Tape Rule Measurement of Foot Length as Proxy for Vernier Digital Calliper in Estimating Gestational Age among Nigerian Neonates.

Background: Estimating gestational age at birth could be challenging, particularly in settings where the expertise to use conventional methods is lacking. The use of the postnatal foot length has been proposed for this purpose. The ideal tool for measuring foot length, the Vernier Digital Calliper, is not readily available in resource-poor settings.

Awareness and Perception of Strabismus Among the Youths and Women of Child-Bearing Age in a Local Government in South Western Nigeria: A Qualitative Study.

Purpose To determine the awareness and perception of strabismus among the youths and women of child-bearing age in Ikenne Local Government Area (LGA) of Ogun State, South Western Nigeria. Methodology Fifteen focus group discussions (FGDs) were carried out in the LGA on the perceptions and attitudes of people to strabismus. Their responses were tape-recorded and later transcribed.

Awareness and Perception of Strabismus Among the Youths And Women of Child-Bearing Age in a Local Government in South Western Nigeria: A Qualitative Study.

Purpose To determine the level of awareness, attitudes, and perceptions of strabismus among youth and women of child-bearing age in southwestern Nigeria. Methodology Fifteen Focus Group Discussions were carried out in Ogun State Nigeria on awareness, attitudes, and perceptions of people toward strabismus. A thematic phenomenological approach was used for the analysis.

Severe Childhood Anaemia and Blood Transfusion in a Nigerian Secondary Level Facility.

This study aimed to describe the pattern and immediate outcome of severe childhood anaemia requiring blood transfusion at a secondary level of care in Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey of children hospitalized in a secondary health facility in Ogun State, Nigeria, with packed cell volume <20% and who received blood transfusion was done. Of the 253 children admitted between March 2013 and June 2014, 79 (31.

The echocardiographic findings in kwashiorkor.

Echocardiography (ECHO), electrocardiography (ECG), and chest radiography (CXR) were performed in 44 children with kwashiorkor, and 44 age- and sex-matched controls. In patients with kwashiorkor, mean values obtained for end diastolic dimension (29.2 +/- 3.