu, Stephen Bodam Bature. - 431

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Patient Referral among Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors in Obio-Akpor, Rivers State - Chukwunonso Igboamalu, Daprim Samuel Ogaji - 443

Prevalence and predictors of severe pain among patients with orofacial pain in a Nigerian Tertiary health facility - Veronica Obianuju Amuh, Benlance Ekaniyere Edetanlen, Hilda Itsemekpe Omere. - 456

Prevalence of prolonged QTc interval among HIV infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and its relationship with cd4 cells count and viral load at a tertiary hospital in North Eastern Nigeria - Musa Mohammed Baba, Ayoola Yekeen Ayodele, Habu Abdul, Baba Waru Goni, Fatime Garba Mairari. - 465

Patterns and outcomes of cardiovascular disease admissions in the medical wards of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria: A two-year review - Boma Oyan, Sarah Abere, Aisha O Ajala, Furo Orupabo, Ovundah E Nyeche, Jennifer C Nwosu, Loizy I Fana-Granville - 479

Obesity Defining Criteria, and Association with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among People Living with HIV in Jos, Nigeria - Lucius Chidiebere Imoh, Temitope Toluse Selowo, Olumide Bamidele Olaniru, Esala Ezekiel Abene, Zumnan Mark Gimba, Pantong Mark Davwar, Nathan Yakubu Shehu, Jeremiah Onubi, Christian Ogoegbulam Isichei. - 490

Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infection in neonates- a major concern and a call for action - Samaha Saleh Mustapha, Aishatu Musa Zaidu, Muhammad Shamsuddeen Yusuf, Shamsudin Aliyu, Isa Abdulkadir. - 503

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Concerning Cervical Cancer Screening Among Reproductive Age Group Women in Low-Resource Settings Yenagoa Bayelsa State - Ebikonbowei Okaba - 512

Awareness of diagnosis and treatment plan among patients in the Accident and Emergency Department of a Nigerian tertiary hospital - Dabota Yvonne Buowari, Barile Edward Ikpae. - 524

Case Report

Ileal Perforation and Psychosis in a 19-Year-Old Haemoglobin SC Patient-A Case Report - Michael Abiodun Adeyanju, Oluwakemi Bolanle Windapo. - 533

Genital tuberculosis masquerading as hematometra in an adolescent girl with an acute abdomen: A case report - Nisha Malik, Poojan Dogra Marwaha, Bhavna Bhavna, Asmita Kaundal, Sushruti Kaushal. - 540

Editorial Correspondence


Tuberculosis of the Cervix Mimicking Cervical Carcinoma: Correspondence - Hinpetch Daungsupawong, Viroj Wiwanitkit. - 546

Review articles

Original Articles

The Neuropeptide Substance P is Elevated in Sickle Cell Disease and is a Marker of Severity of Vaso-occlusive Crisis

Olutoyin Adenike Olawuyi, Lateef Salawu, Mutiu Ademayowa Adeyemo, Rahman Bolarinwa, Victor Olatunji Mabayoje, Olalekan Isaac Akerele
Abstract 138 | PDF Downloads 106 EPUB Downloads 24 | DOI https://doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-419

Page 398 - 402

Assessment of Nutritional Status among Elderly Hospitalized Patients in Enugu, Nigeria: A Hospital-based Study.

Ngozi Ijeoma Okoro, Bruno Basil, Michael Chinweuba Abonyi
Abstract 111 | PDF Downloads 42 EPUB Downloads 32 | DOI https://doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-473.

Page 403 - 412

Predictors of HIV Testing Among Pregnant Women aged 15-49 Years in Nigeria

Charles Nzelu, Magdeline Aagard, Hadi Danawi, Gwendolyn. S. Francavillo, Pelagia Melea
Abstract 81 | PDF Downloads 57 EPUB Downloads 40 | DOI https://doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-435.

Page 413 - 423

Vaginal hysterectomy at federal teaching hospital, Katsina: A five-year review

Abdulfattah Mohammed Lawal, Fatima Abubakar Rasheed, Aisha Abdurrahman
Abstract 92 | PDF Downloads 66 EPUB Downloads 36 | DOI https://doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-423

Page 424 - 430

Prevalence and predictors of severe pain among patients with orofacial pain in a Nigerian Tertiary health facility

Veronica Obianuju Amuh, Benlance Ekaniyere Edetanlen , Hilda Itsemekpe Omere
Abstract 61 | PDF Downloads 48 EPUB Downloads 20 | DOI https://doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-484

Page 456 - 464

Patterns and outcomes of cardiovascular disease admissions in the medical wards of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria: A two-year review.

Boma Oyan, Sarah Abere, Aisha O Ajala, Furo Orupabo, Ovundah E Nyeche, Jennifer C Nwosu, Loizy I Fana-Granville
Abstract 155 | PDF Downloads 93 EPUB Downloads 36 | DOI https://doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-467

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Obesity Defining Criteria, and Association with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among People Living with HIV in Jos, Nigeria.

Lucius Chidiebere Imoh, Temitope Toluse Selowo , Olumide Bamidele Olaniru, Esala Ezekiel Abene, Zumnan Mark Gimba, Pantong Mark Davwar , Nathan Yakubu Shehu , Jeremiah Onubi , Christian Ogoegbulam Isichei
Abstract 120 | PDF Downloads 91 EPUB Downloads 35 | DOI https://doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-478

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Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infection in neonates- a major concern and a call for action

Samaha saleh Mustapha, Aishatu Musa Zaidu, Muhammad Shamsuddeen Yusuf; Shamsudin Aliyu; Isa Abdulkadir
Abstract 117 | PDF Downloads 89 EPUB Downloads 32 | DOI https://doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-496

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Case reports or Series

Ileal Perforation and Psychosis in a 19-Year-Old Haemoglobin SC Patient-A Case Report

Michael Abiodun Adeyanju, Oluwakemi Bolanle Windapo
Abstract 185 | PDF Downloads 79 EPUB Downloads 15 | DOI https://doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-323

Page 533 - 539

Genital tuberculosis masquerading as hematometra in an adolescent girl with an acute abdomen: A case report

Poojan Dogra Marwaha, Nisha Malik, Bhavna Bhavna, Asmita Kaundal, Sushruti Kaushal
Abstract 101 | PDF Downloads 66 EPUB Downloads 28 Figure 1 Downloads 0 Figure 2 Downloads 0 Figure 3 Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-477

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Letter to the Editor

Tuberculosis of the Cervix Mimicking Cervical Carcinoma: Correspondence

Hinpetch Daungsupawong, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Abstract 111 | PDF Downloads 56 EPUB Downloads 30 | DOI https://doi.org/10.60787/nmj-v65i3-514

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