Relationship between duration of diagnosis and neuromusculoskeletal complications of middle-aged type 2 diabetes patients.

Background: Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) often present with complications involving the neuromusculoskeletal system which creep in as the condition advances in years. Hence there is a need to further understand how the duration of diagnosis of diabetes (DD) relates to the neuromusculoskeletal complications in order to design timely preventive programmes.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the duration of diabetes and neuromusculoskeletal complications in type 2 diabetes.

Levels and predictors of physical activity in a sample of pre-retirement and retired civil servants in Nigeria.

Background: Lack or inadequate physical activity may have dire health implications on both pre-retirement and retired individuals. Previous studies on the socioeconomic and demographic predictors of physical activity in this population may not fully apply in African because most were conducted outside the continent, hence this study.

Methods: A cross sectional survey of pre-retirement and retired civil servants in Kano State, North-Western Nigeria.

Occult renal cell carcinoma manifesting with epistaxis in a woman: a case report.

Introduction: Metastatic disease in the sinonasal region occurs rarely and the primary site may be elusive. This case highlights the possibility of an occult renal tumor manifesting with nasal symptoms and the risk of severe bleeding following nasal biopsy.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 79-year-old Caucasian woman who presented with a six-week history of intermittent left-sided nosebleeds.

Neuromusculoskeletal disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: outcome of a twelve-week therapeutic exercise programme.

Background And Objectives: Usual line of management of diabetes patients is drug and diet with their physical needs usually receiving minimal attention. Among the physical needs, requiring attention is their neuromusculoskeletal disorders. This study was designed to investigate the effect of a twelve-week therapeutic exercise on neuromusculoskeletal disorders of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) patients.

Differences in prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms among computer and non-computer users in a Nigerian population: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Literature abounds on the prevalent nature of Self Reported Musculoskeletal Symptoms (SRMS) among computer users, but studies that actually compared this with non computer users are meagre thereby reducing the strength of the evidence. This study compared the prevalence of SRMS between computer and non computer users and assessed the risk factors associated with SRMS.

Methods: A total of 472 participants comprising equal numbers of age and sex matched computer and non computer users were assessed for the presence of SRMS.

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS): a survey of knowledge and opinions of Nigerian dentists' in Lagos.

This study was designed to assess the knowledge and perceptions of Nigerian dentists to the National Health Insurance scheme (NHIS). A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted amongst 250 dentists employed in private and public dental clinics in Lagos State, Nigeria. The survey instrument was a self-administered questionnaire designed to assess their knowledge and attitudes towards the scheme.

Diabetes, sexual dysfunction and therapeutic exercise: a 20 year review.

Most trials on the effect of exercise on patients with diabetes mellitus focused on their glycaemic control, only a few focused on sexual dysfunction. A comprehensive two-decade literature review (1989-2009) from peer-reviewed journals was undertaken to examine the roles if any, of therapeutic exercise as an intervention for sexual dysfunction in patients with diabetes. Because of the paucity of studies on this subject, meta-analyses, small and non-randomized trials cited on Medline, Pedro, Embase, Scirus, Highwire and the Cochrane Library of systematic reviews were examined.

Flame ionization gas chromatographic determination of phthalate esters in water, surface sediments and fish species in the Ogun river catchments, Ketu, Lagos, Nigeria.

The detection and quantification of four phthalate esters-dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl phthalate (DEP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP)-in water, sediment, and some fish species were carried out using flame ionization gas chromatography. The samples were collected from the Ogun river catchments, Ketu, Lagos. The DMP was not detected in the water and fish samples but was detected in sediments collected from four of the six sampling sites.

Balance scores of hospitalized middle-aged medical patients on the day of discharge: indication for balance re-training.

Falls due to inadequate balance may occur among newly discharged hospitalized patients of any age but most studies focused on recuperating older adults with neurological or orthopaedic disorders. This study assessed on-the-spot discharge day balance of middle-aged medical patients and investigated whether this related to duration of hospitalization. Eighty-seven newly discharged middle-aged patients managed for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, lung and heart diseases and cancer patients receiving only chemotherapy and 87 age and sex matched apparently healthy controls were assessed for static and dynamic balance using the One Leg Stance (OLS) and 5-meter Timed Up and Go (5mTUG) tests respectively.

Prevalence and determinants of pre-term deliveries in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.

In Nigeria, over 900,000 children under the age of five years die every year. Early neonatal death is responsible for a little over 20% of these deaths. Prematurity remains a significant cause of these early neonatal deaths.

Maternal and fetal outcomes of jaundice in pregnancy at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

Objective: This study is aimed at determining pregnancy outcome of cases of jaundice in pregnancy over a 10 year period at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

Methodology: All case records of patients with jaundice in pregnancy over a 10-year period from 1st January 1992 through 31st December 2001 were retrieved from the medical records office of the hospital and analysed.

Results: During the ten-year study period, there were 16,566 registered pregnancies in the hospital, and 52 cases of jaundice in pregnancy were seen, giving an overall incidence of 0.

