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Renal Dysfunction Among Stroke Patients, Hospital Based Cross Sectional Study, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021
Conclusion: Renal dysfunction is a frequent comorbidity in patients who are admitted with the diagnosis of acute stroke and had a higher mortality rate than stroke patients with normal renal function.
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Lissane Seifu, Yonas Gashaye, Melaku Taye Source Type: research
Ghana: Benemef Foundation Donates Gh¢60,000 Wheel Chairs ...Walking Sticks to Stroke Patients
[Ghanaian Times] Benemef Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), in partnership with Dr Wanda Evans-Brewer, a philanthropist, have presented 58 wheel chairs and walking sticks valued at more than GH¢60,000 to stroke patients and people living with disabilities in three communities in the Greater Accra and Volta regions respectively.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Predictors of patient length of stay post stroke rehabilitation
Conclusion: Admission FIM score had an influence on patient outcomes and LOS. Patients with higher admission FIM motor scores may be able to participate in rehabilitation better and thus have shorter LOS. Being able to predict LOS on admission allows facility administrators to manage bed occupancy, human and clinical resources in post stroke rehabilitation.Keywords: Length of stay; predictors; rehabilitation; stroke.
Source: African Health Sciences - July 13, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Thea Bijl, Witness Mudzi, Nicolette Comley-White Source Type: research
Effect of Pro-kin visual feedback balance training on balance function of individuals with early Parkinson ' s disease: a randomized controlled pilot trial
Conclusion: The conventional rehabilitation therapy can improve the balance function of PD patients, but the combination of visual feedback balance training and conventional rehabilitation therapy can improve the balance function more significantly.Keywords: Balance; parkinson; rehabilitation; visual feedback.
Source: African Health Sciences - July 13, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Tingting Han, Qian Liu, Yaguang Hu, Yuxia Wang, Kangying Xue Source Type: research
Nigeria: Pfizer Moves to Check High Prevalence of Stroke in Nigeria
[Leadership] Pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer has relaunched Eliquis, an anticoagulant, to address the continued increase in the prevalence of stroke due to heart condition called atrial fibrillation in Nigeria which is a common cause of death in the adult population.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 2, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Dormant Shingles Virus in Your Neurons Can Increase Risk of Stroke - New Research Identified a Potential Culprit
[The Conversation Africa] Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes chickenpox lying dormant in their nervous system. Most people contract the varicella zoster virus, or VZV, when they get chickenpox as children. For around a third of these people, this same virus will reactivate years later and cause shingles, also called herpes zoster.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 21, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Hypertension, Diabetes, Stroke Kill More People Than Infectious Diseases and Should Get a Global Fund
[The Conversation Africa] Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for 41 million deaths each year. That's more than 70% of all deaths globally. Most of these deaths (77%) are in low-income and middle-income countries - including those in Africa.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 14, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: No Water, No Electricity - Stroke Survivor Sizwe Memela Has Had Enough
[GroundUp] KwaNobuhle still without water in spite of promises by mayor
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 9, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Effect of atrial septal dilation tumor and patent foramen rotundus on cryptogenic ischemic stroke in young and middle-aged patients
Conclusion: Atrial septal aneurysm combined with PFO and PFO are independent influencing factors factor for the occurrence of cryptogenic ischemic stroke in young and middle-aged people, which is worthy of further study.Keywords: Atrial septal aneurysm; Cryptogenic ischemic stroke; Influencing factors; Patent foramen ovale; Young and middle-aged.
Source: African Health Sciences - October 28, 2022 Category: African Health Authors: Tengtao Ling, Dongxing Xie Source Type: research
Association between serum lipid profile, body mass index and osteoporosis in postmenopausal Sudanese women
Conclusions: Osteoporotic postmenopausal women had a significant increase in serum lipid profile and BMI. Moreover, we found a positive link between women with cardiovascular diseases and stroke.Keywords: Osteoporosis; Postmenopausal women; Serum lipid profile; Sudan.
Source: African Health Sciences - October 28, 2022 Category: African Health Authors: Asgad Osman Alfahal, Abdalla Eltoum Ali, Gadallah Osman Modawe, Wael Mohialddin Doush Source Type: research
Dual arterial thrombosis: A diagnostic enigma
Shasthara Paneyala, SC Nemichandra, Harsha Sundaramurthy, K Vimala Christina ColacoAnnals of African Medicine 2022 21(3):291-295
Cold agglutinin disease is a rare cause of arterial thrombosis leading to stroke, commonly encountered against a background of mycoplasma pneumonia infections. A 22-year-old patient presented with acute-onset left hemiplegia preceded by a short history of fever and cough. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a right middle cerebral artery infarct. Serially repeated hemoglobin levels showed a progressive drop and peripheral smear showed evidence of hemolysis. Blood drawn for investigations wou...
Source: Annals of African Medicine - September 26, 2022 Category: African Health Authors: Shasthara Paneyala SC Nemichandra Harsha Sundaramurthy K Vimala Christina Colaco Source Type: research
Africa: Even Mild Covid Raises the Chance of Heart Attack and Stroke. What to Know About the Risks Ahead
[The Conversation Africa] A concerning report recently published in Nature Medicine suggests even a mild case of COVID can increase the long-term risks of serious cardiovascular diseases such as stroke, heart attack and heart failure. The study highlights our limited understanding of the full consequences of COVID infection and the long-term impact of the COVID pandemic.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: A Beep in Time Could Save a Life
[Nigeria Health Watch] Enoh Richard's doctor is reducing the number of pills she takes daily to keep her blood sugar under a healthy level. Previously, she was on 2,000mg of a blood sugar-controlling drug, 10mg of another to reduce the risk of heart failure or stroke, five units of insulin and she checked her blood sugar every day. After signing up on an app and starting a tailored diet, exercise and care plan, she now checks her blood sugar every other day. "It has stayed within 4.5% to 4.7%," she says. A reading between 4% and
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 6, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mauritius: Health Development - Bordeaux University Team Assists in Enhancing Management of Stroke Patients
[Government of Mauritius] The Ministry of Health and Wellness solicited the support of professionals from the University of Bordeaux in a bid to enhance the treatment provided to stroke patients in Mauritius. In this context, Professor Xavier Combes and Professor Igor Sibon, from the University of Bordeaux, were in Mauritius from 29 August to 02 September 2022 for the development of training courses in the Management of Stroke Patients.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 5, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Computed tomography patterns of intracranial infarcts in a Ghanaian tertiary facility
CONCLUSION: Apart from the loss of grey-white matter differentiation, there was no significant association between the other CT scan features and sex. Generally, most of the risk factors and the CT scan features were significantly associated with increasing age.FUNDING: None declared.PMID:35919779 | PMC:PMC9334949 | DOI:10.4314/gmj.v56i1.5
Source: Ghana Medical Journal - August 3, 2022 Category: African Health Authors: Emmanuel K M Edzie Klenam Dzefi-Tettey Philip N Gorleku Edmund K Brakohiapa Peter Appiah-Thompson Kwasi Agyen-Mensah Michael K Amedi Frank Quarshie Evans Boadi Joshua M Kpobi Richard A Edzie Abdul R Asemah Source Type: research
