African health sciences
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African health sciences · Sep 2014
Review Case ReportsCoats' disease in Tanzania: first case report and literature review.
Coats' disease is an exudative retinal detachment with vascular telangiectasis occurring mostly in male children, the age group most affected by retinoblastoma. ⋯ Coats' disease is an important differential diagnosis of retinoblastoma. Delay to detect Coats' disease leads to vision loss which necessitates eye enucleation as was in this child.
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African health sciences · Sep 2014
Development, initial content validation and reliability of Nigerian composite lifestyle CVD risk factors questionnaire for adolescents.
Cardiovascular disease risk (CVD) factors affect every age category including adolescents in developing nations. Prevention strategies are effective only when there are epidemiological data for the targeted populations. The collection of such data is only made easy with composite lifestyle CVD risk factors measures that are culturally sensitive and acceptable among the target populations. ⋯ The CVD risk factors questionnaire has acceptable content validity and reliability and should be used to assess CVD risk factors among adolescents in Nigeria.
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African health sciences · Sep 2014
Normative ultrasound values of renal parenchymal thickness among adults in Enugu, South-East Nigeria.
Reduction in renal length was found to be an insufficient independent indicator of chronic renal disease. ⋯ Normal values of RPT are important in the evaluation of patients with chronic renal disease.
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African health sciences · Sep 2014
Childhood acquired heart disease in Nigeria: an echocardiographic study from three centres.
Acquired heart diseases (AHD) are not uncommon in children. The current multi-center study aims to provide a more representative data of AHD in Nigeria. ⋯ Nigerian children face a quadruped of AHD namely, myocarditis, DCM, pericardial disease and RHD. As other types of AHD other than RHD are becoming prevalent, there is need to improve the scope of intervention facilities in the country to meet with the demands of the growing afflictions.
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African health sciences · Sep 2014
Health-related morphological characteristics and physiological fitness in connection with nutritional, socio-economic status, occupational workload of tea garden workers.
Reports on the cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition of male workers engaged in processing of tea leaves in factories within the tea-estates of West Bengal, under the influence of physiological workload, are quite scanty. ⋯ The present study shows that the majority of workers had ectomorph stature, good physical fitness, but had poor nutritional status (BMI and WHR).