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Comparing Cardiovascular Outcomes and Costs of Perindopril-, Enalapril- or Losartan-Based Antihypertensive Regimens in South Africa: Real-World Medical Claims Database Analysis
CONCLUSION: In South African individuals with private health insurance, a perindopril-based antihypertensive regimen provided better clinical and cost outcomes compared with other regimens.PMID:37730949 | DOI:10.1007/s12325-023-02641-8
Source: Adv Data - September 21, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jacques R Snyman Freedom Gumedze Erika S W Jones Olufunke A Alaba Nqoba Tsabedze Alykhan Vira Ntobeko A B Ntusi Source Type: research

Should beetles be named after Adolf Hitler?
In 1934, a German paleontologist named a giant flying insect from the Carboniferous period Rochlingia hitleri , after Adolf Hitler, who had just taken power in Germany, and Hermann Röchling, an anti-semitic steel manufacturer and member of the Nazi Party. Three years later, an Austrian amateur entomologist named a brown, eyeless beetle from Slovenian caves Anophthalmus hitleri because he admired Hitler. In recent years, neo-Nazis have reportedly paid thousands for specimens, pushing the beetle toward extinction . Some researchers have argued for years that A. hitleri and other spec...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - September 5, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

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

What Sub-Saharan African Nations Can Teach the U.S. About Black Maternal Health
While poor maternal outcomes among Black women in the U.S. is not new, improving it is imperative. U.S. policymakers can look to sub-Saharan Africa for guidance on reversing this trend. Credit: Ernest Ankomah/IPSBy Ifeanyi NsoforABUJA, Jun 2 2023 (IPS) New research shows that Black mothers in the United States disproportionately live in counties with higher maternal vulnerability and face greater risk of preterm death for the fetus, greater risk of low birth weight for a baby, and a higher number of maternal deaths. While poor maternal outcomes among Black women in the U.S. is not new, improving it is imperative. U.S. poli...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ifeanyi Nsofor Tags: Africa Gender Headlines Health Inequality North America Poverty & SDGs Maternal Health Source Type: news

Outcomes of mechanical thrombectomy at a single-centre tertiary level public healthcare hospital in South Africa
CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated similar rates of recanalisation and functional independence to that seen in trials in high-income countries using basic imaging despite a higher mortality and longer median time to reperfusion. This data supports the effectiveness of MT in a tertiary level public hospital in South Africa despite the challenges of providing emergent stroke care in a resource-constrained setting.PMID:37259571 | DOI:10.1177/15910199231178163
Source: Interventional Neuroradiology - June 1, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Martin Muthinja Kiriinya Kathleen Bateman Aamir Qureshi David Le Feuvre Allan Taylor Source Type: research

Participation by patients from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in trial evidence supporting secondary stroke prevention guideline recommendations
CONCLUSIONS: Compared to their global burden of stroke, LMICs are underrepresented in key clinical trials used in formulating a prominent global stroke prevention guideline. While current therapeutic recommendations are likely applicable to practice settings throughout the world, greater involvement of patients from LMIC settings will enhance the contextual relevance and generalizability of recommendations to these disparate populations.PMID:37028264 | DOI:10.1016/j.jns.2023.120641
Source: Atherosclerosis - April 7, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Priscilla Abrafi Opare-Addo Fred Stephen Sarfo Patrick Opoku Berchie Minas Aikins Bruce Ovbiagele Source Type: research

Establishing the need for a stroke unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in South Africa
Stroke in Africa is a growing and neglected crisis with strokes more than doubling in low to middle income countries in the last four decades. Despite this growing threat to healthcare systems, implementation of stroke models of care in hospitals is lacking with most stroke patients being managed as part of a general medical service. Stroke units have shown to decrease mortality, reduce length of stay in hospital (LOS), and improve patient outcomes.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 30, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Stephanie Pillay, Azra Hoosen, Fiona Breytenbach, Roxann Redant, Nadia Umuneza, Sameera Haffejee, Zvifadzo Matsena-Zingoni, Kganetso Sekome Source Type: research