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• Prevalence and Pattern of Psychiatric Morbidity among People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Kano

  Isa AA, Owolabi SD, Garba HZ, Usman UM, Gudaji MI

  62-67

• Prevalence and predictors of diabetes mellitus among adult population in delta central senatorial district of Delta State, Nigeria

  Ukoba O, Peter-Kio OB

  599-605

• Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Diabetes Mellitus in Public Secondary Schools Teachers in Ekiti State

  Elegbede OE, Sanni TA, Alabi AK

  95-101

• Prevalence and risk factors of bacteraemic community-acquired pneumonia in under-fives in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

  Dickson AJ, Ekpenyong EE, John UA, Akpan UM, Udo JJ, Oloyede IP

  1-7

• Prevalence and symptoms of peripheral artery disease in diabetic patients: In-hospital survey with modified Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire

  Ekpe EE, Onung S, Ubani BC, Morgan U, Akpan AF, Umoren U, Ekuma IA

  606-611

• Prevalence of brain fag syndrome and its correlation with stimulant use and socio-economic/demographic characteristics among university undergraduate students in Nigeria

  Aghukwa NC, Baguda AS, Fawaz B, Aminu IS

  29-41

• Prevalence of Dental Anomalies in an Orthodontic Population in Lagos, Nigeria

  Umeh OD, Etim SS, Hephzibah A

  573-582

• Prevalence of hypertension and microalbuminuria in children of hypertensive and non-hypertensive parents in Calabar, Nigeria: A comparative study

  Akpakpan IV, Ineji EO, Anah MU, Ikpeme OE, Amajor AC, Uzomba CI

  363-369

• Prevalence of low back pain among Church Attendees in a rural community in Southern Nigeria

  Nottidge BA, Nottidge TE

  702-709

• Prevalence of molar incisor hypomineralisation among school children in a Nigerian rural community

  Osadolor OO, Osadolor AJ

  442-446

• Prevalence of pain among adult patients living with HIV in Uyo, South-South, Nigeria

  Ettah OE, Edoho I, Kalu Q

  51-55

• Prevalence of Probable Sarcopenia and Associated Lifestyle Factors among Elderly Retired Nigerian Soldiers

  Ajuonuma FO, Ibrahim BY, Zubairu HD, Butawa NN

  167-172

• Prevalence of refractive error among secondary school students in Katagum Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria

  Attah M, Bello SU, Faridah HI, Wali AH, Dantani AM, Oyediji FJ, Batah H, Eze UA

  367-374

• The prevalence of sexual dysfunction, anxiety and depression in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients in Uyo, Nigeria

  Akpan EE, Udo AIA, Umoh AV

  79-84

• Prevalence, Attitude and Predictors of Public Urination amongst Adults attending a Tertiary Health Facility in Uyo, Nigeria

  Ekanem AM, Akwaowo CD, Motilewa OO, Udofia EA, Eduwem DU, Akpanekpo E

  346-354

• Prevalence, experiences and factors influencing gender-based violence among women refugees in Ogoja, Nigeria

  Uzomba AE, Nja G. M. E, Ndep AO, Uzomba CI, Etim JJ, Obogo PA, Onyekwelu CB, Eyam LE

  615-620

• Prevalence, pattern and factors associated with undernutrition among Primary school aged children in Rivers State Nigeria

  Osaro BO, Edet CK, Ben-Osaro NV

  70-80

• Prevalence, pattern and factors associated with workplace violence against healthcare workers in Nigeria: A systematic review

  Afolabi AA, Ilesanmi OS, Chirico F

  166-175

• Prevalence, Perceptions, and Social Determinants of Psychoactive Substance Use among Adolescents in Public and Private Secondary Schools in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

  Ogbebor CE, Edward UF

  352-360

• Prolonged indwelling lower urinary tract catheters among males attending outpatient urologic clinic: indications, cost implications, complications and quality of life burden

  Odo C, Obi AO, Okeke CJ, Ulebe AO, Azubuike AE, Amu OC, Oranusi CK

  104-109

• Prospective study comparing serial debulking strategy and traditional method for graft donor site management: impact on length of hospital stay

  Ekpo RG, Asuquo ME, Duke R

  612-618

• Psychological consequences of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on doctors

  Buowari DY

  191-196

• Psychological stress among Nigerian undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Ubani BC, Akpabio AA, Akpanekpo EI, Umoh VA, Dike FO, Effiong JH

  131-138

• Psychometric Validation of the TEAS and CATS Recovery Scales among Individuals with Substance Use Disorders in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

  Aghukwa CN, Baguda AS, Abdurrahman ZI, Danjumma MM

  435-443

• Psychosocial Correlates of Antiretroviral medication adherence among people living with HIV/AIDS in a tertiary hospital in Kano, Northwest Nigeria

