Sickle Cell Nephropathy and Associated Factors among Asymptomatic Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia.

Background: Sickle cell nephropathy (SCN) is a serious complication of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) with asymptomatic onset in childhood and possible progression to chronic kidney disease (CKD). In Southeast Nigeria, few studies have evaluated renal function in paediatric SCA patients for early detection of renal impairment and early intervention to reduce morbidity and mortality. Therefore, this study evaluated the renal function of paediatric SCA patients in a steady state based on glomerular filtration rate and urinalysis findings (proteinuria and haematuria).

Tracking stillbirths by referral pattern and causes in a rural tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria.

Background: The burden of stillbirth is disproportionately more in rural areas of developing countries where unskilled birth attendants contribute a large quota in the management of pregnant women. Tracking stillbirth should include the pattern of referral from the primary institutions that take care of these women.

Aims And Objectives: This study evaluated the causes and determinants of stillbirth by the referral pattern in a rural area in southern Nigeria.

Spectrum of Eye Disorders Seen in a Pediatric Eye Clinic South East Nigeria.

Purpose: This study aims to determine the prevalence, pattern, and time of presentation for the ocular disorders seen among children attending a pediatric eye clinic in Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective chart review of all first-time patients at a pediatric eye clinic, within 2005-2007 was carried out. Data on cohort demographics, duration of illness before the presentation, and types of ocular disorders were collected and analyzed.

Body mass index and other anthropometric variables in children with sickle cell anaemia.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the anthropometric variables of children with sickle cell anaemia and comparing it with those with normal haemoglobin genotype.

Methods: A cross sectional study of anthropometric measurements was conducted over a period of six months. Children with sickle cell anaemia in steady state aged between 6-20 years were recruited.

Pulmonary function indices in children with sickle cell anemia in Enugu, south-east Nigeria.

Objectives: To determine the pulmonary function indices of children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) attending the pediatric sickle cell clinic at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, south-east Nigeria and to compare these indices with the results obtained from other regions. 

Methods: A case control study of lung function in children with SCA aged 6-20 years. The study was carried out in the University of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria between October 2014 and January 2015.

Bee sting envenomation resulting in gross haematuria in an eight-year-old Nigerian male with sickle cell anaemia: A case report.

Gross haematuria is an unusual complication of Honey bee stings. Herein, we report a rare case of gross haematuria following multiple honeybees stings in an 8-year-old Nigerian child with sickle cell anaemia. The patient had evidence of massive intravascular haemolysis and was transfused with a unit of fresh whole blood.