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Original article English Salma Elzwai, Musa Elgadi, Ali A. Sheba, Nourz A.Gheriani Al-Fateh Hospital for Children, Benghazi, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:191-194 Abstract Objective: To determine factors likely to be associated with risk of perforation, and to delineate some epidemiological features of acute appendicitis. Setting: Al- Fateh Children’s Hospital, Benghazi, Libya from January 2003 to March …

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Original article English Taisir Dameh ¹, Sameer Kofahi ² 1- Family Medicine, Royal Medical Services. 2-Community Medicine, Royal Medical Services.Irbid, Jordan JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:186-190 Abstract Objective: This study was conducted to find out barriers for breast cancer screening among women in the north of Jordan. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted at Prince Rashed Military …

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Original article English Acute Postoperative Pain Management Department of Anaesthesiology, Tripoli Medical Centre, Tripoli, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:180-185 Abstract The aim of this prospective observational study was to assess the effectiveness of postoperative pain management from the patient’s subjective point of view based on questionnaire survey. The observations were restricted to 98 inpatients who were …

Abdelmuttaleb B. Issa , Hussein Kreba, Othman Srety Read More »

Original article English Fathi O. Dakhil, Fiona M. Stevens Department of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3: 173-179 Abstract Background: Collagenous colitis (CC) is underdiagnosed and a major cause of chronic diarrhoea in the elderly. It is characterized by a thick subepithelial collagen band; (CB >10um). Aims: We undertook this study to …

Collagenous Enterocolitis: Efficacy of Different Techniques in Revealing the Subepithelial Collagen Band Read More »

Review English Gamal A. Duweb¹, Mohamed Benghazil ² 1-Department of Dermatology , Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi 2-Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Al- Fateh Medical University, Tripoli , Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3, 168-172 Abstract Leprosy “Hansen’s disease”, remains a baffling disease because how and why the disease spreads is still not fully …

Epidemiology, Clinical Features and Diagnosis of Leprosy Read More »

Review English Majid Hamid Jasim Faculty of Medicine, Al Tahady University, Sirt, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3, 165-167 Abstract The relationship between crime and mental disorder forms one of the important aspects of forensic psychiatry. Mental disorder resulting in disturbed social behaviour often result in police intervention and referral for psychiatric evaluation in regard to responsibility …

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Review English Sami Elmahgoub ¹ , Riyad Bendardaf ² 1-Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medical Technology, Al- Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya. 2-Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Turku University Hospital, Savitehtannkatu JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:162-164 Abstract The incidence of breast cancer is continuously increasing world wide. The number of cured patients is also increasing and those with …

The Benefits of Physiotherapy to Breast Cancer Patients Read More »

Editorial English Fauzi . A. Sagher Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, El-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:158-161 Abstract The French healthcare system is based on public health insurance which is one of the social security insurance system’s entitlement programmes, complemented by elements of tax-based financing and complementary voluntary health insurance (multi- payer …

Healthcare Systems (Part 2): The French Experience Read More »

Case Study English Ibrahim W H 1, Al-Muzrkchi A 2, Al-Maslamani M 3 1,3-Department of Medicine, 2-Department of Radiology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar Libyan J Med AOP:080429 Abstract Several diseases cause cystic or cyst-like parenchymal lung abnormalities including adult pulmonary Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis (PLCH), lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), emphysema, end-stage interstitial lung disease, and cystic bronchiectasis. …

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Review English Mohamed HA University of Saskatchewan, Regina General Hospital, Regina, SK. Canada. Libyan J Med AOP:080530 Abstract Keywords: Syncope: Evaluation and management Link/DOI: http://www.ljm.org.ly/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1333