Stroke survivors in Nigeria: A door-to-door prevalence survey from the Niger Delta region.

The burden of stroke has been projected to increase in low-and middle-income countries due to the ongoing epidemiological transition. However, community-based stroke prevalence studies are sparse in sub-Saharan Africa particularly in Nigeria. This study aimed to provide a comparative estimate of the prevalence of stroke survivors in the rural Niger Delta region.

The Burden of Hypertension in an Oil- and Gas-Polluted Environment: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Evidence of positive association between traffic-related air pollution and elevated blood pressure has been published widely. However, the risk of hypertension and prolonged exposure to crude oil pollution and gas flares remains unexplored.

Methods: We recruited 2,028 residents (aged 18-80) in a cross-sectional survey of both oil/gas polluted and nonpolluted communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

Prevalence and risk factors for stroke in an adult population in a rural community in the Niger Delta, south-south Nigeria.

Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing an epidemiologic transition with stroke contributing to the disease burden. However, community-based stroke prevalence studies are sparse. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of stroke in a rural population in the Niger Delta region in south-south Nigeria and to describe known risk factors for stroke among them.

Co-morbid medical conditions and medical complications of prostate cancer in Southern Nigeria.

Background: Prostate cancer often co-exists with other diseases. It accounts for 11% of all cancers in Nigerian men, and it is the commonest cause of mortality due to cancer in elderly males in Nigeria.

Objective: To present co-morbid medical conditions and medical complications of prostate cancer in patients with the disease in Southern Nigeria.

Prevalence of hypertension in Kegbara-Dere, a rural community in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria.

Objectives: Hypertension has become a major health burden in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly due to urbanization and Western acculturation. We investigated the prevalence of hypertension and risk factors in a rural community in South-South Nigeria.

Design, Setting, Participants: Blood pressure and anthropometric indices were measured during a cross-sectional study of community health status among 1078 adults, aged > or = 18 years, in 2008.

Clinical profile of hypertension at a University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria.

Background: Hypertension in Nigeria is a widespread problem of immense social and economic importance because of its high prevalence and the severity of its complications.

Aim: To define the morbidity and mortality pattern of hypertension at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH).

Method: Records of all patients admitted to the medical wards of the UPTH over a 5-year period with essential hypertension or any of its complications were retrieved from the ward and medical records and reviewed.

The role of computed tomography in the diagnostic work-up of headache patients in Nigeria.

Objective: To determine the yield of computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain in the evaluation of patients presenting with headache at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH).

Background: Headache is a pain in the head or upper neck. It is one of the most common locations of pain in the body that leads patients to see a physician.

Pattern of heart failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital.

Background: Congestive cardiac failure (CCF) has emerged as a major public health problem worldwide and imposes an escalating burden on the health care system.

Objective: To determine the causes and mortality rate of CCF in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), south Nigeria, over a five-year period from January 2001 to December 2005.

Methods: A retrospective study of CCF cases were identified from the admission and discharge register of the medical wards of UPTH and the case notes were retrieved from the medical records department and analyzed.

Geriatric admissions in a developing country: experience from a tertiary centre in Nigeria.

Background: The aging populations in developing countries have brought a demographic and an epidemiological transition, affecting the impact of chronic diseases on the health status of the population.

Objective: To review the pattern of geriatric admissions in the medical wards of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH).

Method: Medical records of all geriatric patients aged > or = 60 years admitted in the medical wards between June 2002 and May 2006 were retrieved and reviewed retrospectively.