African health sciences
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Effects of interventional vascular embolization at different timing on prognosis and serum S100 calcium-binding protein B level of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
To evaluate the effects of interventional vascular embolization at different timing on the prognosis and serum S100 calcium-binding protein B (S100B) level of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). ⋯ Early vascular interventional embolization is beneficial to the alleviation of brain injury and the reduction of serum S100B level.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Neonatal factors associated with immediate low Apgar score in newborn babies in an intermediate hospital in Namibia: a case control study.
Apgar score is conducted to a baby immediately after birth checking how the baby tolerated the birth process and outside the uterus. ⋯ Gestational age, birth weight, foetal presentation, cord around the neck and lack of cardiotocography assessment were found to be associated with immediate low Apgar score.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Effects of metabolic syndrome on bone mineral density in postmenopausal Turkish women.
In this study, we aimed to determine the potential effects of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components on bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine and femoral neck in postmenopausal Turkish women. ⋯ Our findings support that MetS is associated with increased BMD at the femoral neck and spine in postmenopausal women. A significant positive association was observed among the MetS components, especially with abdominal obesity, and also a weak positive association with serum triglycerides, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Influence of feedforward control-based health education intervention on compliance, visual function and self-perceived burden among patients with diabetic retinopathy.
To assess the influence of feedforward control-based health education intervention on the compliance, visual function and self-perceived burden (SPB) among patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR). ⋯ The feedforward control-based health education intervention mode is beneficial for guiding DR patients to promote visual function recovery and to reduce SPB.
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African health sciences · Sep 2023
Comparative genomics of spike, envelope, and nucleocapsid protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) upsurge sprang up in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019. ⋯ The current research findings may have an implication that facilitates the development of prospective immunization candidates/small pharmacological compounds targeting COVID-19.