BACKGROUND Infection with human papilloma virus (HPV) is the main cause of cervical cancer, but the local risk factors have not been sufficiently assessed. AIM The study is aimed at determining the prevalence and to evaluate the local risk factors of HPV infection in cervical smears at the Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu, Nigeria. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The participants involved ...

DATA SOURCE We performed a s ation of hypothyroidi Editor: Imo Hoefer. Received: March 14, 2015; revised: June 6, 2015; accepted: June 23, 2015. From the Department of Nuclear Medicine (NN), The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P.R. China; Department of Cardiology (DG, RM, YZ, HK), The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University...

During last year’s SARS epidemic where Malaysia was spared, we conducted a questionnaire study on medical students of a private medical university in Malaysia in order to better understand their responses to the SARS epidemic, particularly in the face of uninterrupted ward teaching in Seremban Hospital a government designated SARS hospital where potential SARS cases referred from other healthca...

1. MD, PhD, Teaching Assistant Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Prenatal Diagnostic Unit, Universitary Emergency Hospital Craiova, Romania 2. MD, PhD, Teaching Assistant Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Prenatal Diagnostic Unit, Universitary Emergency Hospital Craiova, Romania 3. MD, PhD, T...

Onchocerciasis, or River Blindness as it is commonly called, has been found to be endemic in the Imo River basin of Imo and Abia States, all in the Southeastern part of Nigeria [1,2]. Auchinumo is a community of 16 villages situated along the Imo River basin in the Ihitte-Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State. The people live in somewhat isolated settlements and are predominantly farmers. Am...

Department of Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counselling, Rivers State University of Education, P. M. B. 5047. Port Harcourt, Nigeria. University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria This study deals with the incidence of Marasmic-kwashiorkor among children in Port Harcourt from the period 1994-1997. The study was undertaken at the University of Port Harcourt Teachin...

Departments of Rheumatology and Research and Development, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (A Teaching Trust of The University of Birmingham, UK), Clinical Research Unit, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands, United Kingdom; Department of Medical Chemistry, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia; Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester...

abstract: background: when organization managed by experienced, competent and well performed managers, the organization will be succeeded in achieving their goals and it will be more effective. objective: this study was designed with the purpose of determining the relationship between managers competency and hospital efficiency in teaching hospital of tehran university of medical sciences durin...