International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Implementation and Evaluation of Case-Based Learning Approach in Microbiology and Immunology

  • Author: Mohan Sannathimmappa, Vinod Nambiar, Rajeev Arvindakshan

• Impact of Human Milk Interleukin 6 in Lactating Mothers with Chronic Periodontitis on Infants Growth

  • Author: Liqa Sabah Hassan, Ban Sahib Diab

• The Effect of Nutritional Status on the Occlusion of Primary Dentition among Iraqi Preschool Children

  • Author: Meena O. Abdul Wadood, Muna Saleem Khalaf

• Quantifying the Soft Tissue Profile by Two Different Methods in Iraqi Adults: A Comparative Study

  • Author: Shahbaa A. Mohammed, Jinan Eliwey Saloom, Hiba Mohammed Hussien, Esraa Salman Jasim

• The Effect of Die Spacer Thickness on Retentive Strength of all Zirconium Crowns (An In vitro Study)

  • Author: Farah Adnan Taha, Adel Farhan Ibraheem

• Comparison of Muscle Mass between Obesity Classes by Different Formulas in Diabetes Mellitus

  • Author: Sabah Tuzun, Serap Çifçili, Resat Dabak, Ismet Tamer, Mehmet Sargin

• Effects of Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises on Blood Sugar Levels in Working Class Females with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus

  • Author: Asiya Khanum, Shaier Khan, Samina Kausar, Farhan Mukhtar, Saima Kausar

• Assessing the Period between Diagnosis of Breast Cancer and Surgical Treatment among Mastectomized Female Patients in Iraq

  • Author: Nada A. S. Alwan, Furat N Tawfeeq, Safana A. Sattar, Furat Yihya

• CASE STUDY

  Recurrent Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Two Years Child: A Case Study

  • Author: Sofia Kausar, Nazia Yousef, Muhammad Arshad Abbas

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression and its Related Influencing Factors among Patients with End-stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis in Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Ahmad M. Alqarni, Eiad A. Alghamdi, Nasser A. Alaqil, Abdulrhman H. Alzahrani, Yazeed M. Aldhfyan, Sattam A. Alruwaili

• Knowledge of Scientific Misconduct in Publication among Medical Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Bassam Alghamdi, Abdulrahman Alomair, Abdullah Alsultan, Saud Albuthi, Meshal Alrashed, Aamir Omair

• Evaluation of the Effect of Different Surface Treatments on Bond Strength of Heat Cured Acrylic Resin at Co-Cr Alloy and PEEK Polymer Interface

  • Author: Noor A. Jassim, Makarem Abdul-Rassol Jaber

• Association and Correlation between Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, and Visual Acuity in Students of Health Care Institution

  • Author: Suchitra Sachin Palve

• Cleaning Efficiency of Root Canals using Different Rotary Instrumentation Systems: A Comparative In vitro Study

  • Author: Hussein A. Al-Khafaji, Hussain F. Al-Huwaizi

• Air Way Bacterial Colonization in COPD Patients at Stable and the Exacerbated States

  • Author: Wedad M. Abdelraheem, Ebtisam S. Mohamed, Elham A. Abdelghany, Rasha M. Emam, Manar S. Mohamed

• Neuroprotective Effect of Midazolam Low Dose against Glutamate Toxicity Induced to Olfactory, Cortex and Cerebellum Neurons Culture: In vitro Study

  • Author: Muhammet E. Naldan, Ali Taghizadehghalehjoughi

• Status of Prolactin and Thyroid Hormone Level among Primary Infertility Patients Visiting Tertiary Care Hospital, Nepal

  • Author: Pratigya Bhandari, R Bhattarai, BK Baral, BK Yadav, B Jha

• Impact of Frailty on Health Service Used: A Sample of Aksaray

  • Author: Tugce Turten Kaymaz, Guler Duru Asiret

• Study the Association of Serotonin and Serotonin Transporter Concentration with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Sample of Iraqi Primary School Children

