Publications by authors named "Fawibe A"
Background: Respiratory diseases constitute a significant cause of morbidity globally. There is limited information on the epidemiology of respiratory diseases in North Central Nigeria particularly with the changing trend in risk factors.
Aim: This study aimed at evaluating the pattern and morbidity related to respiratory diseases among adult outpatients attending a chest clinic in a tertiary healthcare facility, especially with increasing environmental pollution and biomass exposure globally.
Purpose: The burdens of chronic cough are mostly reported from Western and Asian countries. We aimed to determine the etiology and clinical patterns of chronic cough (CC) in the chest clinic of a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.
Patients And Methods: This survey was a cross-sectional study of 218 patients.
Purpose: Urbanization is associated with the risk of developing allergic conditions. Few studies have evaluated the urban-rural disparity of allergic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.
Objective: To compare the epidemiology of adult asthma and allergies in urban and rural Nigeria.
Background: The optimal management of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) depends on the clinical and microbiological profile in the locality.
Objectives: To determine the clinical and microbiological profile of patients admitted with CAP in Ilorin, Nigeria.
Methods: One hundred and two consenting consecutively selected patients with clinical and radiologic confirmation of CAP were recruited in 12 months.
Background: Lung cancer incidence and mortality rates have increased in some low and medium-resourced countries.
Objectives: This study aimed to describe the clinicopathological pattern and management of lung cancer seen in our setting.
Methods: We reviewed cases of pulmonary neoplasm diagnosed and managed at the University of Ilorin teaching hospital over eight years.
Introduction: Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) screening is recommended for individuals with a known risk factor for progression to active disease especially in the setting of HIV infection. This will ensure early diagnosis and prompt treatment. The purpose of our study was to compare tuberculin skin test (TST) with Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) in the diagnosis of LTBI among patients with known HIV infection at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A lot of attention has generally been given to the microbiology and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis with relatively limited consideration on its impact on the physical, psychological and social domains of the individual especially after successful drug treatment.
Aim And Objectives: This study aimed at assessing the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and related factors among individuals who had successfully completed treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Ilorin.
Methods: This was a hospital based cross-sectional study at the pulmonary outpatient clinics of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital and Kwara State Specialist Hospital, Sobi, Ilorin.
Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality worldwide, and despite microbiological cure for the disease, many patients still demonstrate residual respiratory symptoms and spirometric abnormalities.
Aim And Objectives: The study aimed at identifying the prevalence, pattern and factors associated with spirometric abnormalities in patients successfully treated for PTB in Ilorin, Nigeria.
Materials And Methods: This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study at the pulmonary outpatient clinics of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital and Kwara State Specialist Hospital, Sobi, Ilorin.
Background: National smoking cessation strategies in Nigeria are hindered by lack of up-to-date epidemiologic data. We aimed to estimate prevalence of tobacco smoking in Nigeria to guide relevant interventions.
Methods: We conducted systematic search of publicly available evidence from 1990 through 2018.
Background: The most recognized risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) worldwide is cigarette smoking. However, recent surveys have revealed an increasing trend from nonsmoking causes especially from biomass exposure. This study, therefore, aimed to determine the proportion of patients and the clinical pattern of COPD among never-smokers in Ilorin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pleural effusion (PE) is a primary manifestation or secondary complication of many disorders. This study reviews the pattern and management of PE in a Nigerian hospital.
Materials And Methods: The medical records of 213 patients with clinical diagnosis of PE over a period of 3 years were reviewed.
Background: The increasing importance of pulmonary function testing in diagnosing and managing lung diseases and assessing improvement has necessitated the need for locally derived reference equations from a sample of the general Nigerian population.
Methods: It was a cross sectional study in which we used linear regression models to obtain equations for reference values and lower limits of normal for spirometric indices in adult Nigerians from a sample of the general population aged 18-65 years (males) and 18-63 years (females).
Results: Seven hundred and twenty participants made up of 358 males and 362 females who satisfactorily completed the spirometric measurements using the ATS/ERS reproducibility and acceptability criteria were included in the analysis.
