Publications by authors named "L H Coker"
Introduction: Quarrying is a thriving occupation providing widespread employment opportunities to the poor indigenes of Zamfara State. The workers are more susceptible to various morbidities due to numerous hazards in their working environment. This study aims to assess the morbidity pattern, availability, and compliance with safety measures among quarry workers in Gusau metropolis, Zamfara State.
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- The study aimed to create reliable cognitive assessment norms for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) focusing on diverse older adults in the US.
- The research involved analyzing baseline MoCA scores from 5,338 participants in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), revealing significant demographic disparities in scores based on factors like race, education, and age.
- The findings emphasized the importance of demographically-adjusted norms to enhance cognitive screening, as a notable percentage of participants scored below standard cutoffs, particularly among Black and Hispanic individuals.
Introduction: Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a life-threatening necrotising bacterial infection of the kidneys. It is rare among children and can be fatal if not promptly identified and treated.
Case Presentation: A 7-month-old male infant presented to the Emergency Paediatric Unit of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria, on 12 November 2019 with a 5-day history of fever and vomiting, and a 3-day history of a progressively enlarging, left-side abdominal mass.
Background: Smaller (<3-mm) infarctions are associated with stroke and stroke mortality, but relationships with cognitive decline are unknown.
Objective: To characterize the relationships of smaller, larger, and both smaller and larger infarctions in middle age with 20-year cognitive decline.
Design: Longitudinal cohort study.
Importance: The effect of intensive blood pressure lowering on brain health remains uncertain.
Objective: To evaluate the association of intensive blood pressure treatment with cerebral white matter lesion and brain volumes.
Design, Setting, And Participants: A substudy of a multicenter randomized clinical trial of hypertensive adults 50 years or older without a history of diabetes or stroke at 27 sites in the United States.