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Africa: Continent Is Way Behind the Curve in Managing Heart Disease - Here's a New Approach
[The Conversation Africa] The burden of noncommunicable diseases in sub-Saharan African is growing because of factors such as demographic changes and increases in life expectancy. These diseases include heart attacks, stroke, cancer, respiratory diseases and diabetes.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 13, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Complex regional pain syndrome: A case report and review of the literature
Conclusion: A multidisciplinary approach is needed for effective management of CRPS, and refractory disease may respond to intrathecal baclofen with morphine.
Source: Annals of African Medicine - March 12, 2020 Category: African Health Authors: Nura H Alkali Abdulrahman M Al-Tahan Mohammad Al-Majed Husam Al-Tahan Source Type: research
frequency, nursing managements and stroke patients’ outcomes among patients admitted to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia A retrospective, institution based cross-sectional study
Publication date: Available online 31 July 2020Source: International Journal of Africa Nursing SciencesAuthor(s): Ayehu Kassaw Asres, Amsale Cherie, Tadesse Bedada, Hailemikeal Gebrekidan
Source: International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences - July 31, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: research
Moving towards ideal and appropriate models of anticoagulation management service
This article seeks to discuss how the establishment of appropriate models of anticoagulation could contain the draw backs of the old anticoagulants and improve on the compliance, availability, affordability, and accessibility of newer anticoagulants. Successful anticoagulation has always been defined by a scientific balancing of the risk of thrombosis and the complication of hemorrhage. To be able to maintain such optimal anticoagulation requires rational drug prescription (physician factor), institutelization of monitoring of therapy (anticoagulation clinic factor) as well as active participation of patients receiving the...
Source: Annals of African Medicine - August 18, 2020 Category: African Health Authors: Anakwue Raphael Source Type: research
Kenya: Without an Alternative, Patients Want UHC Back
[Nation] In a dimly lit, single room in Majengo, a few kilometres from Nyeri Town, Elizabeth Nyawira lives isolated from the outside world, having been immobile for years. Nyawira suffered a stroke that left her paralysed.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 3, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Moving towards ideal and appropriate models of anticoagulation management service
This article seeks to discuss how the establishment of appropriate models of anticoagulation could contain the draw backs of the old anticoagulants and improve on the compliance, availability, affordability, and accessibility of newer anticoagulants. Successful anticoagulation has always been defined by a scientific balancing of the risk of thrombosis and the complication of hemorrhage. To be able to maintain such optimal anticoagulation requires rational drug prescription (physician factor), institutelization of monitoring of therapy (anticoagulation clinic factor) as well as active participation of patients receiving the...
Source: Annals of African Medicine - August 18, 2020 Category: African Health Authors: Anakwue Raphael Source Type: research
Kenya: We Need to Do More to Manage Heart Attacks
[Nation] The increase of heart attacks in Kenya is worrying. Studies show that 25 per cent of medical admissions in the country are due to cardiovascular disease with heart attack, stroke and heart failure contributing to the majority.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 23, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Omega-3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
CONCLUSIONS: According to moderate- to high-certainty evidence, short-chain fatty acids and LCn3 have little or no effect on mortality or cardiovascular health. However, omega-3 ALA slightly reduces the risk of CVD events and arrhythmias.
PMID: 33403957 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - January 7, 2021 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
South Africa: How Changing Blood Pressure Targets Could Save Costs and Lives
[The Conversation Africa] High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a serious public health threat globally. If uncontrolled it substantially increases the risk of disability and death from stroke, heart attacks and other cardiovascular conditions. It's also a huge problem in South Africa - an estimated 35% of people in the country older than 15 have high blood pressure. This is expected to increase as the country's population rapidly ages over the coming decades.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 8, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Boxing Legend Amartey Now Suffers Stroke
[Ghanaian Times] Ho-Hliha -- Boxing-hero-turned-destitute, Prince Amartey is now incapacitated, after decades of appeals by the pugilist to the state for help fell on deaf ears.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Isolated acute pseudobulbar palsy with infarction of artery of percheron: case report and literature review
Conclusion: To the authors ’ knowledge, there are two cases of individuals with artery of Percheron infarction who devel- oped PBP associated with other clinical syndromes. Still, isolated PBP following infarction of Percheron’s artery was not reported. We hypothesized that the PBP may have occurred because of the existen ce of vascular territory variations in the perforating arteries that arise from the AOP.Keywords: Pseudobulbar palsy; thalamus; infarction.
Source: African Health Sciences - April 16, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Fornari Caprara Source Type: research
A prospective observational study of preoperative natriuretic peptide testing in adult non-cardiac surgical patients in hospitals in Western Cape Province, South Africa
CONCLUSIONS: We strongly recommend that non-cardiac surgical patients aged ≥45 years undergoing intermediate- or high-risk non-cardiac surgery with a history of coronary artery disease/peripheral vascular disease, congestive cardiac failure, diabetes mellitus or elevated creatinine have preoperative NP testing as part of risk stratification.PMID:33944767 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i4.15226
Source: South African Medical Journal - May 4, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: C S Alphonsus M Jagga M Crowther E Coetzee G Davies Z Fullerton H A Van Zyl A Reed E Cloete J Roos F Roodt R N Rodseth B M Biccard Collaborators for EPIC2: BNP study Source Type: research
Economic growth as an underlying probable systemic driver for childhood obesity in South Africa: A Joinpoint regression and ecological analysis over 10 years
CONCLUSIONS: An increase in childhood and adolescent obesity over time was observed, while trend associations between obesity and EGIs exist.PMID:33944743 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i3.14669
Source: South African Medical Journal - May 4, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: P T Pisa N M Pisa P Chikandiwa A Chikandiwa Source Type: research
Stroke care: Leaps in addressing the shortfall with some Angels to the rescue
S Afr Med J. 2021 Mar 2;111(3):196-197. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i3.15103.NO ABSTRACTPMID:33944736 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i3.15103
Source: South African Medical Journal - May 4, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: A Bryer Source Type: research
A prospective observational study of preoperative natriuretic peptide testing in adult non-cardiac surgical patients in hospitals in Western Cape Province, South Africa
CONCLUSIONS: We strongly recommend that non-cardiac surgical patients aged ≥45 years undergoing intermediate- or high-risk non-cardiac surgery with a history of coronary artery disease/peripheral vascular disease, congestive cardiac failure, diabetes mellitus or elevated creatinine have preoperative NP testing as part of risk stratification.PMID:33944767 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i4.15226
Source: South African Medical Journal - May 4, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: C S Alphonsus M Jagga M Crowther E Coetzee G Davies Z Fullerton H A Van Zyl A Reed E Cloete J Roos F Roodt R N Rodseth B M Biccard Collaborators for EPIC2: BNP study Source Type: research