  • Author: Shatha Q. Jawad, Shaimaa S. Mutlak, Sumaiah I. Hussein

• Bacteriological Assessment of Fresh Beef Sold in Birnin Kebbi Central Market, Kebbi State, Nigeria

  • Author: Abbas Bazata Yusuf, Bashar Haruna Gulumbe, Basiru Aliyu, Zaharaddin Muhammad Kalgo

• Role of JAK in the Induction of iNOS in Macrophages using Pharmacological Inhibitors

  • Author: Mohammed Qumani Ahmed, Mohd Adnan Kausar, S.M.A. Shahid, Abdulkhalig Babiker Hassan, Samir Qiblawi, Tolgahan Acar, Mohammed A.H. Siddiqui

• Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Pap Smear among Married Women Attending Primary Health Care Centers in Duhok City

  • Author: Iman Yousif Abdulmalek, Kawther Mahmood Kalary

• Effect of Silver (Ag) Nanoparticles on Structural and Mechanical Properties of (PMMA) Blend and its Application for Denture Base

  • Author: Israa H. Hilal, Mithaq R. Mohammed, Warqaa A. Shakir

• Epidemiology and Patterns of Leukemia in Northern Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Abdelbaset Mohamed Elasbali, Hisham Hussain Alharbi, Ziad Al-Onzi, Mohammed H. Saiem Al-dahr, Alneil Hamza, Ezeldine Khalafalla, Dina Alshammari, Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed

• Cognitive Functions and Depression in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Sanaa M. Kamal, Abdulrahman Ibrahim S Almousa, Atheer Mohammed D Alotaibi

• Effects of gestational diabetes and other metabolic syndromes on stemness properties of adult mesenchymal stem cells

  • Author: Nabila Rasheed, Bushra Wasim Khan, Shumaila Usman, Madeeha Sadiq

• Prevalence and risk indicators of dentine hypersensitivity among adults living in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Al-Hadi Hamasha Abed, Faisal Alkhamis, Malik Alotaibi, Saud Aleidi, Khalid Alzahrani, Omar Almotairy, Ahmad Al-Quraishi, Abdulwahab Aldubayyan, Yazed Alnasser, Abdulrahman Alharbi, Nawaf Aljahdali, Abdulmajeed Alahmry

• RESEARCH NOTE

  The clinical impact of respiratory syncytial virus a(h1n1)pdm09 in children

  • Author: Makoto Enomoto, Yuko Hotta, Yuri Momose, Tetsuo Kase, Satoshi Kusuda, Seto Toshiyuki

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Infant mortality: An analysis of avoidable deaths in a municipality in the northeast of Brazil, 2008 to 2016

  • Author: Peter Richard Hall, Anna Hellen Rodriguese Silva, Antonio Eldenir Vasconcelos Neto, Carlos Eduardo Barros Moraes, Fernanda Susy Bessa Menezes Cavalcante, Joao Victor Notini Arcanjo, José Maria Silva Neto

• The association between hypoglycemia requiring emergency medical intervention and patient health outcomes

  • Author: Mariam H Abdalla, Laila Layqah, Abdullah M Altuwayjiri, Ziad M Alshaharani, Mohammed Abujamal, Hind S Almodaimegh, Daham N Al Daham

• A study to determine the intradialytic hypotension among patients on maintenance heamodialysis

  • Author: Syed Muhammad Mashhood Ali Bokhari, Fatima Mahmood, Abdul Sallam Sajid

• Prevalence of pulpal stones in a Saudi subpopulation

  • Author: Abdulmjeed Sadoon, Turki Alotaibi, Rashid Iqbal Mian, Nawaf Alnufaie, Ammar Ahmed Siddiqui

• Prevalence of vaginal infections among diabetic and non-diabetic Saudi pregnant women

  • Author: makhlouf Entesar, Ahmad Hamaad Walaa, Awatif Alhmeidi Alenizi, NF El-Tahtawi, Shadia Mohamed Khadrawi

• Awareness and application of creatinine clearance/egfr in non-nephrology doctors

  • Author: Samina Fida, Raja Yasser Shahbaz, Mehreen Junaid, Mahnoor Haider, Noor Masood

• Sensitivity and specificity of xpert mtb/rif for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, detection of rif resistance and its concordance with gene sequencing for rif resistance

  • Author: Gull Afshan, Mazher Hussain, Mudassir Shafiq

• Early appendectomy for acute appendicitis in adults: Is it valuable?

