African health sciences
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African health sciences · Sep 2015
Implementation of POCT in the diabetic clinic in a large hospital.
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is gaining renewed interest, especially in resource-limiting primary health care, due to rise in prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases hence POCT needscontinuous appraisal. ⋯ Venous or capillary blood can be used in POCT for HbA1c. POCT is ideal for monitoring glucose control and management of diabetes in resource-limited countries such as South Africa.
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African health sciences · Sep 2015
Assessing unmet anaesthesia need in Sierra Leone: a secondary analysis of a cluster-randomized, cross-sectional, countrywide survey.
To determine the unmet anaesthesia need in a low resource region. ⋯ Analyses such as this can provide guidance as to the rational and efficient production and distribution of personnel, drugs and equipment.
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African health sciences · Sep 2015
Upper gastrointestinal diseases in patients for endoscopy in South-Western Uganda.
There is a paucity of published data regarding upper gastrointestinal diseases in Ugandans with upper gastrointestinal symptoms referred for endoscopy. ⋯ Gastritis, ulcerative disease, and upper gastrointestinal malignancies are common in South-Western Ugandans and are associated with a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori.
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African health sciences · Sep 2015
Trends in HIV prevalence from 2008 to 2012 among young adults in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
The pandemic of HIV lines amongst the utmost infectious disease menaces in antiquity. HIV remains a problem worldwide and it's a grave health snags in developing nations particularly in Nigeria. ⋯ The long decades fight against HIV especially in Rivers State is making progress, though an unstable one. The observed increase in years with high HIV prevalences calls for an intensified focus of intervention.
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African health sciences · Sep 2015
Sonographic evaluation of the spleen among sickle cell disease patients in a teaching hospital in Nigeria.
Regional variations in size and parenchyma echo-texture of the spleen among sickle cell disease (SCD) patients have been documented in various publications. The objectives of this study were to assess the size and parenchyma echo-texture of the spleen of SCD patients and ascertain the relationship of age, height and weight with the spleen sizes. ⋯ Routine sonographic assessment of spleen size and echo-texture is useful in the management of SCD patients.