Foreign accent syndrome in a patient with posturemic encepalopathy.

Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a rare, poorly understood speech disorder. It is characterized by the patient speaking their native language in a different accent foreign to both the speaker and the listener. A majority of previously reported cases have been described in patients with diagnosed organic brain damage and a handful of other psychiatric disorders.

Factors associated with blood pressure control in predialysis chronic kidney disease patients: Short-term experience from a single center in Southern Nigeria.

Background: Hypertension is a leading cause of kidney disease worldwide, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a known cause of secondary hypertension. Blood pressure (BP) control is a main-stay in the management of CKD because it retards the progression of established CKD.

Aim: To determine BP control and its associated factors in predialysis CKD patients in a tertiary hospital setting.

Awareness of warning signs among suburban Nigerians at high risk for stroke is poor: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Although stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria, there is no information on awareness of its warning signs. This study was designed to assess awareness of stroke warning signs in Nigerians at increased risk.

Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, in southern Nigeria.