Influence of the medical treatment schedule in new diagnoses patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction.

Aims: Heart failure (HF) guidelines recommend treating all patients with HF and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) with quadruple therapy, although they do not establish how to start it. This study aimed to evaluate the implementation of these recommendations, analyzing the efficacy and safety of the different therapeutic schedules.

Methods And Results: Prospective, observational, and multicenter registry that evaluated the treatment initiated in patients with newly diagnosed HFrEF and its evolution at 3 months.

Determinants of atopic dermatitis among children in a general out-patient clinics of a tertiary hospital in North central, Nigeria.

Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, inflammatory, and itchy skin condition that develops in early childhood in the majority of cases.

Aim: The objective of this study is to determine factors associated with atopic dermatitis among children aged 6 months to 14 years seen at the General Out-Patients Clinics of a tertiary hospital in north central Nigeria as well as predictors of having AD.

Patients And Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of 490 eligible children recruited using the systematic random sampling technique.

Family physicians/GP and Internist opinions, familiarity and practice behaviour regarding clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) of common medical conditions in Nigeria.

Background: Few studies exist on physicians' opinions, attitudes, familiarity and practice behaviour regarding clinical practice guidelines in sub-Saharan Africa.

Objectives: To determine the opinions, familiarity, and practice behaviour regarding clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and factors associated with their use among internists and family physicians/GP in Nigeria.

Methods: A semi-structured questionnaire regarding guidelines of five common medical conditions: hypertension, diabetes mellitus, tuberculosis, asthma and hepatitis B encountered in everyday medical practice were self-administered by 183 doctors across the country.

Prevalence and Pattern of Atopic Dermatitis among Children Aged 6 Months to 14 Years seen in General Out-Patient Clinic of Federal Medical Centre, Bida.

Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, inflammatory, itchy skin condition that develops in early childhood in the majority of cases. It is typically an episodic disease of exacerbations and remissions, except for severe cases where it may be continuous. In children younger than one, the face and extensor surfaces of the hands and legs are typically involved, and in some case the trunk as well.

Tuberculous mastitis simulating carcinoma of the breast in a young Nigerian woman: a case report.

Tuberculous mastitis is an uncommon disease even in countries where tuberculosis is highly endemic. It typically presents a diagnostic challenge masquerading as carcinoma or other primary disease of the breast. We report the case of a young multiparous Nigerian woman who presented with a tender left breast lump and enlargement of the left axillary lymph nodes for which a provisional diagnosis of carcinoma of the breast was made after clinical and radiological evaluation.