Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Melioidosis is a disease that infects human and animals and can be detrimental in humans. Mortality rate from melioidosis septic shock due to infection from gram-negative Burkholderia pseudomallei in endemic regions of Malaysia and Thailand remain high despite a

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care -- IIUM Summary: Kidney disease is a worldwide health concern with an increasing number of patients and its associated mortality in the past 10 years. End stage renal disease is a major cost driver in our health-care system where the annual rate of dialysis

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biomedical Science -- IIUM Summary: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is among the most frequently reported cancer in Malaysia. The Malaysian National Cancer Registry Report 2007-2011 stated that NPC was the fifth most common cancer among Malaysian and the third most common cancer among Malaysia

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care -- IIUM Summary: Introduction: Truncal blocks play an important role in multimodal analgesia techniques in abdominal surgery. The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a well-known abdominal wall block and the quadratus lumborum (QL) block is a new abdo

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Radiography & Diagnostic Imaging -- IIUM Summary: The main purpose of the study is to compare the normal anatomy of alar ligament on MRI between male and female. The specific objectives are to assess the frequency of alar ligament visualized on MRI, to describe its characteristics in term

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care -- IIUM Summary: Introduction: Professionalism is the basis of medicine's contract with society as defined by the Physician's charter. Although there have been significant efforts in teaching said subject among the medical community, efforts to objec

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Radiography & Diagnostic Imaging -- IIUM Summary: To assess the incidence of the various types of urinary calculi composition using dual- energy CT (DECT). This study aims to determine the urinary calculi size, location, characteristics, and the radiation exposure for DECT KUB. It is a cr

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care -- IIUM Summary: Leadership by healthcare professionals is essential in healthcare settings as it improves clinical outcomes in patients and cost-efficient care. This study aims to develop and determine validity and reliability of the Knowledge, Attitude and

Subject(s): Materia medica, Vegetable | Medicinal plants -- Therapeutic use | Skin -- Infections Treatment | Stereospermum fimbriatum -- Therapeutic use | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Stereospermum fimbriatum or “Chicha” (S. fimbriatum) is an undiscovered medicinal plant that is traditionally used for it

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Orthopaedics,Traumatology & Rehabilitation -- IIUM Summary: This is the first biomechanical study that compare the stability of various location of crossing point in crossed pinning K-wiring construct for the treatment of paediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fracture (SCHF). The main aim of t