Relationship between road traffic law violation, accident and psychoactive...
Motorcycle operators who drive under the influence of psychoactive substances are at high risk for road traffic violations and accidents. Despite the high level of morbidity associated with...
View ArticleEffects of Phoenix dactylifera on the prostate and seminal vesicle of Wistar...
Phoenix dactylifera, a member of the family Arecaceae, is a highly nutritious fruit that is rich in vitamins, simple sugars, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, carotenoids and steroids. The study is aimed...
View ArticlePersistent proteinuria among sickle cell anaemia children in steady state in...
Sickle cell disease (SCD), the commonest single gene disorder amongst Nigerian children, may present as sickle cell nephropathy (SCN). SCN is detectable by persistent proteinuria, a nephrotoxin that...
View ArticlePrevalence, epidemiological characteristics and predictors of occurrence of...
Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem and second only to malaria as the most devastating disease in tropical countries in Africa, East Asia and South America. Almajiri children are known to...
View ArticleAssessment of the quality of mobile voluntary counseling and testing services...
Mobile or outreach type of voluntary counseling and testing approach is a useful way to reach high risk groups and rural population that are far away from facility based voluntary counseling and...
View ArticleProfessionalism: An attempt to measure definition and understanding
Professionalism is under scrutiny in all service-providing professions. Healthcare is one of them. There are rules and regulations mentioned from professional bodies that place the foundations of the...
View ArticlePattern of renal impairment among hypertensive subjects in Umuahia, South...
Hypertension is a cause and consequence of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The present study investigated the patterns of renal impairment among hypertensive subjects in Umuahia, South East, Nigeria. A...
View ArticleAssessment of nurses’ perception of the use of job enrichment as motivator by...
The study aimed at examining nurses perception of their unit managers use of job enrichment strategy as a motivator to their subordinates in Enugu State University of Science and Technology Hospital....
View ArticlePrevalence of hypertension and associated risk factor among interstate...
Commercial drivers are a high-risk population where fitness on duty is important in enabling them to adequately respond to their job responsibilities. This study was carried out to determine the...
View ArticleCochlear implanted deaf children with additional disabilities: The mothers’...
The objective of this qualitative study was to evaluate the perspective of mothers, whose children, in addition to being deaf and having cochlear implants, also have additional disabilities. Five...
View ArticleReproductive function in premenopausal African Blacks with metabolic...
Reproductive dysfunction is associated with metabolic syndrome. Since fertility is highly valued in Africa, preliminary data on the association of metabolic syndrome with indices of reproductive...
View ArticleChitosan derived from the tunic of ascidian Phallusia nigra (Savigny, 1816)...
The present study was to evaluate the in-vitro antibacterial activity of chitosan against clinical pathogens. Chitosan was extracted from the tunic of Phallusia nigra the marine black tunicate by...
View ArticleUp scaling mental health and psychosocial services in a disaster context:...
In the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan which struck Philippines in 2013, the World Health Organization Philippines in collaboration with the Philippine government acted to improve access to mental...
View ArticlePrevalence of psychoactive substance use among registered commercial...
The present study was carried out in the most populated city in Northern Nigeria that is believed to have the highest number of commercial motorcyclists and highest prevalence of psychoactive...
View ArticleQuality of life and prevalence of depressive symptoms among patients on...
Urinary catheters are used to relieve urinary retention. Its prolonged use has been associated with poor quality of life (QoL) and psychosocial distress among patients. We sought to evaluate the QoL...
View ArticlePrevalence of antiretroviral treatment failure and associated factors in HIV...
As the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) increases, the issue of drug resistance and subsequent anti-retroviral treatment (ART) failure appears as a challenge. The study aim to...
View ArticleThe use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and risk of atrial...
Atrial fibrillation is a common cardiac arrhythmia that has many risk factors including some medications; however, the effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and its risk is not well...
View ArticleA five-year review of necrotizing fasciitis at Jimma University Specialized...
Necrotizing bacterial infections are extremely serious, fulminant infections of the soft tissues by virulent bacteria. The annual incidence of NF is estimated at 5001,000 cases annually, and its...
View ArticleDecade of permanent cardiac pacing in a tertiary care hospital of Northern India
This study of 10 year review of pacing was undertaken to analyse the continuous rise in the incidence of pacing in this part of country. 532 patients implanted with permanent pacemakers were evaluated...
View ArticlePoint prevalence study of antibiotic use in hospitals in Butembo
Inappropriate use of antibiotics is known as an important risk factor in the development of antibiotic resistance which increases the morbidity and mortality. We aimed to determine the prevalence and...
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