African health sciences
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Factors associated with delayed uptake of cataract surgery among adult patients at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda.
Cataract is the leading cause of blindness globally. Many patients with cataract in developing countries delay to come for cataract surgery. ⋯ Financial constraints, no felt need for cataract surgery and having good unilateral vision are the factors associated with delayed uptake of cataract surgery among cataract patients. We recommend cataract surgical outreach to remote areas and health education.
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Current fertility desire and its associated factors among currently married eligible couples in urban and rural area of Puducherry, south India.
There are paucity of studies on current fertility desire at community level. ⋯ The fertility desire is comparatively lesser than other areas. Those without or with a single child and high socioeconomic status group had comparatively more fertility desire.
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
A novel survival algorithm in COVID-19 intensive care patients: the classification and regression tree (CRT) method.
The present study aimed to create a decision tree for the identification of clinical, laboratory and radiological data of individuals with COVID-19 diagnosis or suspicion of Covid-19 in the Intensive Care Units of a Training and Research Hospital of the Ministry of Health on the European side of the city of Istanbul. ⋯ There were no differences in terms of gender between dead and live patients. Those who died were older, had lower MON, MPV, and had higher D-Dimer values than those who survived.
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African health sciences · Sep 2021
Comparative incidence of adverse drug reaction during the first and subsequent year of antiretroviral therapy in a Nigerian HIV infected Cohort.
Despite close to two decades of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Nigeria, data on late on-onset ART-associated adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are sparse. ⋯ The first year of ART is the period of highest risk of ADRs. Individual and programmatic treatment success in resource-limited settings requires strategies for early identification and management of ADR during the period of greatest risk of ADRs.