  • Author: Ashraf Abdelazeem Mohamed, Fauwaz Fahad Al Rashid, Elzahraa Ibrahim Khalil

• A technique to increase retention of all metal and porcelain fused to metal crowns to cast post and core restorations

  • Author: F Alzeghaibi Faisal, Rymah A Alrashid, E Quwayhis Shahad, A Al Rashed Mohammed

• Patient satisfaction with service quality in emergency department of public Hospitals in KSA

  • Author: Ibtisam T Alsawat

• Insight of Saudi women towards breast self-examination in qurayyat, northern Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Abdelbaset Mohamed Elasbali, Ziad Alonzi, Elyasa Mustafa Elfakia Mohammed, Dena Alshammar, Lamyaa Abdulaziz Mohammed Alkhalaf, Mubrak Alsharai Fawaz, Hamed AL Jadani Ahmed, Gadelkarim Ahmed Hussain

• Comparison of latex agglutination test with polymerase chain reaction for detection of meca gene in methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

  • Author: Aneela Khawaja, Faiqa Arshad, Ambreen Tauseef, Liaqat Zia, Sharjeel Ahmad, Shahmir Altamash, Rana Harris Farooq

• Awareness of the public about celiac disease in children in Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Abdulwahab Mabkhoot Ali Meqbel, Abdullah Rafa-Abdullah Alshehri, Majed Mohammed Mubarak Alqahtani, Abdulrahman Yahya Mohammed Almazni, Fares Hamdi Mohammed Alhamd, Hassan Mohammed Hassan Al-Mani, Nouf Abdullah Mohammed Asiri, Asma Suleman Hassan Al-shahrani, Rayan Abdullrhman Mohammed Al-Asmari, Abdullah Ali Saeed Alqahtani, Omar Mohammed Ali Alfaifi, Thamer Hamad M Alshahrani, Fawzia Saeed Mohammed Alasmari, Abdullah Mohammed Ahmed Alshehri, Meshari Mushabbab Saad Al-Ahmari, Fatimah Yahya Ibraheem Asiri, Abdulrahman Ali Alghamdi, Ahmad Abdullah Alamri, Fares Mohammed Alzahrani, Ali Mohammed Ali Alqahtani, Ahad Essa mohammed Asiri, Abdulraheem Mohammad Alamri

• Structure prediction of ncrna genes: A review on computational intelligence algorithms

  • Author: Qaisar Abbas

• The relative contribution of psychological serenity and self-regulated learning strategies in predicting academic engagement among University Students

  • Author: Boshra A Arnout

• Students’ perceptions about current use, effectiveness and barriers in implementation of interactive learning at college of medicine, northern border University, Arar

  • Author: Ehtisham Khyzer, Tehreem Aftab

• Prevalence and factors associated with dentofacial characteristics of malocclusion among Saudi adults: A cross-sectional study

  • Author: Al-Hadi Hamasha Abed, Hind A. Alfehaid, Nouf A. Alqahtani, Sarah A. Alhusseini, Rasha K. Alomar, Nouf A. Almayouf, Norah F. Aljuhaimi, Atheer A. Almasoud

• FANCA gene in Pakistani fanconi anemia patients: Screening of mutations in exon 28 and exon 29

  • Author: Iram Saima, Iram Aftab, Shazia Bano, Ali Amar, Nadir Ali, Shah Jahan, Shagufta Khaliq, Shahida Mohsin

• Isolation, chemical analysis, and free radical scavenging activity of the volatile components of two Moringa species

