Blood glucose sampling for haemodialysis
Dr Kathy Hill, Lee Tootell, Margaret Pummeroy, Irene Atkins and Dr Andie Xu
An assessment of the agreement between BGL recorded in haemodialysis using concurrent different sampling methods to develop a formal guideline recommending the most appropriate point-of-care method.
Module 1 - Explaining PrEP to a Client/Intake (Branching Scenario)
Johns Hopkins University Affiliate
These self-instructional modules will help you build and strengthen your skills in helping your clients understand what oral PrEP is, what protection it can and cannot offer them, and how to initiate and continue to follow the indicated regimen. The modules include feedback and advice on sharing information and answering questio....
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Management of HIV during Pregnancy and the Post-Partum period
Dr. Chris Visser
Immediate linkage to patient-centred care and follow-up is required for all patients who have a positive HIV test during pregnancy or at the time of delivery. This presentation will outline the steps to follow when managing HIV during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Community Pharmacy: Advanced and Enhanced Services
Suraj Varia
This session provides details of the advanced and enhanced services offered by community pharmacies as part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF). It is part of the Pharmacy in Primary Care e-learning programme to support pre-registration community pharmacists.
A three minutes supine position test reveals higher risk of spinal anesthesia induced hypotension during cesarean delivery. An observational study.
Markos Erango,Arnoldo Frigessi,Leiv Arne Rosseland
SAP; systolic arterial pressure. Hb; hemoglobin concentration. BMI; body mass index. DAP; diastolic arterial pressure. MAP; mean arterial pressure. HR; heart rate. SV; stroke volume. CO; cardiac output. SVR; systemic vascular resistance
Postoperative pain of patients with necrotic teeth with apical periodontitis following single visit endodontic treatment versus multiple visit endodontic treatment using triple antibiotic paste: a randomized clinical trial
Safeya AbdurRahman,Saied M. Abdel Aziz,Shaimaa I. Gawdat,Ahmed M. AbdalSamad
Apical periodontitis (AP) arises primarily by continuous bacterial irritation from the root canals. Recent systematic reviews found that multiple visits with calcium hydroxide did not improve postoperative pain and flare-up and radiographic healing compared to single visit endodontic treatment without interappointment dressing.....
The potential impact of age, gender, body mass index, socioeconomic status and dietary habits on the prevalence of dental caries among Egyptian adults: a cross-sectional study
Marwa M.S. Abbass,Nermeen AbuBakr,Israa Ahmed Radwan,Dina Rady,Sara El Moshy,Mohamed Ramadan,Attera Ahmed,Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh
Dental caries is the progressive destruction of the tooth structure by bacterial acids. Data on the incidence of dental caries among Egyptian adults are scarce and are mostly grey literature, which makes this data hard to find. The last published report for the prevalence of caries among Egyptian adults was carried out by the Wo....
High prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in liver cancer patients: A hospital based study of 4610 patients with benign tumors or specific cancers
Chen Roujun,Yi Yanhua,Li Bixun
High fat and carbohydrate diets, associated with dietary carcinogenesis, contribute to abnormal glucose tolerance and cancer. As an ethnic area, Guangxi Zhuang automonous region (abbreviated as Guangxi) located in southwest China, is well known for its high incidence of liver cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer. This study aimed to....
Fasting blood glucose and newborn birth weight of non- diabetic Sudanese women
Abdelmageed Elmugabil,Duria A. Rayis,Ishag Adam,Mohamed F. Lutfi
Abnormal birth weight constitutes a major risk factor for a wide spectrum of childhood morbidities. Previous reports showed accumulating evidence for chronic maternal hypoglycaemian
Molecular study of sapovirus in acute gastroenteritis in children: a cross-sectional study
Maysaa El Sayed Zaki,Raghdaa Shrief,Rasha H. Hassan
Sapovirus is a single strand non enveloped RNA virus that belongs to the. The laboratory methods for detection of sapovirus include enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, electron microscopy, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and next-generation sequencing. Diarrhea represents the second common cause of death....
Determinants of preterm birth in public hospitals in central Ethiopia: an unmatched case-control study
Berhanu Senbeta Deriba,Agumas Fentahun Ayalew,Addis Adera Gebru
ANC; antenatal care, HIV/AIDS; human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome, IFA; iron folic acid, LBW; low birth weight, PIH; pregnancy induced hypertension, PTB; preterm birth, PROM; premature rupture of membrane, WHO; World Health Organization.
Acute and sub-acute toxicity study of the root extracts of Fagaropsis hildebrandtii in mice and evaluation of their antimicrobial effects
Beatrice Mwende Muia,James Mucunu Mbaria,Laetitia Wakonyu Kanja,Nduhiu Gitahi,Paul Onyango Okumu,Mitchel Otieno Okumu
In the last two decades, the demand for and access to complementary and alternative medicine has grown exponentially. , and. (n
Case Report: Ostium secundum atrial septal defect with unilateral lung hypervascularity revealing associated right pulmonary artery stenosis
Mehdi Slim,Malick Bodian,Elies Neffati,Essia Boughzela
Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a very common congenital heart disease. The aim of this article is to report, from a case report and literature review, diagnostic challenges and the contribution of simple complementary exams, such as chest X-ray, for the diagnostic orientation of an ASD associated with peripheral pulmonary artery....
