Publications by authors named "Mark Sunday Ezeme"
Background: Tissue necrosis from pentazocine abuse is becoming a burden in our environment. Pentazocine is an opioid of the benzomorphan class. It is commonly used for post-traumatic and postoperative pain and vaso-occlusive pain of sickle cell disease (SCD).
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- * The study found that awareness of hypertension was alarmingly low at only 7.2%, and prevalence increased with age, especially among men.
- * With many participants experiencing mild hypertension, there is a crucial opportunity for public health initiatives focused on increasing awareness and preventing complications related to high blood pressure in rural areas.
Introduction: death from injuries is a global public health problem. Ninety percent occur in low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria. This study aimed to determine the burden and demographic characteristics of injury-related death in Enugu, Nigeria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA significant proportion of patients treated for schizophrenia respond poorly to medication. Few studies have systematically examined the impact of clinical characteristics of patients to antipsychotic response in our environment. The study aimed to identify clinical variables associated with response in patients with schizophrenia.
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