Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510122
Level of Awareness on Menstrual Health among University Students in Mauritius
Azraa Jadwat, Uzma Bibi Bassa, Anastachia Rungusumy and Mahesh Shumsher Rughooputh
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: June 30, 2021
Menstruation is an important constituent of a female’s reproductive health and wellbeing. With the ease of access to information on the web and modern culture and practiced norms, the biopsychosocial aspects of menstrual health are changing. The objective of this study is to know the level of awareness of menstrual health among university students based in Mauritius and identify aspects that could be addressed to promote menstrual health. A randomized sample of 658 students (507 females, 151 m...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-461X/1710050
In Vitro Evaluation and Molecular Docking Studies of Aryl- Substituted Imidazoles against Leishmania Amazonensis
Julio Alberto Rojas Vargas, América García López, Aliesky Ramírez Vargas, Lianet Monzote Fidalgo and Matheus Froeyen
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 23, 2021
Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania that is considered one of the causes of death from parasitic infection worldwide. Looking for the right chemotherapy against leishmaniasis has been difficult because of the high toxicity of the most effective drugs. This disease is considered among the 13 unattended diseases worldwide according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the present work, the leishmanicidal activity against L. amazonensis promastigote and cytotoxicity ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510196
Evaluation of Educational Advancement following a Sports Medicine Rotation
Edward Rozek, PhD, Allison Cracchiolo, BS, Patrick Keating, BS, Kate Hefferan, BS, Chaoyang Chen, MD and Stephen Lemos, MD, PhD
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: July 19, 2021
The competency in orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine has been reported as a deficiency. Sports medicine clinical rotations may improve both medical students’ and residents’ musculoskeletal knowledge, but none have evaluated the knowledge and skills a resident may gain during the rotation in sports medicine. The purpose of this study is to determine (1) The knowledge gained by residents at varying levels after rotating within our sports medicine program and (2) The performance of residen...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5769/1510076
Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels of Apparently Healthy Nigerian Children Aged 1-24 Months
Akeredolu FD, Akuse RM, Mado SM and Yusuf R
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: July 23, 2021
The role of vitamin D in promoting health and contributing to disease is an emerging area of research interest that has important health care and public health implications. As the health relevance of vitamin D outside bone health is now being explored globally, scanty data is available about the vitamin D status of healthy Nigerian children. Because Infants and young children have a relatively low supply of foods rich in vitamin D and may also have inadequate exposure to sunlight, they are at r...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5734/1510132
Management of Residual Clefts in Maxillofacial Prosthodontics: A Clinical Case
Wijdane EL HAWARI, DMD, Mohamed AZHARI, DMD, Hasnae ROKHSSI, Nadia MERZOUK, DMD and Oussama BENTAHAR, MDM
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 30, 2021
Velopharyngeal dysfunction interest the closure of the velopharyngeal valve, it does not properly close during the production of oral sounds. It is due to velopharyngeal mislearning, velopharyngeal incompetence or velopharyngeal insufficiency. This dysfunction is treated surgically with pharyngeal flaps or pharyngoplasties, this surgical intervention is not always successful, it can cause scarring and deficiency in mobilizing the flaps. Indeed, when the surgery is not an indication or inadequate...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5734/1510131
Association of Porphyromonas Gingivalis, a Major Periodontopathic Bacteria, in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
Relvas Marta, DDS, PhD, López-Jarana Paula, DDS, Vinhas Ana Sofia, DDS, Pacheco José Júlio, MD, DDS, PhD, Barbas Amaral, JM MD, DDS, PhD and Salazar Filomena, MD, DDS, PhD
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: June 28, 2021
In the past few years, a link between periodontitis and Alzheimer’s disease was established by a growing number of clinical studies. But one question remains to be answered: How can the periodontitis be implicated in the Alzheimer’s disease? The aim of this work is to make a systematic integrative review of published literature to assess a possible association between Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) and Alzheimer’s disease. A research was realized on PUBMED and PUBMED CENTRAL. Of ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5734/1510130
Management of the Palatal Donor Area after Harvesting a Connective Tissue Graft: A Case Series
João Carnio, DDS, MS and Anna Tereza Carnio
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 10, 2021
The manipulation of the palatal flap after harvesting a connective tissue graft (CTG) plays an important role when the palatal donor area is intended to be used more than once. The palatal flap can be handled in one of two ways. One option is the coaptation of the borders, to facilitate healing by the first intention. The second option is the compression of the palatal flap against the bone, which is allowed to heal by secondary intention. Sixteen non-smoking patients who participated in the cur...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3001/1410112
Missed Cerebral Coil Found in Peripheral Circulation after Endovascular Embolization: A Rare Complication and Review
Nissar Shaikh MD, EDIC, Shoaib Nawaz MD, Sumayya Aboobacker, Adnan Khan, MBBS, Aisha Alkubaisi, MD, Umais Zaid Momin and Abdulnasser Thabet, AB
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 30, 2021
Endovascular embolization of cerebral aneurysm is common in clinical practice. The rare complication of endovascular embolization is coil misplacement. Most of the reported coil misplacements occur due to premature release of a coil into the cerebral circulation. We report a case of a coil lost into the peripheral circulation due to failed detachment from the micro-catheter at the right place. A young lady without medical history, presented at the emergency department with severe headache. Her c...