Setting: Ilorin metropolis in the middle-belt region of Nigeria.
Objectives: To determine the awareness about warning signs and risk factors for lung cancer and the anticipated delay before seeking medical care in the middle-belt population of Nigeria.
Design: This was a cross-sectional study performed among 1125 adults.
Normal CD4 Count Range among Healthy Nigerian Population in Ilorin.
J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care
April 2018
Background: For the establishment and monitoring of the immune status, CD4 count is critical.
Objectives: To determine the CD4 count range of apparently healthy Nigerians resident in Ilorin and compare with the national value.
Methods: An automated blood analyzer was used to determine the full blood count and CD4 count.
Background: Abnormalities of QT parameters together with cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) confer significant risks of cardiac morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus. We questioned whether or not CAN influences occurrence of QT interval prolongation and dispersion in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA).
Materials And Methods: Forty stable adult sickle cell patients with 44 healthy haemoglobin AA controls were studied.
Aims And Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the factors that affect the interest in respiratory medicine (RM) as a subspecialty of choice among internal medicine residents in Nigeria.
Subjects, Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 136 internal medicine residents recruited from seven teaching hospitals from January 2011 to June 2011. A semi-structured questionnaire that was self administered by residents was used to obtain socio-demographic information and factors affecting residents' interest in respiratory medicine.
Introduction: The prevalence of asthma in our society is rising and there is need for better understanding of the asthma patients' perception and treatment practice of physicians. The study was aimed at determining asthma attitudes and treatment practices among adult physicians and patients in Nigeria, with the goal of identifying barriers to optimal management.
Methods: To assess asthma attitudes, treatment practices and limitations among adult physicians and patients in Nigeria, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 150 patients and 70 physicians.
Background: Few data exist on the understanding and adherence to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines in resource-limited settings, which are mostly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Objectives: To assess physicians' understanding, adherence, and barriers to implementation of GOLD guidelines in Nigeria.
Methods: A questionnaire based on the recommendations of the guidelines was self-administered by 156 physicians in departments of internal and family medicine in selected hospitals to assess physician understanding of the GOLD guidelines and barriers to its implementation.
Objectives. To determine the awareness of the warning signs, risk factors, and treatment of tuberculosis among urban Nigerians. Methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious studies have reported abnormal pulmonary function and pulmonary hypertension among Nigerians with sickle cell disease, but there is no report of interstitial lung disease among them. We report a Nigerian sickle cell patient who presented with computed tomography proven interstitial lung disease complicated by pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: According to the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines, the goal of asthma management is to achieve clinical control. Uncontrolled asthma places a significant social and economic burden on patients.
Objective: The two aims of this study were to (1) assess the level of asthma control (according to the GINA definition of "control") among adult patients attending two tertiary care centers in Nigeria and (2) to determine the predictors associated with uncontrolled asthma.
Background: Cough is the commonest symptom for which patients seek medical attention and may be a warning sign of an impending disease.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of cough among adults in an urban community in Nigeria.
Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study among subjects aged >18 years from May 2009 to October 2009 in Ilorin, Nigeria.
Background: A wide range of medications are now available for the treatment of asthma and selection of the optimal treatment combination of agents is essential.
Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate a self-reported drug prescribing pattern for asthma among Nigerian doctors in general practice.
Methods: It was a cross-sectional survey conducted among general practitioners in six states of Nigeria.
Background: Unilateral tuberculous lung destruction is a serious chronically disabling and often fatal complication of pulmonary tuberculosis. A few previous studies have dealt with some aspects of this entity among Nigerians with pulmonary tuberculosis but these studies may not truly reflect its current trends.
Objective: To describe the presenting profiles and outcome of unilateral tuberculous lung destruction among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Background: Despite the benefits of regular follow-up in the long-term care of asthma, no previous study has reported on it among asthma patients in Nigeria.
Objective: This survey was designed to evaluate GP-reported follow-up visits among asthma patients in North Central Nigeria.
Methods: It was a cross-sectional survey conducted among GPs in three North Central states of Nigeria.