African health sciences
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Factors associated with poor asthma symptom control in adult Angolan regularly seen at an outpatient respiratory clinic.
Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases and one of the most frequent causes of hospital care. ⋯ A significant number of adults living in Luanda have uncontrolled asthma due to the under-use of inhaled corticosteroid therapy. It is necessary to develop strategic management and prevention plans to improve Angolan asthmatics' medical care.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Imaging classification and BIRADS assessment of cystic breast lesions with pathologic correlates. a 5-year experience in Zaria, North West Nigeria.
Breast cysts encompass a variety of pathologies, both benign and malignant. Therefore, classifying cysts into different categories is needful to develop a management algorithm. This study aimed to describe and distinguish between simple, complicated and complex cysts; and compare the final BIRADS assessment with pathologic findings. ⋯ Majority of the breast cysts (83%) were benign with overall 17% incidence of malignancy. Complex cysts were the most frequent cyst type in our study, it is also the category most frequently associated with breast cancer, obviating the need for histology.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
ReviewA 5-year review of research ethics applications in a tertiary health and educational institution in Nigeria.
African contribution to global research output is said to be low. Poor funding and poor skills in grant writing have been suggested as important factors for this situation. ⋯ Local studies formed the bulk of the submissions for ethics clearance. National and international donor funding of research is abysmally low in this Nigerian tertiary institution studied.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Randomized Controlled TrialEffects of 0.15% ropivacaine alone and combination with sufentanil on epidural labor analgesia and adverse reactions.
The aim of this study was to compare the impacts of 0.15% ropivacaine alone and 0.15% ropivacaine combined with sufentanil on epidural labor analgesia. ⋯ 0.15% ropivacaine alone achieves a comparable epidural labor analgesia effect to that of 0.15% ropivacaine + 0.05 µg/mL sufentanil on primiparae.