  • Author: Abdulhakim Bawadekji, Mohd. Imran, M.A.U. Mridha, Mouhanad Al Ali

• Physical activity practices among primary health care physicians in al-jouf: A cross-sectional study

  • Author: Abdulrahman Mutarid Alruwaili

• Traumatic injuries of the dorso-lumbar spine, review of surgical approaches

  • Author: Hamed Ahmed Alnefaie, Saoud Tariq Etaiwi, Heba Abdulatif E Khoja, Essam Hassan M Bahkali, Zahra Abdulaziz N Almoabid, Sultan Khalil A Almaghrabi, Mohammed Hassan H Almubarak, Ahmad Hussain S Al Yahya, Maha Abdullah S Alharbi, Malak Essa A Alsultan, Natheer Ibrahim A Albasri, Abdalkarim Ahmed H Alalsheikhahmed

• Molecular signatures of microrna in obesity associated obstructive sleep apnea in middle-aged adults

  • Author: Sartaj Khurana, Sachin Kumar, Randeep Guleria, Sangeeta Choudhury, Vikas Gaur, Biswajit Saha, Sudeep Bose

• Mandibular morphological variations in partially edentulous adult patients: An orthopantomographic study

  • Author: Basheer Bahija, Sarah Bin Muharib, Ghaida Bin Moqbel, Amal Alzahrani, Latifa Algudiabi, Mada Alsukaybi, Mashael Althunyan

• Premarital screening program knowledge and attitude among Saudi University students in Tabuk city 2019

  • Author: Amirah Alhowiti, Tariq Shaqran

• Resin infiltration recent trends in aesthetic and restorative dentistry: A systematic review

  • Author: Abdulmohsen Al Rabiah, Moath Aljammaz, Faisal Ahmed Alzeer, Nawaf Almazyad, Mohammed Nasser Aldosari

• Oral health status and oral health-related quality of life (ohrqol) in patients with removable or fixed partial dentures in King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for health sciences (ksau-hs) dental clinics

  • Author: Waleed Almutairi, Amritha, Fahad Alawad, Mohammed Aldosari, Abdulrahman Alshalan, Khalid Alajlan

• Epidemiology of adult trauma at a tertiary Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Albabtain Ibrahim, Alfehaid Omar, Alghunaim Mohammed, Mamoon Abdulaziz, Alshaibi Saleh, Albaqami Mohammed, Aljesh Saud

• Hepatitis c virus: Computational biology approach towards the research - a Review

  • Author: Abhishek Soni

• Patient safety awareness among future health professionals in a Pakistani Medical College of Military set-up

  • Author: Rizwana Kamran, Attia Bari, Rehan Uddin, Ambreen Tauseef, Farhat Ijaz, Faiqua Yasser, Rana Khurram Aftab

• A study to determine the magnetic resonance imaging diagnostic accuracy for localizing testis in cryptorchidism cases

  • Author: Yadullah, Junaid Arshad, Sami Ullah

• Risk factors of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia associated with folfox, folfiri, and folfoxiri regimens used in patients with advanced and metastatic colorectal cancer

  • Author: Abdel-Razaq Wesam, Fares G. Almutairi, Alzahrani Mohammed, Bander A. Albassam, Faris F. Alobaidi, Abdulrahman M. Alshehri, Mohammed A. Alwaheeby

• Assessment of community-based home health programs among children with chronic disease in Tertiary Care Center, Riyadh

  • Author: Seba Almutairi, Tala Albassri, Nazish Masud, Feryal Said, Ibrahim Aljohani, Manal Bawazeer

• Awareness about oral cancer among dental and medical practitioners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

  • Author: Bahija Basheer, Abdalrhman Alrajhi, Ahmed Alsuawari, Fahad Alotaibi, Hussam Almalki, Faisal Alghanim, Ahmad Jaddoh, Abdulelah Alotaibi, Waleed Albaradie, Nawaf Alotaibi, Khalid Alfozan, Nwaf Alawad

• Mandibular canine with two canals: A case report in Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Ethar Hassan Abulhassan, Iman Emad Almohammed, Sarah Mubarak Alkahtany

