African health sciences
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African health sciences · Mar 2023
Characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.
Data regarding the features and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Africa are increasingly available. ⋯ Most of the patients had co-morbidities and there was high mortality in patients with severe and critical COVID-19. Mean oxygen saturation was low and respiratory rate high overall. Factors associated with mortality included: Significantly greater hypoxia and tachypnea, less dexamethasone use and shorter hospitalization.
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African health sciences · Mar 2023
Analysis of the proportion of university teaching hospital gastric cancer data included in the Zambia national cancer registry.
The exact prevalence of gastric cancer in Zambia is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of gastric cancer cases seen at the largest hospital in Zambia, whose records were included in the Zambia National Cancer Registry (ZNCR). ⋯ Data on gastric cancer reported in the ZNCR are an underestimate of the true disease burden and there is need to strengthen data collection strategies for gastric cancer in Zambia.
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African health sciences · Mar 2023
Imaging of developmental delay in black African children: A hospital-based study in Yaoundé-Cameroon.
The purpose of this study was to describe the anomalies observed on imaging for developmental delay in black African children. ⋯ In our context, there is a high prevalence of organic anomalies in the imaging of psychomotor delay, which were dominated by cerebral atrophy secondary to hypoxic ischemic events.
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African health sciences · Mar 2023
Case ReportsTakayasu arteritis, an atypical presentation as chronic kidney disease.
Takayasu arteritis, also known as "pulseless disease" usually affects major vessels like aorta and its branches, pulmonary arteries, and renal arteries. Hypertension is the common presentation. Chronic kidney disease involvement is less common. ⋯ We discuss a case of a young female who presented with accelerated hypertension with chronic kidney disease with preserved peripheral pulses. The diagnosis was confirmed by Computed tomography aortic angiogram, which showed diffuse circumferential thickening, multifocal ectasia, and aneurysmal dilatation with few saccular outpouchings of the aortic arch, descending thoracic and abdominal aorta (Type V). The patient was treated with steroids, antihypertensives, antiplatelet, and hemodialysis.
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African health sciences · Mar 2023
A validation of adult suicidal ideation questionnaire among Nigerian University students.
To prevent completed suicide among young adults in the university, assessment of suicidal ideation should be encouraged. This study aims to investigate the reliability, exploratory factor analysis, and validity of adult suicidal ideation questionnaire among Nigerian university students. ⋯ This study concludes that ASIQ has slight modification from the original version among young adults in Nigeria. The scale is reliable and valid but as a 22-item instrument on a 5-point Likert scale.