African health sciences
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African health sciences · Jun 2023
Cardiac surgery in East Africa: a profile of cases and referral to physiotherapy.
A significant increase in cardiac surgery has been observed globally, with prolonged length of stay (LOS) still prevalent due to post-operative complications. Physiotherapy pre and post cardiac surgery is known to reduce these complications and LOS, however cases referred for physiotherapy is unknown. ⋯ Cardiac surgeries were reduced annually but the post-operative complications need to be reduced. Pre-operative physiotherapy referral may reduce pneumonia and lung collapse following cardiac surgery.
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African health sciences · Jun 2023
Health-related quality of life among children/adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) is commonly used to assess the impact of health status on quality of life. The HRQL data obtained does not follow the assumption of normality and a non-parametric test was used to make inference in this study. This study compares the characteristics of children with HRQL classified as good, intermediate, and poor quality of life. ⋯ The p-value < 0.05 indicates sufficient evidence that HRQL of children and adolescents differs significantly across the three categories. Conclusively, children and adolescents in the three categories have different quality of life. It is clear that most of the children and adolescents had a good health-related quality of life once they have been taking their drugs regularly as prescribed by the physician.
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African health sciences · Jun 2023
Effects of right stellate ganglion block combined with topical anesthesia on heart rate variability in awake patients receiving tracheal intubation.
General anesthesia is commonly performed with tracheal intubation. We aimed to evaluate the effects of right stellate ganglion block combined with topical anesthesia on the heart rate variability in awake patients receiving tracheal intubation. ⋯ Right stellate ganglion block combined with topical anesthesia can work well for awake patients during tracheal intubation.
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African health sciences · Jun 2023
Value of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in combination with mammography for screening early-stage breast cancer.
To study the value of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) in combination with mammography for screening early-stage breast cancer. ⋯ Mammography and DCE-MRI play key roles in the early diagnosis of breast cancer, and their combination can increase the diagnostic efficiency.
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African health sciences · Jun 2023
Anticancer effects of herbal medicine Emelia-M, Mshikazi and Delosma H against human leukaemia cells.
Leukaemia is one of the three major types of blood cancers that lead to the overproduction of abnormal white blood cells. Emelia M (EMB), Mshikazi and Delosma H are herbal medicines that are being used by traditional healers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to treat leukaemia and other diseases. ⋯ Mshikazi extract significantly inhibited the growth of THP-1 and Jurkat cells and induced cell death through apoptosis than the other two extracts.