Niger J Clin Pract
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Multicenter Study
Physical and socioeconomic impact of asthma in Nigeria: Experience of patients attending three tertiary hospitals.
Understanding the impact of asthma is the key to optimal care. ⋯ Asthma causes broad and substantial physical and socioeconomic impacts in our sample of patients. Exploring these impacts and engaging the patient is imperative for holistic management and good health outcomes.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
A comparison of intravenous sugammadex and neostigmine + atropine reversal on time to consciousness during wake-up tests in spinal surgery.
The effect of sugammadex on consciousness is not yet fully understood. This prospective, randomized, double-blind, multicenter study was performed to compare the effects of intravenous (IV) sugammadex and neostigmine + atropine reversals on time-to-consciousness during intraoperative wake-up tests in patients undergoing spinal surgery. ⋯ Using IV sugammadex 2 mg.kg-1 reversal provides faster responses to verbal commands than neostigmine-atropine combination during the intraoperative wake-up test in patients undergoing spinal surgery because the time to consciousness was significantly shorter. This difference was thought to be related with faster return of neuromuscular transmission because the TOF ratio was >0.9 well before return of consciousness in both groups.
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Multicenter Study
The accuracy of risk malignancy index in prediction of malignancy in women with adnexal mass in Basrah, Iraq.
Adnexal masses indicate a variety of gynecological and nongynecological disorders, which may be benign or malignant. Early detection of malignancy is crucial to a proper planning of treatment and improvement of survival. ⋯ The RMI is a simple sensitive, practical, and reliable tool in preoperative discrimination between benign and malignant adnexal masses that can facilitate selection of cases for timely referral to oncology center.
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Multicenter Study
Evaluation of the School Environment of Public and Private Schools in Enugu to Ensure Child Health Promotion.
Poor maintenance of school environment can cause or worsen illnesses among schoolchildren. The objective of this study was to assess the healthfulness of school environments of primary schools in Enugu East, Nigeria, and to compare the difference if any between public and private schools. ⋯ The environment of primary schools in Enugu east, Nigeria, is unhealthy and unfriendly and currently cannot promote and protect the health of the schoolchildren.
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To investigate the percentage of patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who achieved simultaneous control of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), blood pressure (BP), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and also to assess its determinants in Shaanxi province, North-Western China. ⋯ Simultaneous control among drug-treated Type 2 diabetes patients was amazingly low in North-Western China. Our present study confirmed the gap between guideline and practice and provided evidence of the need for aggressive diabetes management.