Publications by authors named "Charles O Poluyi"
Background: In patients with chronic liver disease, the common endpoint of its course is liver cirrhosis which is a cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. These abnormalities in the cardiovascular system, especially the heart, can be detected by echocardiography. Identifying and acting on these abnormalities can have an impact on their management thereby reducing morbidity and mortality of patients with liver cirrhosis.
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- Liver cirrhosis is increasingly common and associated with serious cardiovascular issues, making it crucial to identify related abnormalities through echocardiography for better patient outcomes.
- This study at Jos University Teaching Hospital focused on determining how widespread pulmonary hypertension is among liver cirrhosis patients and involved 210 adult participants over one year.
- The findings revealed that 30.5% of participants had pulmonary hypertension, predominantly mild cases, with certain symptoms like coughs and swelling increasing the risk of developing this condition.
One of the congenital central nervous system malformations with great impact on the mental and psychosocial development of children is congenital hydrocephalus and it happens to be one of the most common. A large vacuum exists between knowledge on maternal environmental risk factors associated with congenital hydrocephalus, most especially in our rural community which consists of a large segment of our society. Our study aimed to determine the knowledge and perception of mothers on factors existing in the maternal environment that potentially puts an increased risk of developing congenital hydrocephalus.
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