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Measuring Ambulation, Motor, and Behavioral Outcomes with Poststroke Fluoxetine in Tanzania: The Phase II MAMBO Trial
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Dec 6:tpmd210653. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0653. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe test the safety of fluoxetine postischemic stroke in sub-Saharan Africa. Adults with acute ischemic stroke, seen <14 days since new-onset motor deficits, were enrolled from November 2019 to October 2020 in a single-arm, open-label phase II trial of daily fluoxetine 20 mg for 90 days at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The primary outcome was safety with secondary outcomes of medication adherence and tolerability. About 34 patients were enrolled (11 were female; mean age 52.2 years, 65% < 60 year...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - December 6, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Farrah Mateen Emmanuel Massawe Notburga Mworia Seif Ismail Dylan Rice Andre Vogel Boniface Kapina Novath Mukyanuzi Deus Buma Jef Gluckstein Michael Wasserman Susan Fasoli Faraja Chiwanga Kigocha Okeng'o Source Type: research
Efficacy of Fluoxetine for Post-Ischemic Stroke Depression in Tanzania
Post-stroke fluoxetine trials are primarily conducted in high-income countries. We characterize post-ischemic stroke depression in fluoxetine-treated and -untreated study participants in urban Tanzania.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - November 2, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Dylan R. Rice, Kigocha Okeng'o, Emmanuel Massawe, Seif Ismail, Notburga A. Mworia, Faraja Chiwanga, Boniface Kapina, Michael Wasserman, Farrah J. Mateen Source Type: research
The prevalence, management, and thirty-day outcomes of symptomatic atrial fibrillation in a Tanzanian emergency department
DISCUSSION: AF is common in a Tanzanian EC, with thirty-day mortality being high, but use of evidence-based therapies is rare. There is an opportunity to improve AF care and outcomes in Tanzania.PMID:34703731 | PMC:PMC8524111 | DOI:10.1016/j.afjem.2021.07.002
Source: Pain Physician - October 27, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Isaac O Oyediran Sainikitha Prattipati Francis M Sakita Godfrey L Kweka Tumsifu G Tarimo Timothy Peterson Zak Loring Alexander T Limkakeng Gerald S Bloomfield Julian T Hertz Source Type: research
The burden, correlates and outcomes of left ventricular hypertrophy among young Africans with first ever stroke in Tanzania
Left ventricular hypertrophy is a pathophysiological response often due to chronic uncontrolled hypertension. Our primary aim was to investigate the magnitude, correlates and outcomes of left ventricular hyper...
Source: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders - October 9, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sarah Shali Matuja, Patricia Munseri, Candida Moshiro, Khuzeima Khanbhai and Karim Mahawish Tags: Research Source Type: research
The characteristics of stroke and its rehabilitation in Northern Tanzania
CONCLUSION: Stroke patients at the KCMC lack access to rehabilitation therapies. Insufficient access to rehabilitation therapies may warrant the need to explore alternative approaches such as tele-rehabilitation technologies in Tanzania.PMID:34340643 | DOI:10.1080/16549716.2021.1927507
Source: Global Health Action - August 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Egfrid Michael Mkoba Gunnevi Sundelin Klas-G öran Sahlen Ann S örlin Source Type: research
426 prevalence of, and risk factors for, dementia in adult outpatient referrals to a regional referral hospital in arusha, tanzania
ConclusionsThe prevalence of dementia in this population is lower than previously reported community-based rates in Tanzania, and similar to those in high-income countries. This is the first time the association between uncorrected visual impairment and dementia has been reported in SSA. Other associations identified are in keeping with previous literature. Further research on the management of dementia and its risk factors, and the support and education of carers and patients in east African populations is required.
Source: Age and Ageing - June 12, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Stroke mimics in patients clinically diagnosed with stroke at a tertiary teaching hospital in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study
Stroke mimics account for up to one-third of acute stroke admissions and are a heterogeneous entity which pose diagnostic challenges. Diagnosing such patients is however crucial to avoid delays in treatment an...
Source: BMC Neurology - July 7, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Sarah Shali Matuja, Khuzeima Khanbhai, Karim M. Mahawish and Patricia Munseri Tags: Research article Source Type: research
