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Recurrent stroke in an African female with idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report
We report on a young Ghanaian female who was diagnosed with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) but had an ischemic stroke as the initial presentation. She was successfully treated with therapeutic plasma exchange. This case illustrates how TTP can masquerade as ischemic stroke and the application of PLASMIC score without ADAMTS-13 assay in risk prediction.
Source: Clinical Case Reports - January 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kwabena Oteng Agyapong, Aba Folson, Roland Wonkyi, Kelvin Amenyedor, Jeffrey J. Boateng, Kate Fiador Tags: CASE REPORT Source Type: research

Sociodemographic and behavioural risk factors for obesity among community-dwelling older adults in Ghana and Nigeria: A secondary analysis of data from the SIREN study
CONCLUSION: Living in urban settings, earning a higher income, and having a formal education were associated with a higher odds of obesity among older adults from LMICs.PMID:34787475 | DOI:10.1177/17423953211054023
Source: Chronic Illness - November 17, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Onoja M Akpa Akinkunmi P Okekunle Fred S Sarfo Rufus O Akinyemi Albert Akpalu Kolawole W Wahab Morenikeji Komolafe Reginald Obiako Lukman Owolabi Carolyn Jenkins Adeoye Abiodun Godwin Ogbole Bimbo Fawale Joshua Akinyemi Atinuke Agunloye Ezinne O Uvere Ade Source Type: research

Prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension and its related risk factors among undergraduate students in a Tertiary institution, Ghana
ConclusionThe study revealed considerable prevalence rates of pre-hypertension and hypertension among undergraduate students, with significant risk factors such as obesity detected by BMI and WHtR. Gender as male was also significant for pre-hypertension and hypertension. Sound prevention and control programmes of hypertension should be devised among students, to improve their knowledge and lifestyle practices early in life.
Source: Alexandria Journal of Medicine - July 10, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Assessing Mobile Health Capacity and Task Shifting Strategies to Improve Hypertension Among Ghanaian Stroke Survivors.
CONCLUSIONS: Participants strongly supported enhanced care delivery through mobile health and were receptive toward a nurse-led navigational model. PMID: 29208254 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences - December 1, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Nichols M, Sarfo FS, Singh A, Qanungo S, Treiber F, Ovbiagele B, Saulson R, Patel S, Jenkins C Tags: Am J Med Sci Source Type: research

Barriers to evidence-based acute stroke care in Ghana: a qualitative study on the perspectives of stroke care professionals
Conclusion Barriers from low/middle-income countries differ substantially from those in high-income countries. For evidence-based acute stroke care in low/middle-income countries such as Ghana, health policy-makers and hospital managers need to consider the contrasts and uniqueness in these barriers in designing quality improvement interventions to optimise patient outcomes.
Source: BMJ Open - April 27, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Baatiema, L., de-Graft Aikins, A., Sav, A., Mnatzaganian, G., Chan, C. K. Y., Somerset, S. Tags: Research Source Type: research