ABSTRACT Reports show that most maternal deaths occur during the post natal period, yet this is when coverage and programmes of maternal and child health are at their lowest along the continuum of care in the local government, state, country and African region at large. Therefore it is important to investigate postnatal care practices carried out by mothers to reduce the trend. The aim of this is study was to assess postnatal care practices with respect to, perineal wound care, breast-feedin...
ABSTRACT The present study investigates the possibility of enhancing the solubility, and hence the bioavailability of poorly water soluble glimepiride via formation of polyethylene glycolpolyvinyl caprolactam - polyvinyl acetate grafted copolymer (Soluplus® ) and PEG 4000 based solid dispersions by solvent evaporation technique.Different batches of glimepiride solid dispersions (SD) were prepared using solvent evaporation method with Soluplus® and PEG 4000 as polymer matrix at different ra...
ABSTRACT This study was designed, to investigate the haemopoietic activity of Sesamum indicum, Linn lectin (Beeniseed). The lectin was obtained and authenticated in the Botany department, University of Nigeria Nsukka. The LD50 of the lectin was determined with mice (n=17). Wistar rats (n=35), weighing 140 to 200 grams, aged 6 to 8 weeks were purchased and housed in the Animal House of College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus for 7 days to acclimatize before the study. The Wist...
ABSTRACT Globally, a persistent negative attitude and social rejection of people with mental illness has prevailed throughout history in every social and religious culture. Having a mental health problem often stimulates with it a negative attitude, and such negative attitudes towards the mentally ill constitute great burden. This study aimed at assessing the attitude of nursing students towards the mentally ill before and after psychiatry training experience in Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hos...
ABSTRACT The levels of serum retinol, total serum proteins, serum albumin, serum globulins, albumin/globulin ratio, haemoglobin concentration, haematocrit, body weights as well as dynamics of A. galli (namely eggs per gram of faeces, worm establishment rate, total counts, male and female counts, females to males ratio, total worms weight and fecundity) were investigated in chickens experimentally infected with 350 eggs of A. galli and daily supplemented with 1500 I.U retinyl acetate. Forty, ...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate perceived problems and academic need achievement motivation among students in School of Nursing UCTH Calabar in Cross River State, Nigeria. Survey design was used. Two standardized instruments were used to collect data from all the 194 students in School. Ten objectives were used to guide the study. Analysis of data was done with the aid of SPSS version 21. Results showed that nursing students under the different age groups and at varying class ...
ABSTRACT Effects of heavy metals on the Air Pollution Tolerance Indices (APTI) of five medicinal plants growing within quarry site in Ishi-Agu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria were studied. Following laboratory analysis of the leaves of the plants for metal load and four biochemical parameters of APTI computation. The metal load was determined by the Atomic Absorption spectrophotometric method, while the ascorbic acid was determined by the titremetric method, leaf extract pH by the electro-chemical te...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies amongst diabetics in Enugu. This is important as it has been indicated that presence of HCV in diabetics could lead to insulin resistance and thus increases diabetic complications. A total of 138 diabetics were recruited for this study, with a population control of 102 apparently healthy subjects, within the same age. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain information on the demographic, comorbid ...
Abstract This study was aimed at determining the extent to which University Matriculation Examinations (UME) - now Unified Tertiary Institutions Matriculation Examinations (UTME) score predicted students’ final grades in four departments (Nursing Sciences, Medical Radiography and Radiological Sciences, Medical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Rehabilitation Sciences) of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. A non experimental, retrospective corr...
ABSTRACT Reduction in the under-five morbidity and mortality rates as a result of improved nutrition and health care services has increased the number of school going children. Assessment of the school child’s nutritional status becomes imperative in ensuring that the gains are sustained so that they can benefit maximally from education. This work assessed the anthropometric, dietary pattern and micronutrient status of school children aged 6 – 15 years in a rural community of Enugu State...
This was cross section study carried out in ultrasound department of Sudan university of science and technology (SUST) and kosti hospital , during the period from September 2018 to November 2018.MSKUS is consider as cost effective diadnostic modality to screen rotator cuff tears. Increase the thickness of rotator cuff tendons may indicate pathology ,there for the cut of point normal thickness should be known the question to be answer :can ultrasound be able to identify the normal thickn...
ABSTRACT Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of occupational- related sickness, injuries, absences, and disability. Inflammation may be one of the mechanisms causing lumbo-sciatic pain. Exercise has been found to reduce pain and increase function which promotes a return to work in subjects with low back pain. Little is known about the potential mechanisms responsible for the effect of exercise on low back pain. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of eight weeks of interva...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the relationship between motivational variables and job satisfaction as perceived by nurse and midwife educators in Schools of Nursing and Midwifery in Akwa Ibom State. The objectives of the study were to: (i) Determine the relationship between staff recognition and job satisfaction as perceived by nurse and midwife educators in Akwa Ibom State. (ii) Determine the relationship between promotion and job satisfaction as perceived by nurse and midwife educators ...
ABSTRACT Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of worldwide preventable morbidity and mortality. Globally certain risk factors have been found to account for up to 90% of cardiovascular disease and a large percentage are preventable through the reduction of the modifiable risk factors. However it is reported that there are millions of people with undiagnosed cardiovascular disease risk factors who are not being managed to prevent the development of cardiovascular disease. A qualitative...
ABSTRACT The present study investigated herb-drug interactions involving cold water extract of Azadirachta indica (neem) leaves, with five classes of antibiotics, namely: Tetracyclines - Tetracycline (TET) and Doxycycline POX); I Penicillins - Penicillin G(PG) and Ampicillin (AMP); Cephalosporins - Cefuroxime (CF); Arninoglycosides -Gentamicycin (GEN) and Streptomycin (STREP) and Fluoroquinolones-Ciprofloxacin (CIP) and Norfloxacin (NF);. In vitro interactions between the neem leaf extract an...