Association of Periodontal Disease with Hypertension in Nigerian Patients: A Comparative Study.

Background: Periodontal diseases are chronic and inflammatory in nature, and have been associated with hypertension, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Hypertension is prevalent among Nigerians. However, controlled studies on the relationship between hypertension and periodontal disease in Nigeria are limited.

The burden of caring for renal patients: The nurses perspective.

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Nigeria is on the increase and it is associated with increasing caregiving burden for both the professionals and informal caregivers. This study evaluated the burden experienced by nurses caring for CKD patients, identified the procedures causing the caregiving burden and factors associated with burden in two hospitals in Ondo State, Nigeria. Two hundred and forty nurses caring for renal patients were selected from two health institutions in Ondo State.

Challenges of providing maintenance hemodialysis in a resource poor country: Experience from a single teaching hospital in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

Providing maintenance hemodialysis is associated with high costs and poor outcomes. In Nigeria, more than 90% of the population lives below the poverty line, and patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) pay out-of-pocket for maintenance hemodialysis. To highlight the challenges of providing maintenance hemodialysis for patients with ESRD in Nigeria, we reviewed records of all patients who joined the maintenance hemodialysis program of our dialysis unit over a 21-month period.

Adiponectin and atherosclerosis risk factors in African hemodialysis patients: a population at low risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Adiponectin (ADPN), a recently discovered collagen-like protein, is secreted exclusively by adipocytes. It has anti-atherogenic properties and reduced serum ADPN levels have been shown to be predictive of cardiovascular events.

Frequency of complementary and alternative medicine utilization in hypertensive patients attending an urban tertiary care centre in Nigeria.

Background: To study the frequency and pattern of use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in patients with essential hypertension attending a tertiary hypertension clinic.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty-five consecutive hypertensive patients attending the hypertension clinic of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital over a 3-month period were interviewed. Socio-demographic data, duration of hypertension, clinic attendance, current blood pressure, and compliance to conventional medications was documented.