• Knowledge and perception of risks and use of e-cigarettes (vaping) among adults in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Dunya Nasrallah Alfaraj, Yaser Zakaria Alessa, Fadel Abbas Al Abdulatif, Jaffar Mohammed Alshorafa, Mujtaba Ameen Alshakhs, Hassan Ali Al Butayan

• Effect of health education on food hygiene practices and personal hygiene practices of food vendors in public secondary schools at Oshimili south local government area

  • Author: Evert N Onyia, Linda C Odikpo, Ehiemere Ijeoma, Ihudiebube-Splendor Chikaodili Ndidiamaka, Uchechukwu A Ikeh

• Development of coordination abilities with use of classic’s exercises

  • Author: Georgiy Georgievich Polevoy

• Utilization of social media in educating family medicine residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Frequency and belief

  • Author: Sarah Almutairi, Marwah Almutairi, Tahani Khalil

• Post-tonsillectomy bleeding: Assessing the merit of some risk factors in a series of saudi patients

  • Author: Abdullah D Alotaibi, Fahad Nashmi Alshammari, Saleh Ahmed Saleh Alammari, Ali M. Alshdokhi, Turki S. Aljuhani, Talal Banan Alanazi, Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed

• Assessment of predictors for severity in scrub typhus-a case-control study

  • Author: Ashneet Sandhu, Raghavendra Rao, Asha Kamath, Rama Bhat

• Survival rates among elderly population with advanced colorectal cancer in Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Abdullah Nasser Leslom, Ziyad Mohammed Saeed Alrawiah, Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Al-Asmari, Moneer Dhafer Ali Alqashaneen, Abdulaziz Oudah Tami Alahmari

• Results of primary closure and excision of pilonidal sinus disease

  • Author: Syed Tanseer Asghar, Sana Sharafat Ali, Rashid Mansoor Arshad, Masood Ahmed, Hamayun Riaz Ud Din Haider, Manzoor Ahmad

• Correlation of sit to stand test with six minute walk test in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

  • Author: Syed Tabish Rehman, Mateen Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Azhar Qureshi

• Patterns and clinical characteristics of traumatic spine fractures in Taif, Saudi Arabia: A retrospective study

  • Author: Nouf M. Althobaiti, Nawaf N. Alzahrani, Lama H. Alkhaldi, Atif A. Althobaiti, Raneem M. Alsiali, Abdul Karim Alhomaidi Almutairi, Tamer M. Abd-Elatti

• Utility of procalcitonin test in appropriate antibacterial choice: Retrospective evaluation

  • Author: Fares G Almutairi, Noura S Alsubayie, Jawaher A Gramish, Mohammad S Shawaqfeh

• Attitude and practice of surgical informed consent among the surgical team in a teaching center: A cross-sectional study

  • Author: Hadeel Basharaheel, Ghaydaa Aidarous, Lamis Halawani, Maryam Bajeafer, Tahani Al-Amoudi, Wasan Al-Qurashi, Hatim Al-Abbadi

• Knowledge of HPV, HPV-Induced Cancers, and HPV Vaccine among a Sample of Freshmen in a Northwestern Nigeria Monotechnic

  • Author: Kazeem Kanmodi Kehinde, Mike Eghosa Ogbeide, Omotayo Francis Fagbule, Taiwo Oyebamiji Isola, Ayomide Kanmodi Precious, Ishaq Kayode Lawal, Semeeh Akinwale Omoleke, Obi Chidebere

• Teething Beliefs and Traditional Practices towards Infant Teething Symptoms among Caretakers in Abha City, Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Malaz Mohamed Elrafie Mustafa, Hajer Abdullah Mansour, Sarah Mohammad Al-Buridi, Meer Zakirulla

• Study to determine the incus bone erosion ratio on mastoid exploration in cases of chronic suppurative otitis media with middle ear cholesteatoma

  • Author: Zafar Mahmood, Abdul Waheed, Muhammed Razzaq Dogar