Reasons for leaving home and pattern of child abuse and substance misuse among street children in Khartoum, Sudan: a cross-sectional survey.

Street children are particularly susceptible to health-related adversities, including those resulting from substance abuse and child abuse. Information on street children is deficient in Sudan. This study provides basic data on characteristics, factors for leaving home, the pattern of child abuse and substance misuse among street children in Khartoum State, Sudan.

Saudi Expert Consensus-Based Autism Spectrum Disorder Statement: From Screening to Management.

Background: There is a large gap between the needs of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the currently available services in Saudi Arabia. Services are often difficult to access, inconsistent in quality, incomplete, unsatisfactory, and costly. As such, there is a national need for expert consensus on the appropriate standards for the assessment and management of children on the autism spectrum.

Early Sexual Debut among Ghanaian Women: Correlates and Psychological Effect.

Early sexual initiation is linked to an increased risk of HIV/AIDS and other STIs among teenagers, as well as having multiple partners, not using contraception, unintended pregnancy, and illegal abortions. . To identify the correlates and psychological effects of early sexual debut among not-in-union women in Ghana.

Broken Kirschner Wires Can Migrate: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Introduction: Kirschner wires are in use in orthopedic and trauma surgery since the past 80 years. These wires can break due to metal fatigue and migrate which can cause lethal complications.

Case Report: A 27-year-old female sickle cell patient with avascular necrosis of the head of femur, drilling, and injection of the osteoblasts in the head of femur was being performed.

Systemic pseudohypoaldosteronism-1 with episodic dyslipidemia in a Sudanese child.

Summary: Systemic pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1) is a rare genetic syndrome of tissue unresponsiveness to aldosterone caused by mutations affecting the epithelial Na channel (ENaC). The classical presentation is life-threatening neonatal/infantile salt-losing crises that mimic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Consistently, extra-renal manifestations, including respiratory symptoms that resemble cystic fibrosis, are well reported.

Adipsic hypernatremia in a young Sudanese child, challenges in a limited-resource setting: a case report.

Adipsia is a rare condition characterized by a lack of thirst due to a defect in specific osmoreceptors located in the hypothalamus. The disorder is characterized by failure to maintain the body's normal plasma osmolality (POSM), resulting in chronic or recurrent severe hypernatremia and dehydration. Adipsia is usually accompanied by central diabetes insipidus (DI).

Role of pre-eclamptic toxaemia or eclampsia in hypertensive women attending cardiac clinic of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Nigeria.

Background: Patients with pre-eclampsia and eclampsia constitute a special high risk group for future hypertension. They require a long term follow up to be able to detect and treat emerging hypertension early enough to prevent complications. Unfortunately, this is not so.

Left ventricular function in type 2 diabetes patients without cardiac symptoms in Zaria, Nigeria.

Fifty type 2 diabetes patients (25 of them being hypertensive) who had no cardiac symptoms had their left ventricular function assessed. There were 24 female and 26 male diabetes patients evaluated, along with a control group of 50 healthy subjects. The patients and controls underwent full clinical evaluation, which included physical examination, blood biochemistry (urea and electrolyte; creatinine, creatinine clearance; fasting blood and two-hour postprandial glucose levels, lipid profile), electrocardiograph, chest radiograph, and echocardiograph.

Diastolic dysfunction in persons with hypertensive heart failure.

Arterial hypertension is the commonest cause of heart failure in the Savannah region of Nigeria. The prevalence of diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertensive heart failure in this region is unknown. This needs to be determined, since it may influence therapy.