Publications by authors named "Folashade A Adekanmbi"
Background: Significant morbidity and mortality in patients with sickle cell disease are accounted for by lung complications. To facilitate good respiratory care for children with sickle cell anaemia the generation of local predicted values is highly important.
Objective: To determine the reference equations for spirometry indices estimation in children with sickle cell anaemia, which can be readily used as proxy when there is no easy accessibility to spirometer.
Background: Neonatal tetanus (NNT) is a major cause of newborn deaths especially in the developing world. While efforts aimed at eradicating NNT should be sustained, it is equally imperative to reduce death among affected infants. Therefore, the factors associated with mortality rate in this condition need to be studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To document general baseline data on the patterns of childhood malignant tumours at a teaching hospital in south-western Nigeria.
Design, Setting And Participants: A retrospective study of childhood malignancy at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria, during an 11-year period, from January 1996 to December 2006.
Results: 77 children were diagnosed with malignant tumours (an average of seven diagnoses per year); 46 were boys (60%), giving a male-to-female ratio of 1.
Background: Facilities which manage high-risk babies should frequently assess the burden of hypothermia and strive to reduce the incidence.
Objective: To determine the incidence and outcome of point-of-admission hypothermia among hospitalized babies.
Methods: The axillary temperatures of consecutive admissions into a Nigerian Newborn Unit were recorded.