Patients' feelings about the presence of medical students in a New Teaching Hospital in Southwestern Nigeria.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate how patients feel about the introduction of medical students into a former general hospital transformed to a teaching hospital in southwestern Nigeria and to also assess the extent to which they are willing to involve medical students in the management of their conditions.

Methods: In a descriptive cross-sectional study, a sample of 251 randomly selected patients were interviewed using a pretested questionnaire that assessed patients' demography, patients' acceptance of and reaction to the involvement of medical students in their clinical care including the specific procedures the patients would allow medical students to perform.

Results: Two hundred and fifty-one patients with mean age ± standard deviation of 37.

Drink driving and risky behavior among university students in southwestern Nigeria-Implications for policy development.

Background: Drink driving contributes significantly to road traffic injuries. Little is known about the relationship between drink driving and other high-risk behaviors in non-Western countries. The study aimed to assess the relationship between drink driving and other risky behaviors including making phone calls, sending text messages, nonuse of protective gear, and driving against traffic.

Pattern of hand injuries in osogbo, South-west Nigeria.

Background: Injury to the hand leads to loss of function with attendant psychological consequences. Epidemiological studies of hand injuries from our environment are few; hence the need for this study.

Aims And Objectives: To assess the epidemiology of hand injuries with a view to suggesting some methods of preventing the injuries in our environment.

Patients' satisfaction with emergency care and priorities for change in a university teaching hospital in Nigeria.

Little work has been done on patients' satisfaction with hospital care in Nigeria. This prospective study was done to identify factors affecting patients' satisfaction with emergency care in a teaching hospital in Nigeria. This study was carried out among adult patients who had received care at the Accident and Emergency unit of the hospital.

Case study: report of nine cases of posterior hip dislocations in a single accident involving a modified minibus.

Objectives: In Nigeria, owners of commercial minibuses commonly modify them by adding an extra row of seats and passengers also seat four abreast rather than the recommended three abreast. The modified minibuses carry nineteen passengers rather than the recommended twelve passengers. One such vehicle was fully occupied and had a head-on collision with a truck.

Management of motorcycle limb trauma in a teaching hospital in south-western Nigeria.

Background: To evaluate the management of limb injuries sustained from motorcycle accidents.

Method: Consecutive 115 patients managed for limb injuries secondary to motorcycle trauma over a one-year period were prospectively studied.

Results: There were 115 patients out of which seventy-six (66.

The causes and outcomes of cancellation of orthopaedic surgeries at the obafemi awolowo university teaching hospital complex ile-ife, Nigeria.

Background: Cancellation of cases on the scheduled day of surgery leads to an inefficient utilisation of scarce hospital and patient's resources. Identifying the causes of such cancellations will assist in taking steps to avoid them.

Methods: This is a retrospective study spanning 10 years.