Doctors' and Nurses' Knowledge and Perceived Barriers Regarding Acute Oxygen Therapy in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nigeria.

Purpose: Oxygen may cause serious consequences when administered wrongly. This study aimed to assess doctors' and nurses' knowledge of acute oxygen therapy and perceived delivery barriers.

Participants And Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study among 202 healthcare providers (134 doctors and 68 nurses) in a Nigerian hospital.

Disseminated tuberculosis associated with deficient interleukin-23/tyrosine kinase 2 signalling.

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality globally. The disseminated form of the disease has a worse prognosis and is commonly associated with primary and acquired immunodeficiency states such as HIV/AIDS, post-organ transplant and malnutrition. However, disseminated TB in the context of isolated impaired cellular responses to interleukin (IL)-23 due to tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) deficiency has been rarely reported.

Outpatient burden of adult respiratory diseases in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

Background: Respiratory diseases constitute a significant cause of morbidity globally. There is limited information on the epidemiology of respiratory diseases in North Central Nigeria particularly with the changing trend in risk factors.

Aim: This study aimed at evaluating the pattern and morbidity related to respiratory diseases among adult outpatients attending a chest clinic in a tertiary healthcare facility, especially with increasing environmental pollution and biomass exposure globally.

Childhood pneumonia diagnostics: a narrative review.

Background: Childhood pneumonia remains the leading infectious cause of death in children with highest mortality figures in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The primary etiologies are bacterial and viral; however, challenges in distinguishing bacterial and non-bacterial causes have culminated in antimicrobial overuse which has partly contributed to the rise in antimicrobial resistance, most notably among children in low- and middle-income countries.

Areas Covered: Existing literature was reviewed regarding modalities available, including emerging radiological and laboratory techniques, to diagnose childhood pneumonia.

Childhood Pneumonia Diagnostics in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.

Background: The prompt and accurate aetiological diagnosis of childhood pneumonia remains a challenge, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) because of limited resources for disease management.

Objective: To review existing diagnostics for childhood pneumonia and potential modalities available to differentiate between bacterial and viral aetiologies in SSA.

Methods: Online databases were searched for relevant articles published between January 2010 and December 2020 regarding childhood pneumonia diagnosis, conducted in SSA in children less than 18 years of age.