African health sciences
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African health sciences · Mar 2017
Diversities in timing of sexual debut among Nigerian youths aged 15-24 years: parametric and non-parametric survival analysis approach.
This study examined gender, generational, cultural and social diversities in timing of sexual debut among Nigerian youths and determined factors influencing the timings. ⋯ Females from poor households mostly in rural areas with no education and who married early in life were more likely to have earlier sexual debut. Both teenagers and young adults are on different trajectories of sexual debut but both urgently need sexual and reproductive health education to delay sexual debut.
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African health sciences · Mar 2017
Comparative StudyLateral retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy for complicated adrenal tumor larger than 5 centimeters.
The role of lateral retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy (LRA) for complicated tumor with large diameter remains controversial, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of this procedure on the management of tumor larger than 5cm in diameter. ⋯ Our study shows that LRA can be performed safely and effectively for complicated adrenal tumors larger than 5 cm in diameter, but it remains technically demanding.
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African health sciences · Mar 2017
The effect of a preanaesthesia clinic consultation on adult patient anxiety at a tertiary hospital in Kenya: a cohort study.
Preoperative anxiety is a common perioperative complication seen in approximately 11-80% of adults undergoing surgery. One of the goals of the preanaesthesia clinic is to allay anxiety. A preanaesthesia clinic evaluation has been shown to reduce anxiety however current studies on anxiety and the preanaesthesia clinic have not quantified this reduction. ⋯ Patients evaluated in the anaesthesia clinic had a greater reduction in their anxiety but it was not as much as hypothesised which may be due to the multi-factorial nature of preoperative anxiety. A larger multicenter study is recommended to increase generalizability to the population.
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African health sciences · Mar 2017
In vitro investigation of clofazimine analogues for antiplasmodial, cytotoxic and pro-oxidative activities.
Tetramethyl-piperidine-substituted, B4119 and B4158 have been shown to exhibit antiplasmodial activity. ⋯ Tetramethylpiperidyl-subsituted phenazines may potentially be useful antimalarial/antitumor agents with no pro-oxidative properties. In vivo studies on the agents relative to these properties are recommended.
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African health sciences · Dec 2016
Sonographic assessment of the portal vein diameter in apparently healthy adults in a Northern Nigerian population.
Sonography is a valuable tool in the assessment of porto-systemic pathologies. This study aimed at determining the mean portal vein diameter based on age, gender and anthropometric variables. ⋯ This study found the mean values of PV diameter in apparently healthy adults in our environment to be 9.60 ± 1.41mm and that PV diameter positively correlates with anthropometric variables.