  Isa AA, Owolabi SD, Owolabi SD, Garba HZ, Usman UM, Gudaji MI, Sulaiman BA, Baguda A

  286-293

• Quality assessment of packaged water brands in a university teaching hospital in southern Nigeria

  Ekanem AM, Benson SA, Ekpuk IN, Amafaye WD, Akpan IE, Udo AI, Edem SA, David E, Akpabio KO, Nneamaka AA

  187-195

• Quercetin reverses chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression and behavioural abnormalities in Swiss mice

  Ologe MO, Adeoluwa GO, Otomewo LO, Jack IP, Adeniyi FR, Obioha CB, Mbia FM, Moro EJ, Bakre AG, Femi-akinlosotu OM, Adeoluwa OA

  626-635

• Readiness of R21 Malaria Vaccine Introduction in Tertiary Hospitals in Northern Nigeria

  Haruna JJ, Kemuel K, Akosile JO, Musa A, Karimu P, Zira I, Okpunyi EW, Halimatu A, Markus RZ

  583-591

• Recovery profile and discharge following day case laparoscopic gynaecological surgeries: use of sevoflurane anaesthesia vs propofol

  Mohammed A, Ahmed AI, Salahu D, Abdurrahman A, Abdullahi MMM, Adesope S, Atiku M, Bello MR, Ibrahim N

  294-299

• The refractive status of children with Down’s syndrome in Benin City, Edo State

  Osaiyuwu AB, Odigie OM, Iloanya CB

  438-441

• The relationship between first trimester nuchal translucency and adverse pregnancy outcome at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria

  Boysungni EZ, Shehu CE, Panti AA, Garba J, Habib, Abdullahi J

  994-701

• Residential Housing Quality and Metabolic Syndrome among adults in Osogbo, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study Metabolic Syndrome and Housing Quality

  Musibau HA, Arinola OP, Ajayi AA, Olayinka LR, Adedoyin RE, Balogun FL, Melikam ES, Isreal BE, Okekunle AP, Fakunle AG

  74-83

• A retrospective autopsy-based survey of fatal traumatic brain injuries in Benin City, Nigeria

  Udoh MO, Ugiagbe EE

  62-69

• A retrospective histomorphologic study of meningeal masses in Benin City, Nigeria

  Udoh MO

  139-147

• Retrospective Review of Caesarean Delivery in a Tertiary Hospital in Jigawa, North-west Nigeria

  Habib AA, Jabbo MA, Sunday A, Rasheed M, Abubakar HD, Omeje IJ

  8-15

• Scourge of Peripheral Artery Disease in a Low-Income-Setting: The Role of Vascular Surgery

  Nwafor IA, Onoh US, Nsude IO

  159-165

• Screening for genes Encoding Virulence Factor in Salmonella serovar Typhimurium isolated from Tiger nut Juice

  Peter IU, Ogbonna IP, Edemekong CI, Okolo IO, Mohammed ID

  393-400

• Sensitivity and Specificity of Digital Rectal Examination for the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer at the Kano Teaching Hospital - A Comparative Analysis

  Bashir Y, Ayun C, Muzzammil A, Sharfuddeen AM, Sani AA, Sani UA

  204-208

• Sexual practices and risky sexual behaviours among public secondary school adolescents in a local government area in Ekiti State, Nigeria

  Ojo JO, Ipinnimo TM, Alao TA, Alabi OS, Adeojo OM, Ilevbare MO, Olorunfemi BN, Esan FJ, Adejumo JO, Dailo CO, Ubulom KA, Ogbonna KO, Adebayo TO, Mesileya AO, Ajewole OO, Stephen-Douglas SJ, Chukwuonye CVS, Oluwagbemi OD

  158-166

• Skin Lightening Practices and Patterns Among Urban Residents in Makurdi, Nigeria: A cross-sectional Study

  Akwaras NA, De-kaa LN, Aondona DD, Rimamnunra GN, Swende LT, Ornguga BO

  414-423

• Sleep quality and academic performance of clinical students at the University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

  Ekpenyong NO, Isika AI, Mpama E, Asuquo BJ, Effiom PE, Aniara GD, Ekefre CE, Eboh E

  619-625

• Socio-demographic and economic determinants of obesity among day secondary school students in selected sub-counties of Machakos county, Kenya

  Kivondo A, Juma J, Magutah K

  16-24

• Sonographic Assessment of The Effect of Varicocele on Testicular Volume in Men With Infertility

  Anyabolu MO, Aiyekomogbon JO, Mshelbwala PM, Atim T, Yaro IA, Halilu SD

  599-604

• Sonographic Evaluation of Renal dimensions in a healthy adult Nigerian Population

