Publications by authors named "I G Nweke"
Prevalence of Methamphetamine (Mkpurummiri) use in south east Nigeria: a community-based cross-sectional study.
BMC Public Health
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- Methamphetamine (MA) use is prevalent in south east Nigeria, with a reported prevalence of 21.8% among surveyed adolescents and adults, primarily driven by depression and commonly administered through inhalation.
- The study utilized a descriptive cross-sectional survey with 371 respondents and analyzed data using various statistical methods to identify factors associated with MA use.
- Key control measures identified included self-control, parental monitoring, drug education, and legal oversight, while users were characterized by aggressive behavior and living off-campus, which correlated with lower MA use likelihood.
Article Synopsis
- Ovarian cancer is more prevalent among Black women in West Africa compared to those in North America, and survival rates are lower for Black women than White women, with factors like histotype and age at diagnosis affecting outcomes.
- The study analyzed data from Nigerian patients, Caribbean-born Blacks, and US-born Blacks, revealing that Nigerians had a higher percentage of germ cell and sex-cord stromal tumors, whereas Caribbean and US-born blacks had more cases of serous ovarian cancer.
- Nigerians were diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancers at a younger age compared to their Caribbean and US counterparts, with all Black women showing earlier diagnosis of germ cell and sex-cord stromal tumors than White women.
Ulcerative Colitis Prone to Delayed Diagnosis in a Nigerian Population: Case Series.
Ann Med Health Sci Res
August 2015
Inflammatory bowel disease is an emerging disease burden in the developing world. In Nigeria there is a persisting perception among physicians that it is a very rare disease, and publications on it are sparse. Early manifestations of ulcerative colitis (UC) are therefore likely to be missed at many health institutions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommon errors in manuscripts submitted to medical science journals.
Ann Med Health Sci Res
July 2013
Background: Many manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals are rejected for reasons that include low-quality of the manuscripts.
Aim: The aim of this study is to identify and characterize the common errors in manuscripts submitted to medical journals based in Africa and Asia.
Materials And Methods: Reviewers' reports on 42 manuscripts were analyzed qualitatively using deductive coding, and quantitatively to determine the errors by sections of the manuscripts.
Background: Carcinoma of penis is rare in countries where neonatal mate circumcision is the tradition and in Nigeria it is a common practice amongst almost all the tribes.
Objective: This is to document the prevalence, age distribution, site and histologic types of penile carcinoma at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idi-Araba over a 20 year period.
Methods: Cases of the penile carcinoma recorded in the surgical pathology register of the Department of Morbid Anatomy, the Cancer Registry and the Medical Records Department of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital over a twenty year period were reviewed.