Left Ventricular Mass, Geometric Patterns, and Diastolic Myocardial Performance in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), characterized by recurrent partial or complete upper airway obstructions during sleep, is an established risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in children. This study aims to determine the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), abnormal left ventricular (LV) geometric patterns, and diastolic dysfunction in children with OSA and compare them with healthy controls.

Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional comparative study conducted on 75 eligible children with OSA aged 2-14 years and 75 age- and sex-matched healthy children.

Correlate of Left Ventricular Systolic Function in Children with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Combined Highly Active Antiretroviral Medications in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano State.

Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects many organ systems in the body including the cardiovascular system, often manifesting as a subclinical left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction that may progress to heart failure.

Aim: This study assessed the prevalence of LV systolic dysfunction in children on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with established clinical stage 1 HIV-disease.

Materials And Methods: The study was a cross-sectional comparative study conducted in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital from April to August 2019 on 200.

Accidental poisoning with aluminum phosphide presenting with excessive cholinergic symptoms with response to atropine: A case report.

Accidental poisoning in children, though underreported in our environment, is common and could prove fatal. It is important to identify the primary chemical agent that is responsible for the poisoning. We present a case of accidental ingestion of fish poisoned with aluminum phosphide (AlP) used as rat poisoning by a 14-month-old girl.

Pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular function in Nigerian children with sickle cell anaemia.

Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH), a complication of sickle cell anaemia (SCA), results in considerable morbidity. This study aims to determine the prevalence and associations of echocardiography-suggested PH in children with SCA.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional comparative study involving 100 systematically sampled SCA subjects 3-14 y of age in their steady state with matched haemoglobin AA phenotype controls.

Elevated Mean Pulmonary Artery Pressure and Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease.

Background: Elevated mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) and right heart failure increase mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Objectives: The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of elevated mPAP in children with CKD compared with matched controls and to ascertain the relationship between elevated mPAP with right ventricular dysfunction and history of hemodialysis.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study of mPAP and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion of 21 children with CKD and age- and sex-matched controls asymptomatic for cardiac disease was conducted.

Congenital Heart Defects in Nigerian Children: Preliminary Data From the National Pediatric Cardiac Registry.

Background: Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are common birth defects with significant impact on morbidity and mortality. We aimed to compare regional patterns of CHDs in Nigeria using a registry-based approach.

Methods: Children with echocardiography-confirmed CHDs at 17 medical centers across the country were enrolled in a pilot National Pediatric Cardiac Registry from January to December 2014.

Sleep Pattern and Sleep Hygiene Practices among Nigerian Schooling Adolescents.

Background: Sleep problems, especially in the adolescent stage of development, may be associated with excessive daytime sleepiness, impaired neurocognitive function, and a host of others leading to suboptimal performance.

Objectives: To determine the pattern of sleep problems in school-going adolescents based on the bedtime problems; excessive daytime sleepiness; awakenings during the night and problems falling back asleep; regularity and duration of sleep; sleep-disordered breathing (BEARS) sleep screening algorithm.

Materials And Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study involving 353 secondary school-going adolescents in Kano metropolis.

Pyopericardium with Cardiac Tamponade in a Nigerian Child with Acute Osteomyelitis.

In pyopericardium, pus accumulates in the pericardial space as a result of infection by pyogenic organisms, most common of which are and . These patients are at risk of cardiac tamponade. Apart from pericardiocentesis in the management of these patients, definitive drug treatment may pose a formidable challenge in a setting of coinfection as in patients with tuberculosis who are predisposed to secondary bacterial infections.