INTRODUCTION Open Heart Surgery (OHS) is not commonly practiced in Nigeria and most patients who require OHS are referred abroad. There has recently been a resurgence of interest in establishing OHS services in Nigeria but the cost is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the direct cost of OHS procedures in Nigeria. METHODS The study was performed prospectively from November to Dec...

1 Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria 2 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria 3 Department of Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria 4 Haematology Department, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City,...

BACKGROUND The benefits of continuing antiretroviral therapy are questionable in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1-infected patients with profound immunodeficiency and multiple treatment failure due to viral resistance. METHODS From the French Hospital Database on HIV, we selected 12,765 patients with a CD4(+) cell count <200 cells/mm(3) who received a combination antiretroviral thera...

Though tetanus is a major cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in Nigeria, there is a paucity of data on the pattern and outcome of the disease among the sub-urban and rural populations. This retrospective study of adult tetanus at a suburban tertiary hospital in Nigeria reports a high case fatality rate of 57.1% in 35 patients with a mean age of 33.0+/-14.8 years. Severity of disease (...

The objective of this paper was to perform a comprehensive review of psychophysically determined maximum acceptable pushing and pulling forces. Factors affecting pushing and pulling forces are identified and discussed. Recent studies show a significant decrease (compared to previous studies) in maximum acceptable forces for males but not for females when pushing and pulling on a treadmill. A co...

This research demonstrates that the physical properties of shopping carts influence purchasing and spending. Prior on ergonomics indicates standard carts, which are pushed via a horizontal handlebar, likely to activate arm extensor muscles. muscle activation, in turn, suggests activation may elicit less than flexor activation. The authors thus deduce be suboptimal for stimulating purchases. pre...

The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa university teaching hospital (ATBUTH) in Bauchi, Nigeria, became a university teaching hospital for Bauchi State in 2010. Interest in glaucoma started in 2009, as many patients presented very late and were blind in one or both eyes. The hospital has a large, mainly rural, catchment population. Most patients selfrefer but referrals from district hospitals – which are s...

Abubakar Ahmed, Department of Radiology, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria; Idris Garba, Department of Radiology, and Ballah Akawu Denue, Mohammed Bashir Alkali, and Bukar Bakki, Department of Medicine, all at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Borno State, Nigeria; Holly Rawizza, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston MA, USA. Correspondence to...

How to cite this article: Ogunfowokan O. Bite-tohospital time and morbidity in victims of Viper bite in a rural hospital in Nigeria. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2012;4(1), Art. #371, 7 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ phcfm.v4i1.371 Background: Mortality amongst in-hospital patients bitten by carpet viper in northern Nigeria has reduced, related to use of a monospecific ovine Fab snake anti...