African health sciences
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African health sciences · Mar 2014
Sonographic determination of spleen to left kidney ratio among Igbo school age children of south east Nigeria.
Clinical determination of mild splenomegaly is notoriously inaccurate. ⋯ Sonography can be used to detect mild splenomegaly if the spleen to left kidney ratio is greater than 1.3 in the absence of renal disease among school age children.
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African health sciences · Mar 2014
Cancer of the esophagus: histopathological sub-types in northern Uganda.
Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common cause of cancer death worldwide with squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma carcinoma as the main histopathological subtypes. Esophageal cancer is known for its marked variation by geographic region, ethnicity, and gender. Hitherto, the histopathological subtype of this cancer in Northern Uganda were not known. Therefore the aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of esophageal cancer with respect to the histopathologic subtypes, different sites of occurrence, age and gender in this region since its distribution varies with location. ⋯ Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common histopathological subtype in this geographical location with overall cancer of the esophagus mainly affecting the lower 2/3 of the esophagus with the majority in the middle third.
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African health sciences · Mar 2014
Relationship between the morphology of A-1 segment of anterior cerebral artery and anterior communicating artery aneurysms.
The anterior communicating artery (ACoA) is one of the most frequent sites for cerebral aneurysm. The peculiar directions of projection of aneurysms offer great challenges to clinical treatment. ⋯ The relationship between morphology of A-1 segment of ACA and classification of ACoAA is clarified in the present study, which is helpful to surgical treatment.
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African health sciences · Mar 2014
CommentCompliance with iron-folic acid (IFA) therapy among pregnant women in an urban area of south India.
Anaemia is highly prevalent among pregnant women and iron deficiency is the most important cause. Like many other countries, India has policies to give pregnant women iron supplements. Non-compliance is one important challenging factor in combating anaemia. ⋯ There was a moderate level of Compliance towards IFA tablets with key social and demographic factors playing important role.
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African health sciences · Mar 2014
Burnout and psychological distress among nurses in a Nigerian tertiary health institution.
The role of nurses in the health care delivery system cannot be overemphasized. Nurses are needed at all levels of healthcare and the profession requires a lot of dedication, time and energy with regards to patient management and service delivery. This time investment and dedication to duty is likely to lead to burnout and psychological distress among the nurses. ⋯ Prevalence of burnout and psychological distress is high among nurses.