Associated predictor covariates of cervical cancer and impact on survival at Khartoum oncology hospital, Sudan
Amanda Elgoraish,Ahmed Alnory
Cancer is a global public health problem, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, due to aging populations as well as broader social and environmental factors such as infectious diseases, education and ethnicity. Cervical cancer is a considerable cause of death among women in developing countries despite the fact that....
Using Lamin B1 mRNA for the early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: a cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study
Amani M. Abdelghany,Nasser Sadek Rezk,Mona Mostafa Osman,Amira I. Hamid,Ashraf Mohammad Al-Breedy,Hoda A. Abdelsattar
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignancy of hepatocytes, representing the fifth most common cancer, worldwide. The nuclear lamina is a proteinaceous meshwork found below the inner nuclear membrane, composing of intermediate filament proteins: lamin A, lamin C and lamins B1 and B2. Lamins are essential....
The frequency distribution of vitamin D Receptor fok I gene polymorphism among Ugandan pulmonary TB patients
Ester L. Acen,William Worodria,Peter Mulamba,Andrew Kambugu,Joseph Erume
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report on the ‘Use of high burden country lists for TB by WHO in the post-2015 era (WHO/HTM/TB/2015.29), Uganda was removed from the 22 high TB burden countries. However Uganda is still among the 41 high TB/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden countriesn
Paediatric morbidity and mortality in Sierra Leone. Have things changed after the 2014/2015 Ebola outbreak?
Tom Sesay,Olga Denisiuk,Rony Zachariah
In 2017, a cross-sectional study. The outbreak was declared over in November 2015. Since then, there have been considerable investments into the health system by Government and development partners. One of the limitations of the 2017 study. We thus conducted a similar country-wide study assessing morbidity and mortality for the....
Prevalence and risk factors for low back pain among university teaching staff in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study
Saikou Yaya Kollet Diallo,Marshal M. Mweu,Simeon Ochanda Mbuya,Mutuku Alexander Mwanthi
Disorders of the musculoskeletal system (MSDs) constitute the second most common cause of disability worldwide – accounting for 169,624,000 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) as of 2010 which is a 45.5% increase over 10 years. LBP was ranked as the first contributing factor to global disability out of 291 conditions investig....
Urine cytological examination: an appropriate method that can be used to detect a wide range of urinary abnormalities
Emmanuel Edwar Siddig,Nouh S. Mohamed,Eman Taha Ali,Mona A. Mohamed,Mohamed S. Muneer,Abdulla Munir,Ali Mahmoud Mohammed Edris,Eiman S. Ahmed,Lubna S. Elnour,Rowa Hassan
Urine cytology is a safe and inexpensive method to diagnose urinary tract abnormalities. It is similarly used for the detection of primary and recurrent urothelial carcinoma. Hematuria is one of the common indications for urine cytology examination. It is also known to be caused by an underlying malignancy in 5% to 10% of patien....
Impact of mobile technologies on cervical cancer screening practices in Lagos, Nigeria (mHealth-Cervix): Protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Kehinde S. Okunade,Omolola Salako,Adebola A. Adejimi,Oluwatosin J. Akinsola,Omolara Fatiregun,Muisi A. Adenekan,Olusanjo E. Moses,Bassey Ebenso,Matthew J. Allsop,Rose I. Anorlu,Jonathan S. Berek
Cervical cancer is a major public health problem and is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide accounting for an estimated 570,000 new cases annually. The use of mobile technologies has increased exponentially in the last few years. Although still limited, there is growing evidence of success in the use of mobile phone....
Nutritional and micronutrient status of adolescent schoolgirls in eastern Sudan: A cross-sectional study
Hyder M. Mahgoub,Omar E. Fadlelseed,Ammar H. Khamis,Jalal A. Bilal,Ishag Adam
Adolescents (individuals aged 10 to 19 years) make up approximately one fifth of the world’s population. Research on the nutritional status of adolescent girls is of paramount importance to health planners, as well as to practicing physicians. There is little published data on the nutritional status of adolescent girls in countr....
A Method to adjust for measurement error in multiple exposure variables measured with correlated errors in the absence of an internal validation study
Alexander K. Muoka,George O. Agogo,Oscar O. Ngesa,Henry G. Mwambi
HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; HBCT: Home-based HIV counseling and testing; HSRC: Human sciences research council; NCD: Non-communicable diseases; BMI: Body mass index; kg: kilogram; n
Molecular characterization of hookworm spp. isolated from food handlers, Khartoum, Sudan: A cross-sectional study
Tarig A. Gamar,Hassan H. Musa,Hisham N. Altayb,Mohamed H. Mohamed,Adam D. Abakar
Ancylostomatidae and strongyl nematodes were known to pose a burden among a variety of mammalian hosts, including humans. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and molecular characterization of hookworms isolated from the stool of food handlers attending Public Health Laboratories in Khartoum state, Sudan, for ann....
Genetic analysis of measles virus nucleocapsid gene identifies measles virus isolate of close similarity to Clade A viruses from Nigeria
Adedayo O. Faneye,Johnson A. Adeniji,Babatunde O. Motayo
Measles is an acute viral illness characterised by a prodromal illness of fever, coryza, cough, conjunctivitis and presence of Koplik spots followed by the appearance of a generalised maculopapular rash. The illness is either mild or severe depending on the immune and nutritional status of the infected person. It is caused by me....