Volume 5, issue 3

Aslıhan Dilara Demir, Zeynep Hülya Durmaz, Çetin Kılınç, Rıdvan Güçkan, Correlation between red blood cell distrubition width and glycated hemoglobin in diabetic and nondiabetic patients
Aim ― Our aim in this study is evaluating the red blood cell distrubition width (RDW) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) relation in nondiabetic and diabetic people who applied to our hospital and showing the usability in disease follow-up. Material and Methods ― Main data of this research is....

Hakimeh Hazrati, Vahideh Zarea Gavgani, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Leila Vahedi, Problem-based learning in dentistry and interfiled comparison: a citation analysis study
Aim ― This study was designed to analyze the citations of medical education to measure primarily the research trend of Problem-based learning in medical education and to compare them in the fields of dentistry with medicine, nursing and pharmacology. Material and Methods ― This study was a....

Ato Kwamena Tetteh, Joseph Otchere, Langbong Bimi, Irene Ayi, Evaluation of field recognizable morbidity indicators of Schistosoma haematobium infection among primary school children in Ghana
Aim - This study was a retrospective evaluation of morbidity indicators and the use of questionnaire in decisions that relate to Schistosoma haematobium infection control among primary school children in Ghana. Materials and Methods — In all, 417 pupils in three primary schools (Kasseh....

Olanna T. Kotsoeva, Comparison of impact of medical therapy and surgical treatment on overall mortality in patients with severe chronic heart failure: a meta-analysis
Aim ― Meta-analysis of clinical trials comparing the efficacy of medical therapy (MT) and surgical treatment, including cardiac resynchronization therapy with and without cardioversion-defibrillation (CRT and CRT-D), circulatory support system (CSS) and heart transplantation (HT), in terms of....

Mostafa Essam Eissa, Extended application of dose-response models of infection on injectable insulin products in vials
Microbial contamination from in-use application of multidose pharmaceutical products constitutes health hazard to the consumer especially when considering injectable medicines. In the present study, an attempt has been made to integrate dose-response models of infections with pharmacopeial....

Serghei Covanțev, Olga Belic, Natalia Mazuruc, Double suprascapular foramen: a rare scapular notch variation
Anomalies and developmental variations of organs and anatomical structures are always at special attention since they often have clinical significance and at the same time may present a clinical challenge. The double suprascapular foramen is considered to be a rare variation of development and....

Vera A. Pogodina, Evgeniy A. Babenko, Natalia A. Gusel'nikova, Anatoliy I. Babenko, Comparative dynamic analysis of morbidity in various age groups in Russian Federation
Abstract: Aim of the study ― To perform a comparative analysis of morbidity rates in children aged 0-14 years and 15-17 years, in population older than 18 years, in women older than 55 years and men older than 60 years in Russian Federation based on the data of healthcare visits in 2004-2014.....