Total petroleum hydrocarbons and trace heavy metals in roadside soils along the Lagos-Badagry expressway, Nigeria.

This study reports the level of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and trace heavy metals (lead, copper, and cadmium) in soil samples collected randomly from Iyana-Iba garage, Lagos State University bus stop, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education bus stop, and a control site off Lusada-Atan road, near Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun state. TPH was estimated gravimetrically after Soxhlet extraction and column clean up, while soil metals were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry using mineral acid digestion. For TPH, the sites have mean values of 19.

Sociodemographic determinants of attrition in hospital based therapeutic exercise programme for type 2 diabetes patients.

Background: Abandoning research programmes by participants may impose disadvantages on the participant, the research and the researcher. This study investigated the contributions of sociodemographic characteristics to the attrition of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) patients who enrolled into a 12-week therapeutic exercise programme.

Methods: In the 12-week, thrice weekly hospital-based therapeutic exercise programme, the contributions of age, gender, duration of diagnosis, marital status, cohabitation, urbanization, educational and employment status to two sources of attrition (inability to locate and decline to commence or complete) were studied.

Appendicitis and situs inversus viscerum in a 32-year-old female nigerian: a case report.

Situs inversus is a relatively rare congenital abnormality in which the internal organs are disposed in a mirror image of the normal. It is said to be an autosomal recessive genetic condition. Its prevalence varies with population.

An assessment of the levels of phthalate esters and metals in the Muledane open dump, Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Background: This work reports the determination of the levels of phthalate esters (dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl phthalate (DEP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), diethyl hexyl phthalate (DEHP)) and metals (lead, cadmium, manganese, zinc, iron, calcium) in composite soil samples. The soil samples were collected randomly within the Muledane open dump, Thohoyandou, Limpopo province, South Africa. Control samples were collected about 200 m away from the open dump.

Assessment of the exposure of two fish species to metals pollution in the Ogun river catchments, Ketu, Lagos, Nigeria.

The concentrations of metals (Ca, Cd, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn) were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry in water, sediments and fish samples in the Ogun river catchments, Ketu, Lagos, which is an important bird nesting, fishing and drinking water source. The results show that the southern tip bothering the Lagos lagoon is where the highest metal concentrations are found in the fish species (Tilapia sp. and Chrysichthys sp.

Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface soils and water from the vicinity of Agbabu bitumen field of Southwestern Nigeria.

Water and soil samples from the vicinity of Agbabu bitumen field of Southwestern Nigeria, were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively for 10 parent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using gas chromatography coupled by flame ionization detector (GC-FID), in order to gather information on the degree of contamination by bitumen exploration and processing in this area. The total concentrations of 10 PAHs varied from 11.2 to 341.

Definition of the zebrafish genome using flow cytometry and cytogenetic mapping.

Background: The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an important vertebrate model organism system for biomedical research. The syntenic conservation between the zebrafish and human genome allows one to investigate the function of human genes using the zebrafish model. To facilitate analysis of the zebrafish genome, genetic maps have been constructed and sequence annotation of a reference zebrafish genome is ongoing.

Viral hepatitis in the aetiogenesis of jaundice in pregnancy at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

Viral hepatitis is common in Nigeria and may present with jaundice in pregnancy. The objective of this study was to determine the contribution of viral hepatitis among other aetiological factors, to the development of jaundice during pregnancy. Data on viral hepatitis among gravidae with jaundice in pregnancy over a 10-year period from 1st January 1992 through 31st December 2001 were retrieved and analyzed.

A review of the efficacy of surgical treatment for and pathological changes in patients with chronic scrotal pain.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy of surgical treatment for chronic scrotal pain (CSP) and to examine histopathological changes in epididymectomy and orchidectomy specimens in these patients.

Patients And Methods: CSP is a rare condition that for some patients can be severely debilitating. Although first-line treatment is conservative and includes the use of analgesics, many patients still complain of persistent pain.

Serum concentrations of immunoglobulins and acute phase proteins in Nigerian women with preeclampsia.

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific condition that increases maternal and infant mortality and morbidity. It is diagnosed based on a triad of hypertension, significant proteinuria and rapidly increasing edema during gestation. The factors that initiate preeclampsia are unknown and still a subject of intense clinical research.

HyperDSC studies of amorphous polyvinylpyrrolidone in a model wet granulation system.

Measurements of the properties of amorphous materials are very important to help in the understanding of how materials behave during manufacture, storage and use of medicines. However, there are few methods that are suited to the study of amorphous materials, especially if in multi-component systems or model formulations. The goal here was to explore the potential for the use of HyperDSC to study a model granulation system.

Drug use among adolescents in Ilorin, Nigeria.

The types and frequency of drug use among 1200 students aged 10-19 years was investigated and a prevalence rate of 40.1% found; currently used drugs included mild stimulants such as kolanut and coffee 294 (26.2%), alcohol 164 (14.