Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-584X/1510053
Association of Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Subjects in Yaounde Cameroon Using a Panel of Serum Biomarkers (PGII, HpIgG): A Case Control Study
Ebule IA, Djune FAK, Njeambosay BA, Doh GN, Metaghue G, Majuikouo L, Befolo MHDM, Nkayo M, Tanni B, Heugueu C, FEUATSAPK C, Noah ND, Paloheimo L and Syrjanen K
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: December 30, 2017
Infection to Helicobacter pylori has been associated to many gastrointestinal diseases including gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer. Chronic infections are frequent and severe in patients with diabetes mellitus (DMT2), probably due to the impairment of their immune status. The link between H. pylori infection and diabetes mellitus (DM) remains controversial....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-584X/1510052
Atrophic Gastritis and Gastric Cancer Risk amongst Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Subjects and Controls in Yaounde Cameroon Using a Panel of Serum Biomarkers (PGI, G-17)
Ebule IA, Djune FAK, Njeambosay BA, Doh G N, Befolo MHDM, Nkayo M, Metaghue G, Majuikouo L, Tanni B, Heugueu C, FEUATSAPK C, Noah ND, Paloheimo L and Syrjanen K
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: December 30, 2017
Gastric inflammation is a precursor to many gastrointestinal disorders including, peptic ulcer disease, atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer. Gastritis is frequent and usually severe in patients with diabetes mellitus (DMT2), probably due to the impairment of their immune status. Atrophic gastritis is usually accompanied by low hydrochloric acid, low pepsinogens and hypergastrinemia and is the most significant risk condition for gastric cancer....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-584X/1510051
The Role of Wide Area Transepithelial Sampling WATS 3D as an Adjunct to Standard Forceps Biopsy in Barrett's
Meghana Vellanki and Steven Clayton
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 30, 2017
Barrett's esophagus requires surveillance to monitor for dysplasia and esophageal adenocarcinoma. New methods have been developed to detect dysplasia and esophageal adenocarcinoma. One of these methods, the wide area transepithelial sampling 3D brush biopsy (WATS 3D) is a computer-assisted brush-biopsy technique that uses an abrasive sampling instrument to detect dysplasia or esophageal adenocarcinoma compared to the standard four quadrant biopsy method....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-567X/1510037
Differential Risky Behaviors among HIV Positive and HIV Negative People
Celine Nguefeu Nkenfou, Josiane Gouekem, Antoine Socpa, Blandine Nkenfou Kampa, Elvis Ndukong Ndzi, Alexandre Nkoum and Alexis Njolo
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: December 28, 2017
HIV positive and HIV negative people were recruited in the capital city of Cameroon. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire, pretested and validated, before and after the knowledge of HIV status. The information collected include: Age at first sexual intercourse, number of sexual partners, usage of condoms and frequency of sexual intercourses....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3397/1410059
Management of Incisional Hernias at a Tertiary Centre
Jacob A Akoh
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: December 30, 2017
All patients with incisional hernias who underwent repair at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth between 2009 and 2011 were included in the study. A retrospective review of elective and emergency cases; operative details of the index procedure and hernia repair; and postoperative events and outcome was performed. Analysis was performed using an Excel pivot table and tests of statistical significance performed using GraphPad Prism....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510082
The Effects of Pre-Exercise Blood Glucose on Responses to Short Duration High Intensity Exercise
Emma Swanwick and Martyn Matthews
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: January 08, 2018
Carbohydrate ingestion prior to exercise has been the subject of much debate over the last few decades with a range of individual responses observed with different carbohydrate loads, across a time period of 15-75 minutes pre-exercise. It has been argued that pre-exercise carbohydrate feeding, and subsequent insulin response, added to the onset of moderate intensity exercise can lead to hypoglycaemia (defined as a blood glucose level below 3.9 mm/L)....