Subject(s): Osteomyelitis -- Treatment | Orthopedic implants | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Medicine -- IIUM Summary: The treatment of osteomyelitis is still a major challenge in orthopaedics. A study of osteomyelitis and infection requires the use of a suitable animal model. The New Zealand White Rabbit (NZWR) is an acceptable exper

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Medicine -- IIUM Summary: Sepsis is common in the ICU worldwide and contributes to high mortality. However, timely diagnosis, outcome prediction and antibiotic monitoring in sepsis remains challenging. In Chapter Three, the diagnostic value of model-based insulin sensitivity (SI) for sepsis wa

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Extensive deterioration of water quality caused by the intensive land use activities in rivers and rapid response of pollutants from different sources may harm the aquatic organisms, human, and environment. This alarming occurrence has inspired the study to meas

Subject(s): Labor, Premature | Obstetrics -- Diagnosis | Transvaginal ultrasonography | Medical screening | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology -- IIUM Summary: Preterm birth is the most common cause of perinatal mortality and morbidity. Although the survival rate has improved, the surviving neonate carries risk

Subject(s): Communication in community health services -- Malaysia | Patient education -- Malaysia | Nursing -- Study and teaching -- Malaysia | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Nursing -- IIUM Summary: Some cases of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors discharge from hospital to home might require the enteral feeding and tracheostomy car

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Sutchi catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) is one of the most important freshwater fish species cultured in Southeast Asia. Artificial seed production of sutchi catfish in the hatchery is very important to supply enough seeds to the farmers in th

Subject(s): Cancer -- Alternative treatment | Antineoplastic agents | Porcupines | Bezoars | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Hystrix brachyura bezoar (PB) has been traditionally used as an alternative medicine to treat cancer. However the anticancer effect of PB is yet to be explored. Therefore th

Subject(s): Urinary tract infections -- Prevention -- Saudi Arabia | Urinary tract infections -- Saudi Arabia | Antibiotics -- Saudi Arabia | Drug Resistance, Bacterial -- Saudi Arabia | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common bacterial infections in hospital a

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Basic Medical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: In the last two decades, the emergence of nosocomial infections caused by CoNS has led clinicians and researchers to reconsider the role of CoNS and methicillin-resistant CoNS (MR-CoNS) as important agents of nosocomial infections. Because their natural

Subject(s): Acetaminophen | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Taste masking is required for bitter drugs to enhance patient compliance, especially among the paediatric population. Paracetamol is a drug that exhibits bitter taste because of its chemical structure. This study aims to improve the palatability of par