Publications by authors named "O O Abesin"
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- Developing countries like Nigeria lose money because people travel abroad for medical care, unaware that they can get similar treatments locally.
- A study was done with 190 doctors at a hospital in Ile Ife, Nigeria, to see how they feel about healthcare marketing.
- Most doctors know about the services offered at their hospital and believe that marketing is important, saying it can help reduce medical tourism and improve the quality of care.
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- Lack of insurance is linked to worse outcomes for patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs), but there hasn't been enough research in this area prior to this study.
- The research analyzed around 29,705 adult NSTI hospitalizations from 2016 to 2018, focusing on factors like mortality, limb loss, and length of hospital stay based on insurance status.
- Findings revealed that Medicare was associated with higher mortality rates, Medicaid correlated with increased chances of amputation and prolonged hospital stays, while having private insurance was linked to lower amputation odds.
Introduction: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a lifesaving medical intervention for patients with severe refractory cardiopulmonary dysfunction. This study aims to characterize hospitalizations and resource use burdens associated with ECMO use during the onset of the pandemic.
Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of ECMO use in United States (US) hospitals between 2019 and 2020, utilizing data from the National Inpatient Sample database.
Background: Control of intraocular pressure continues to be the mainstay of the management of primary open-angle glaucoma. It is also one of the key factors to consider in the diagnosis and risk of conversion of ocular hypertension to glaucoma (POAG). Medical management of IOP control is central to the treatment of POAG especially in resource-poor countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Surgery at large teaching hospitals is reportedly associated with more favourable outcomes. However, these results are not uniformly consistent across all surgical patients. This study aimed to assess potential disparities in clinical outcomes by hospital type for patients with intestinal obstruction.
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