ABSTRACT Microbial contamination of indoor air of operating theatres is one of the risk factors for the development of Surgical Site Infections (SSI). Operating theatre environment, including personnel, can become contaminated with microorganisms capable of causing SSI, morbidity, prolong hospitalization of patients or even death. Studies on indoor air quality particularly the air-borne microbes that are associated with SSI have not been adequately investigated. This study was therefore desi...
ABSTRACT Diarrhoeal diseases constitute a major cause of morbidity and mortality among under-five children in Nigeria. The knowledge and use of home therapies to manage diarrhoea using Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) with special reference to Sugar-Salt-Solution (SSS) are on the decline in recent times. However, knowledge and self-efficacy of nursing mothers in Nigerian army barracks relating to the use of ORT have not been fully studied. The study was designed to assess the knowledge of diar...
ABSTRACT A qualitative, community-based study was conducted in the rural community of Ago Are in southwestern Nigeria to learn about indigenous surgical practices and their potential for disease transmission. Community leaders as key informants assisted in identifying two types of indigenous practitioner whose work involved blood contact, whose work was observed. The ol6lil are surgeons who specialize in circumcision and making traditional facial-markings, while the generic term for healer, o...
ABSTRACT Renal blood flow evaluation during malaria illness is rarely done despite the high incidence of kidney injury from malaria and availability of Doppler Ultrasound in malaria endemic areas.
ABSTRACT Viruses are submicroscopic, obligate intracellular parasites that can neither grow nor reproduce outside a living cell. Their survival therefore depends completely on the continued survival of their hosts.
ABSTRACT Objective: Hepatitis B virus infection is common in Nigerians and its diagnosis is necessary for effective treatment and eradication. This study is aimed at highlighting the serological factors jeopardizing the diagnosis and treatment of the infection among Nigerians adults.
ABSTRACT Cyanide toxicity is of public health concern. Cyanide is among the most potent and deadly poisons and sources of potential human exposure to it are numerous, arising through its release into the environment from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Gnetum Africanum (GA) and Ocimum Gratissimum (OG) which contain essential amino acids required to abate cyanide toxicity effects, are widely used local plants for both nutritional and therapeutic purposes in Nigeria. There is dearth of...
ABSTRACT Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage, when little remedy could be offered. There is a need for relatively affordable, available and noninvasive tests for diagnosis, staging and detection of metastasis among individuals at risk. A clinical, chest radiographic (CXR) and abdominal ultrasonographic examination was carried out to detect and evaluate the pattern of metastasis among 53 untreated patients. One patient had clinical paraparesis with no outwa...
ABSTRACT Ultrasonographic measurement of abdominal organ dimensions in children of all ages is utilized in the monitoring of abdominal organ growth pattern, diagnosis and follow-up of patients with a variety of diseases. Base line reference values are necessary to determine abdominal organ growth and the degree of deviation from the normal in pathological states.
ABSTRACT Over the years, there has been a significant rise in the number of graduates from medical schools in subSaharan Africa. A recent study of 105 selected medical schools found an increase from about 8,000 graduates in 2008 to >18,000 in 2011 .
ABSTRACT A prospective study aimed at determining the relationship between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and serum ferritin in Nigerian patients with primary liver cell carcinoma (PLCC) was carried out at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan; Nigeria. The study involved 42 adult Nigerians made up of 14 healthy subjects as controls and 14 patients each with PLCC and liver cirrhosis (LC) who consented to participate in the study. The subjects were controlled for age and sex. The di...
Summary Objective To look into the cases of blepharoptosis in our environment as well as find out the causes and effects of the ptosis. Design Prospective clinic study and prospective cluster sampling method of school children.
ABSTRACT Background: Radiological imaging is mandatory, when investigating patients with low back pain (LBP). A minimum of three plain radiographic views of lumbosacral spine are routinely requested for by the attending clinicians. Objective: This study is therefore carried out to determine if only one view will be sufficient in the initial screening of patients with low back pain. Materials and Methods: The antero-posterior (AP) and lateral plain radiographs of patients referred to the rad...
ABSTRACT Background: Interest in the reproductive health of adolescents continues to grow throughout the world. Few studies had explored the reproductive health knowledge, sexual behavior and experience of sexual coercion among secondary school students in North Eastern states of Nigeria. The objectives of this descriptive survey were to collect data to plan appropriate interventions that meet the reproductive health knowledge, service and skills needs of students in Bauchi, Borno and Gombe s...
Abstract The burden of childhood hearing loss is huge, its effect on affected children devastating and the economic toll is heavy. Unfortunately much attention is not given to programs that promote early detection, management and rehabilitation of such children in developing countries. A cross-sectional study of the prevalence and patterns of hearing loss was undertaken among 127 children aged 5-15 years who presented for hearing assessment in two ear clinics in south-western Nigeria. Result...