5 results match your criteria: "Kalkaal Hospital[Affiliation]"
Acute Torticollis Reaction Following Metoclopramide Use in a Pediatric Patient: A Comprehensive Case Report and Appraisal of Current Knowledge.
Int Med Case Rep J
December 2024
Faculty of Medicine, Mogadishu University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Dopamine receptor antagonists like metoclopramide are frequently used in a variety of clinical contexts to treat gastrointestinal disorders and control nausea and vomiting. However, it is associated with a high incidence of extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) in children, including dystonic movements and torticollis. This is the instance of a 9-year-old girl who developed abnormal movements of the neck and tongue, along with torticollis, within 48 hours of receiving intravenous metoclopramide for gastroenteritis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssociation between acromion morphological parameters and rotator cuff tears in Somali population-a three-dimensional computed tomographic study.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord
December 2024
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sport Medicine Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yan Jiang Road West, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510120, People's Republic of China.
Background: Previous research has established connections between the acromion index (AI), critical shoulder angle (CSA), acromiohumeral distance (AHD), and lateral acromion angle (LAA) with the incidence of rotator cuff tears (RCTs). Despite numerous international studies exploring the variability of shoulder joint morphology and parameters, research incorporating these parameters has yet to be conducted in Somalia. This study aims to analyze and describe the radiological parameters of acromion morphology in the Somali populations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssessment of surgical, anesthesia, and obstetric workforce in Somalia.
World J Surg
September 2024
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Global Surgery Division, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa.
Background: One of the core indicators recommended by the Lancet Commission is surgical workforce density, aiming to improve the number of surgery, anesthetists, and obstetric (SAO) providers to 20 per 100,000 population by 2030. We assessed SAO workforce capacity in Somalia and made recommendations for improvement.
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a structured questionnaire from the WHO Program for Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) Surgical Assessment Tool.
Obstetric transition: trends in maternal mortality in Somalia over the last two decades.
Int Health
July 2024
Department of Research, Bidhaamiye Centre for Social Development and Rebuilding, Mogadishu Somalia.
Background: This paper sheds light on the trends of the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and obstetric transition in Somalia over the last two decades.
Methods: This is a descriptive study comparing aggregate secondary data from the 2006 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey and the 2020 Somali Health and Demographic Survey to show the transition.
Results: A 44% reduction of the MMR from 1044 to 692 per 100 000 live births was observed comparing the two surveys.
Abdominal cocoon syndrome, a diagnostic challenge affecting the treatment. A rare case report from Somalia.
J Surg Case Rep
March 2023
General Surgery Department, Kalkaal Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Article Synopsis
- Abdominal cocoon syndrome is a rare condition where the bowel is wrapped in a fibrous membrane, leading to small bowel obstruction.
- A 15-year-old girl experienced recurring abdominal pain, distension, and vomiting, eventually showing signs of acute appendicitis on a CT scan.
- During surgery, it was discovered that most of her small intestine was encapsulated in a fibrous membrane, prompting an appendectomy and removal of the cocoon-like structure.