Nail-extraction device mismatch: an issue in developing countries intramedullary nail removal practice.

Purpose: Intramedullary nail is the gold standard in the management of long bone diaphyseal fractures of tibia and femur. The jig of these nails has corresponding extraction device whose pitch for nail coupling come in various sizes. This unlike plate and screws may be difficult to predict preoperatively and may pose a problem during removal.

Correction: Implementation of a COVID-19 screening tool in a southern Nigerian tertiary health facility.

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Implementation of a COVID-19 screening tool in a southern Nigerian tertiary health facility.

Screening for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in emergency rooms of health facilities during outbreaks prevents nosocomial transmission. However, effective tools adapted for use in African countries are lacking. This study appraised an indigenous screening and triage tool for COVID-19 deployed at the medical emergency room of a Nigerian tertiary facility and determined the predictors of a positive molecular diagnostic test for COVID-19.

Prevalence and Aetiology of Visual Impairment and Blindness in Persons with HIV/AIDS on Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Benin City, Nigeria.

Background: The use of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) has revolutionized the course and pattern of eye diseases in persons with HIV/AIDS which ultimately affects the visual status.

Objective: To determine the prevalence and etiology of visual impairment and blindness in people with HIV/AIDS on HAART in Benin City, Nigeria.

Methodology: This was a descriptive hospital-based study on all HIV/AIDS patients on HAART in the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) clinics of University of Benin Teaching Hospital seen from July to August 2018 and Central Hospital, Benin City in October 2019.

First Cases of Sars-cov-2 Reinfection Coinciding with the Covid-19 Second Wave, Benin City, Nigeria.

Background: Reinfection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has important public health implications pertaining to herd immunity and durability of protection from vaccines. A small but growing number of cases have been reported globally but none from Africa. This is due, in part, to adherence to definitions based on genetic sequencing, the capabilities of which are in short supply on the continent.

Latent Tuberculosis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Positive Patients: Prevalence and Correlates.

Background: Tuberculosis is the most common opportunistic infection affecting HIV-infected individuals and it remains the most common cause of death in patients with AIDS. Detection of latent tuberculosis and treatment largely prevents the development of active disease.

Objective: This study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with latent TB in HIV-positive patients.

Clinical Patterns of Vitiligo amongst Patients in Benin City, Nigeria.

Background: Vitiligo is a pigmentary disorder of the skin with varied presentation across different populations. It may be associated with autoimmune conditions like type I diabetes mellitus, thyroiditis etc. This study sought to describe the clinical patterns of vitiligo amongst patients in Benin City, Nigeria.

Pattern of Presentation of Patients with Vitiligo in a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Nigeria: A Five Year Retrospective Study.

Background: Vitiligo is an acquired progressive melanocytopenia of unknown cause. It manifests clinically as well circumscribed depigmented macules and patches often associated with poliosis. AIM: To determine the pattern of presentation of patients with vitiligo in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.

Preparedness and response of a tertiary hospital to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: challenges, opportunities and lessons.

Africa was the last continent to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Much of the discourse on Africa's response captured in scientific journals revolves around nations, public health agencies and organizations, but little is documented about how individual healthcare facilities have fared. This article reports the challenges faced in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria, including space constraints, diagnostic challenges, shortages in personal protective equipment and health worker infections.

Arterial Oxygen Saturation and other Clinical Predictors of Survival in Patients with Covid-19: A Review of Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nigeria.

Background: We assessed clinical parameters in patients confirmed to have COVID-19 in relation to arterial hypoxaemia and survival.

Methodology: This was a retrospective chart review of patients who were confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus by Real Time-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) testing. Data extracted from patients' case files included patient demographics, presenting symptoms, provisional diagnoses, and outcomes of hospitalisation.

Facility-Based Surveillance Activities for COVID-19 Infection and Outcomes among Healthcare Workers in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital.

COVID-19 in healthcare workers (HCWs) can result in nosocomial transmission, depletion in available workforce, and enhanced community transmission. This article describes surveillance for COVID-19 in HCWs at a tertiary healthcare facility, and documents the outcomes. A descriptive cross-sectional study of all HCWs identified from surveillance for COVID-19 from March 31 to August 31, 2020 was conducted.

An Analysis of COVID-19 Patients Receiving Care in a Tertiary Facility in Southern Nigeria.

Background: Information pertaining to the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa remains sparse. In Nigeria, it is limited to few isolated reports and case series confined to the early phase of the outbreak. The objective of this study is to describe the presenting characteristics, co-morbidities and outcomes of Nigerian patients managed over a 3-month period in a tertiary hospital.

Staff risks stratification in preparation for COVID-19 in a tertiary healthcare facility in Nigeria.

Introduction: this report is a documentation of a staff risk stratification programme, undertaken in University of Benin Teaching Hospital, with outcomes, and the actions taken to protect staff.

Methods: an adapted risk stratification tool was circulated to all staff through their respective heads of departments/units. Staff were expected to voluntary assess their health and risk status in the context of COVID-19, using the tool.

Clinicopathological Features of Pruritic Papular Eruption of HIV Patients seen in Benin-City, Nigeria.

Background: Pruritic papular eruption (PPE) is a frequent cause of substantial morbidity in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients in Nigeria. This skin condition remains the most common cutaneous manifestation in HIV-infected patients and it is more prevalent in developing countries.

Aims: To describe the clinical and pathologic features of PPE in our patients, and compare with those seen in other parts of the world.

Metabolic Syndrome and Dyslipidemia among Nigerians with Lichen Planus: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Lichen planus (LP) is an inflammatory skin disease of unknown etiology associated with chronic inflammation, oxidative stress induction, and cardiovascular risk factors.

Objectives: To document the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), dyslipidemia, and associated factors in Nigerian patients with LP.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was made to evaluate 90 patients with LP and 90 controls for MetS and dyslipidemia in two Nigerian teaching hospitals.

Aging with HIV: what effect on mortality and loss to follow-up in the course of antiretroviral therapy? The IeDEA West Africa Cohort Collaboration.

Background: Reporting mortality and lost to follow-up (LTFU) by age is essential as older HIV-positive patients might be at risk of long-term effects of living with HIV and/or taking antiretroviral therapy (ART). As age effects might not be linear and might impact HIV outcomes in the oldest more severely, people living with HIV (PLHIV) aged 50-59 years and PLHIV aged >60 years were considered separately.

Setting: Seventeen adult HIV/AIDS clinics spread over nine countries in West Africa.

Specialty choices: Patterns and determinants among medical undergraduates in Enugu Southeast Nigeria.

Background: Specialty choices of medical undergraduates are important in planning educational programs and human resources for health-care delivery. The aim of this study was to investigate the specialty preferences of medical undergraduates and determine the factors that influenced their specialty choices.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey carried out among final year medical undergraduates of University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, Enugu Nigeria.

Packed cell volume Platelet count, PT, PTTK and Fibrinogen concentration of HIV positive patients on antiretroviral drugs.

Objective: This is aimed at investigating some coagulation and haematologic profile of HIV positive patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy in patients attending clinic at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.

Methods: This is a correlation study comprising fifty (50) HIV positive patients on HAART between 6 - 12 months as test subjects and fifty (50) HIV positive patients who have not began HAART as control subjects. Five millilitres of blood was withdrawn from each group by venepuncture into ethylene diaminetetracetic and sodium citrate anticoagulant containers.