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Mortality among older patients admitted to the medical wards of Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, 2010 - 2013.
CONCLUSIONS: Mortality among older medical inpatients was high. Modifiable predictors of mortality, especially related to laboratory derangements, should be identified and addressed promptly. PMID: 30834863 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - March 7, 2019 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research

South Africa: Salt Is Bad for You - but How It Affects Your Body Is Still Frontier Science
[The Conversation Africa] Research has shown that excess salt intake is harmful to people's health. It can lead to high blood pressure and increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 12, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

South Africa: Quack Claims About Oxygen Treatment Are Dangerous
[GroundUp] If you go scuba-diving and come up to the surface too fast, you might need Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. But, experts warn, it can't treat cancer, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, autism, or arthritis, as some quack outfits are claiming.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 15, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Prevalence and Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation and its Embolic Complications in Patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Conclusions and recommendations: The study reveals a high prevalence of atrial fibrillation and cardioembolic events in Ethiopian patients with rheumatic heart disease. Hence, active screening of atrial fibrillation and optimal anticoagulation are recommended. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2019;33(1):12-16]Key words: Rheumatic Heart Disease, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardioembolic Complications, Stroke, Ethiopia
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - April 11, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: research

The relation between echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness and mitral annular calcification
Conclusion: We showed that EFT was significantly elevated in patients with MAC and it was positively correlated with MAC.Keywords: mitral annular calcification, epicardial fat thickness, cardiovascular risk.
Source: African Health Sciences - April 17, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: research

Surgical need among the ageing population of Uganda
Conclusion: There is disproportionately high need for surgical care among the ageing population of Uganda with approximate- ly 700,000 consultations needed.Keywords: Surgical need, ageing population, Uganda.
Source: African Health Sciences - April 22, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: research

Measuring quality outcomes across hospital systems: Using a claims data model for risk adjustment of mortality rates.
This article describes and evaluates the validity of risk-adjustment methods applied to service claims data to accurately determine SMRs across hospital systems. While service claims data may have limitations regarding case risk adjustment, it is important that we do not lose the important opportunity to use claims data as a reliable proxy to comment on the quality of care within healthcare systems. This methodology is robust in its demonstration of variation of performance on mortality outcomes across hospital systems. For the measurement period January 2014 - December 2016, the average risk-adjusted SMRs across hospital ...
Source: South African Medical Journal - May 29, 2019 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research

Neurological disorders in HIV in Africa: a review
Conclusion: Neurological disorders are common in HIV in Africa and the main CNS opportunistic infections result in high  mortality rates. Strategies aimed at reducing their high burden, morbidity and mortality include early HIV diagnosis and anti-retroviral therapy (ART), screening and chemoprophylaxis of main opportunistic infections, improved clinical diagnosis and management and programme strengthening.Keywords: Neurological disorders, HIV, Africa, opportunistic infections, direct HIV infection and inflammatory disorders.
Source: African Health Sciences - August 19, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: research

Rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding due to rivaroxaban: a case report
Rivaroxaban is one of the new anti-coagulants that inhibit Factor Xa and rarely cause rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal  haemorrhage which are uncommon, life-threatening complications. Here is a case of an elderly patient on rivaroxaban therapy for the stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation who developed rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding.Keywords: Rectus sheath hematoma, retroperitoneal bleeding, rivaroxaban.
Source: African Health Sciences - August 20, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: research

Gabon: Fresh Questions Over Bongo's Fitness to Rule After UK Medical Trip
[RFI] Libreville has denied reports that President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who suffered a stroke last October while visiting Saudi Arabia, was in a London hospital in "worsening condition".
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 4, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Cameroon: 'If the Brain Doesn't Work, the Rest Doesn't Matter'
[Cameroon Tribune] Our brains are currently at serious risk because of diseases such as epilepsy, stroke, AIDS, dementia and so on. There is also danger from drug abuse and addictions, especially amongst youths, resulting in behavioural disorders which contribute to some of the major crises the nation is facing. Therefore, brain or mental health problems stand among the most common and severe in Cameroon. In the following interview, Prof. Alfred Kongnyu Njamnshi, lecturer, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Univers
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 12, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Stem cell therapy for neurological disorders.
Authors: Alessandrini M, Preynat-Seauve O, De Bruin K, Pepper MS Abstract Neurological disease encompasses a diverse group of disorders of the central and peripheral nervous systems, which collectively are the leading cause of disease burden globally. The scope of treatment options for neurological disease is limited, and drug approval rates for improved treatments remain poor when compared with other therapeutic areas. Stem cell therapy provides hope for many patients, but should be tempered with the realisation that the scientific and medical communities are still to fully unravel the complexities of stem cell bi...
Source: South African Medical Journal - October 31, 2019 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research

Outcome of Pregnancy in Saudi Women with Sickle Cell Disease Attending the Tertiary Care University Hospital in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
This study was carried out to compare the fetomaternal outcome in patients with SCD with those without SCD. This was a retrospective cohort study done in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia in a tertiary care, teaching hospital, by retrieving the data through the code ICD-9 for SCD, the control group was also selected with comparable characteristics. A total of 302 SCD pregnant patients were included for comparison with 600 pregnant women without SCD as control, during the period of Jan 1, 2008 to December 31, 2018. After the data retrieval, percentages of complications were calculated between the study and control groups...
Source: African Journal of Reproductive Health - November 30, 2019 Category: African Health Tags: Afr J Reprod Health Source Type: research

Knowledge about modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases adults living with HIV in Rwanda
Conclusion: The current study findings highlight the need for comprehensive health education, to raise awareness of non-communicable diseases ’ risk factors for adults living with HIV in Rwanda.Keywords: Non-communicable diseases, Risk factors, HIV infection, Knowledge, Rwanda.
Source: African Health Sciences - January 23, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: research

Nigeria: Campaigner in Hit and Miss With Facts About Nigeria's Stroke Burden
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 24, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news