Body size and abnormal lipids among adult patients at the Baptist Medical centre, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

Background: In many developing countries overweight, obesity and obesity-related morbidity are becoming a problem of increasing importance. Obese individuals are more likely to have elevated total cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and decreased high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of obesity using the measure of body mass index (BMI) and abnormal lipid level and the association between obesity and abnormal lipid level among adults in Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

Gram stain microbiological pattern of upper extremities suppuration at Baptist Medical Centre, Ogbomoso Nigeria: a fifteen month review.

Sixty-eight (68) patients with serious upper extremity suppurative infections, presenting within a period of fifteen (15) months, were prospectively studied clinically, Gram stain of aspirates/pus were performed, specimen cultured, planted, and where indicated glucose levels and haemoglobin genotype determined. Half of the patients had hand infections. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from thirty-nine (39) patients.

Tetanus: continuing problem in the developing world.

Despite diligent efforts by the World Health Organization and the governments of developing world countries, tetanus persists as a global health problem. This retrospective study was undertaken to assess the outcome for victims of tetanus presenting to the Baptist Medical Centre in Ogbomoso, Nigeria and to develop better management techniques for future patients. Sixty patients (46 males, 14 females) with nonneonatal tetanus were seen over a 5-year period (1995-1999).

Gastric outlet obstruction in Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

Forty-three patients were operated upon for gastric outlet obstruction over an eight year period. Six (14%) of these patients bad malignant gastric outlet obstruction. Three groups of procedures were used: truncal vagotomy and drainage (TV-D) in 32 patients, highly selective vagotomy and drainage (HSV-I)) in 8 patients, and gastric resection with or without vagotomy in 3 patients.