African health sciences
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Abdominal obesity, serum estradiol and cardiovascular risk among Nigerian postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study.
Rates of cardiovascular (CV) disease mortality is usually higher in men but this equalizes with that of women following menopause. ⋯ Abdominal obesity and serum estradiol significantly influence cardio-metabolic risk. Newer risk calculator which incorporates factors peculiar to women such as serum E2 is hereby recommended.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Factors influencing public and private healthcare utilisation in Uganda.
In Uganda, health care utilisation remains very low despite a number of government reforms that have been implemented in the health sector since the 1990's such as decentralization and removal of user fees in public health facilities among others. ⋯ The findings highlight the need for a national health insurance scheme to reduce out of pocket payments for health care and enable the poor and vulnerable patients visit the modern health facilities.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Prevalence and predictors of hepatitis C infection among antenatal attendees in a tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria.
Hepatitis C virus infection as it specifically relates to pregnancy has been a neglected condition, thus its recognition and treatment in pregnancy is relevant because of the risks of the long-term complications of the infection in the mother, potential effects of the infection on the pregnancy and risk of vertical transmission to the newborn. ⋯ The prevalence of hepatitis virus infection among the study population was high. Second trimester and increasing gravidity were protective of the infection in pregnancy. There is therefore need for introduction of general routine screening of all pregnant women presenting for antenatal care.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Correlations of intestinal microorganisms with liver and immune functions of patients with human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B virus coinfection.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection has threatened the survival of HIV-infected people. To explore the correlations of intestinal microorganisms with liver and immune functions of patients with HIV/HBV coinfection. ⋯ HIV aggravates the liver damage and immuno-inflammatory response in HBV patients.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Observational StudyClinical value of CVP+VIVC in predicting fluid resuscitation in patients with septic shock.
To explore the clinical value of central venous pressure (CVP) + inferior vena cava respiratory variability (VIVC) in fluid resuscitation in spontaneously breathing patients with septic shock. ⋯ Combination of CVP and VIVC may have a good effect on the evaluation of volume responsiveness in patients with septic shock, which is better than single CVP and VIVC. Combination of CVP and VIVC can be adopted to predict fluid responsiveness volume responsiveness in septic shock patients, which is of great significance for guiding clinical fluid responsiveness therapy.