Ultrasound as a triaging tool for the diagnosis of malaria and typhoid in a resource constrained setting: A proposed frame-work.

Introduction: Ultrasound has proven to have great potentials in the diagnosis and work-up of patients affected by tropical diseases. Its role in the diagnosis of malaria and typhoid abounds, but its value as a triaging tool in a resource-constrained settings is indistinct. Our review aimed is aimed at assessing the utility of ultrasound in diagnosis and prognosis of malaria and typhoid.

Imperatives of Mathematical Model of Arterial Blood Dynamics for Interpretation of Doppler Velocimetry: A Narrative Review.

Clinicians frequently study arterial Doppler velocimetric waveforms depicted by Doppler sonography of the kidneys, the heart, the brain, and the feto-maternal circulation to assess the well-being of the aforementioned vital organs. The waveform interpretation of the Doppler indices can be studied using a mathematical model. The developed models serve as teaching tools and for easy comprehension of the regulatory mechanism of the organs.

Appraisal of trimester-specific fetal heart rate and its role in gestational age prediction.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate and report normal sonographic FHR values among low-risk singleton women across the three trimesters of pregnancy and determine FHR role in gestational age prediction.

Method: A prospective cross-sectional study of 2727 low-risk singleton pregnant women was undertaken. FHR measurements were obtained by a consultant radiologist and three experienced sonographers using transabdominal approach from January 2019 to December 2020.

Impact of ultrasound scanning on pregnant Women's compliance with attendance at antenatal care visits and supervised delivery at primary healthcare centres in northern Nigeria: Initial experiences.

Introduction: The world health organisation (WHO) recommends at least one ultrasound scan amidst eight antenatal care visits, however, most pregnant women in low and middle-income countries do not achieve this. This study aims to assess the impact of limited obstetrics ultrasound (LOUS) within primary healthcare centres in northern Nigeria.

Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted across selected primary healthcare centres in Bauchi and Kano States (northern Nigeria).

Sonographic evaluation of the portal vein diameter in patients with chronic liver disease in northeastern Nigeria.

Introduction: Chronic liver disease is a public health burden worldwide. Portal hypertension is a major portosystemic abnormality in chronic liver disease. This study aimed to determine the main, right, and the left portal vein diameter in patients with chronic liver disease.

Achieving universal access to obstetric ultrasound in resource constrained settings: A narrative review.

Objectives: The potential benefits and challenges of achieving universal access to obstetric ultrasound services in resource constrained settings were reviewed, with a view to making some recommendations to address the huge burden of avoidable maternal and child morbidity and mortality.

Key Findings: In most resource-poor settings of the world, antenatal ultrasound is available only to a privileged few in urban centres, while the majority of the population living in rural areas have little or no access to diagnostic imaging services. There is also the extreme shortage of sonographers and doctors with specialist training in sonography.

Sonographic Portal Vein Biometry in Apparently Healthy Children in Northeastern Nigeria.

Background: This study aimed at determining the mean portal vein diameter (PVD) based on age, gender, and anthropometric variables.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional prospective study carried out among apparently healthy children aged 0-18 years at the radiology department of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi, from November 2016 to April 2017. Ethical clearance was obtained from the institutional committee on ethics and the head of radiology department in ATBUTH, Bauchi.

Sonographic Estimation of Amniotic Fluid Volume Using the Amniotic Fluid Index and the Single Deepest Pocket in a Resource-Limited Setting.

Objective: To determine the normal value of amniotic fluid (AF) volume among pregnant women in a Northern Nigerian population and to determine if there is a relationship between AF index (AFI) and single deepest pocket (SDP) with anthropometric variables.

Materials And Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted among singleton pregnant women at late second and third trimester attending the antenatal clinic in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, from December 2016 to April 2017. The mean AFI and SDP were measured by sonography.

Sonographic Evaluation of Some Abdominal Organs in Sickle Cell Disease Patients in a Tertiary Health Institution in Northeastern Nigeria.

Background: Sonographic evaluation of abdominal organs is an important work up in managing sickle cell disease (SCD) patients. This study aimed at evaluating abdominal organs by sonography among SCD patients.

Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Maiduguri, Nigeria from April 2014 to July 2015.

Sonographic assessment of the portal vein diameter in apparently healthy adults in a Northern Nigerian population.

Background: Sonography is a valuable tool in the assessment of porto-systemic pathologies. This study aimed at determining the mean portal vein diameter based on age, gender and anthropometric variables.

Methods: A cross sectional study conducted among 201 apparently healthy adults in Bauchi Metropolis.