Use of Short Message Service (SMS) in a Chronic Kidney Disease Screening Programme: A Feasibility Study.

Background: Community screening for chronic kidney disease has often been based on single measurements of markers of kidney damage worldwide. The evaluation of kidney dysfunction and related risk factors may be facilitated by the deployment of telehealth services such as short message service.

Methodology: Cross-sectional study for screening participants for CKD and risk factors during a world kidney event at two communities in Calabar, Cross River State.

Seroprevalence, Associated Factors, and Fetomaternal Outcome in Pregnant Women That Tested Positive to Hepatitis E Antibodies in Nigeria.

Background: Hepatitis E virus infection is an emerging disease with varied courses in pregnancy. There is a dearth of statistics among pregnant women.

Aim: To evaluate the prevalence, associated factors, and pregnancy outcome in women that tested positive for hepatitis E virus (HEV) antibodies in pregnancy.

Hepatitis e prevalence, knowledge, and practice of preventive measures among secondary school adolescents in rural Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Currently, there is a paucity of data on the knowledge and practice of preventive measures for Hepatitis E infection in Nigerian populations. This study provided data on the prevalence, knowledge and practices of prevention in an adolescent population from Nigeria.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted over 3 months among rural Nigerian secondary school adolescents.

Myocardial injury in patients with sickle cell anaemia and myocardial ischaemia in Calabar, Nigeria.

Background In children with sickle cell anaemia (SCA), ischaemic electrocardiogram (ECG) changes occur during both vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) and the steady state. Myocardial ischaemia evidenced by an ischaemic pattern on ECG may lead to myocardial injury which is evidenced by elevated serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT). Occasionally, the myocardial injury is fatal.

Comparative tetanus antibody response of Nigerian children to diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus and pentavalent vaccines.

Background: In Nigeria and many parts of the world, the pentavalent vaccine is replacing the diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) vaccine in tetanus prevention.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the anti-tetanus immunoglobulin G (IgG) response of children who received DPT with those who received the pentavalent vaccine.

Subjects And Methods: A cross-sectional survey of anti-tetanus IgG levels in children aged 6 months to 5 years who received DPT and in children who received the pentavalent vaccine.

Antenatal Deworming and Materno-Perinatal Outcomes in Calabar, Nigeria.

Background: Studies have shown that administration of anthelmintic drugs in pregnancy can reduce the incidence of maternal anaemia; however, data on other maternal and perinatal outcomes are limited.

Aim: This study was therefore conducted to evaluate the direct impact of mass deworming on delivery and perinatal outcome.

Material And Methods: A total of 560 healthy pregnant women in their second trimester were randomised to receive a single dose of oral mebendazole (500 mg) and placebo.

Risk factors and assessment for cardiovascular disease among HIV-positive patients attending a Nigerian tertiary hospital.

Introduction: Cardiovascular risk factors are prevalent in HIV-positive patients which places them at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). We aimed to determine the risk factors and risk assessment for CVD in HIV-positive patients with and without antiretroviral therapy.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of HIV-positive patients attending the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

Seroprevalence and predictors of hepatitis A infection in Nigerian children.

Introduction: Hepatitis A infection is prevalent in developing countries where sanitation is still a public health issue. In Nigeria, there is no epidemiological data on children for this infection. A community based study was carried out to establish the seroprevalence and predictors of this infection in children.