  Obiozor AA

  75-81

• Sonographic evaluation of the commonest sites of placental localization in pregnant women in Umuahia, Abia State

  Obiozor AA

  25-28

• Sonographic evaluation of the impact of umbilical cord insertion site on fetal weight

  Efanga SA, Akintomide AO, Udofia AT, Obasi UO, Okon OA, Efanga I

  562-569

• Sonographic Measurement of the Liver in the healthy adult Nigerian Population

  Obiozor AA

  184-189

• Sonographic Measurement of the Spleen in the healthy adult Nigerian Population in Enugu State, Nigeria

  Obiozor AA

  45-50

• Spectrum of Paediatric Endocrine Disorders in a Newly Established Endocrinology Unit in Southern Nigeria: A Decade Review

  Eyong ME, Nsa EI, Brown ES, Uzomba CI, Eyong EM, Etuk IS, Ikobah JM

  432-439

• A study to evaluate the efficacy of intravenous Magnesium Sulphate administration on lactate clearance in critically ill patients

  Rani A, Ghai A, Puhal S, Bansal P, Varghese V

  401-405

• Subarachnoid lavage following inadvertent intrathecal injection of tranexamic acid

  Salahu D, Abdullahi MM, Abdullahi H, Adeleke N, Adesope S, Aliyu LD, Hassan MM, Alhassan DM, Mamuda A, Abdurrahman A, Adamu SM, Mohammed AM, Ahmed AI, Sadiq GU, Alfa AM, Usman NM, Takai UI

  289-291

• Subumbilical midline incision versus pfannenstiel incision for caesarean section

  Orji EO, Olaleye OA

  50-55

• Surface anatomy as a relevant tool in contemporary medical education and clinical practice

  Dim EM, Edagha IA, Mbadugha CC, Peter AI, Oforjigha-Dim CW, Dim UME

  281-284

• Survival following recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia in a low-resource setting: Challenges of management

  Shogade TT, Bassey EA, Udosen AU, Ekuma IA, Bassey AE, Akpabio AA, Umoh IO, Sogade FO

  231-236

• Therapeutic potential of concurrent administration of Hippocratea africana and Eremomastax speciosa in the treatment of Plasmodium berghei infected mice

  Uwah AF, Effiong BO, Obot JS, Obioku IJ, Udoh AE

  166-174

• Therapeutic potentials of aqueous extract of Costus afer leaves on gastrointestinal function: A study on metabolic and hepatic changes in streptozotocin-induced type II diabetic rats

  Unim AP, Godwin GC, Okpo-ene AI, Offiong ED, Uket JM

  191-202

• Thyroidectomy refusal and long-term anti-thyroid use in toxic multi-nodular goitre

  Uwanuruochi K, Uwanuruochi V

  225-227

• Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria: A 5 Year Retrospective study

  Obasi E, Ajayi NA, Alo AT, Alo A, Ukwaja KN

  660-668

• Trends in prevalence, pattern and factors associated with female genital mutilation/cutting among youth 15 to 24 years old in Nigeria

  Ogbonna VI

  677-683

• Unripe-pulp Persea amercicana Extract Possibly Induces Folliculogenesis

  Johnson EI, Edem G, Bassey G, Udoh E

  168-179

• Updates on contraception

  Kigbu JH, Daniyan ABC

  4-12

• Use of traditional eye medicines by corneal ulcer patients presenting to a tertiary eye centre in south-south Nigeria

  Ezeh EI, Ezeh RN, Ngaji MP, Eduvie VA, Agbor IE, Aigbomian EJ, Ekpe VU, Chinawa NE, Uzomba AE, Ibanga AA

  361-366

• Vaginal varicose veins in advanced pregnancy: a rare occurrence

  Dawud RM, Musa AD, Ja’afaru UH, Shehu AM, Baffah AM, Tiamiyu I, Musa AA, Halilu SD

  450-453

• Variability of optic nerve sheath diameter measurement on computed tomography; need for standardization

  Itanyi UD, Aiyekomogbon JO, Atim TT, Ambali-Belgore A

  433-437

• Vitamin D status in patients treated for prostate diseases in a tertiary hospital, in Calabar, south-south, Nigeria

  Eyam ES, Eyam LE, Ene AB, Inyang OG, Saidu K, Oaclayanju O

  669-676

• What is the Justified Death Attitude? Explicit V.S Implicit evaluation of Justified Death Attitude scale with Victim and Assailant’s attention

  Zandian P, Tayeri N

  554-561

• Willingness to join social health insurance and community-based health insurance among rural residents in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria

  Akwaowo CD, Umoh I, Udo AA, Motilewa OO, Dan E, Akpan N, Ekpin V, Umoh E, Asanga N

  207-217