Registry for Acute Coronary Events in Nigeria (RACE-Nigeria): Clinical Characterization, Management, and Outcome.

Background Coronary artery disease was hitherto a rarity in Africa. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) accounts for coronary artery disease-related morbidity and mortality. Reports on ACS in Africa are few.

EpiNet as a way of involving more physicians and patients in epilepsy research: Validation study and accreditation process.

Objective: EpiNet was established to encourage epilepsy research. EpiNet is used for multicenter cohort studies and investigator-led trials. Physicians must be accredited to recruit patients into trials.

Asthma control and quality of life in school- age children in Enugu south east, Nigeria.

Aims And Objectives: This study set out to assess the quality-of-life of school-age children in relation to their level of asthma control.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of children with asthma using the Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life questionnaire (PAQLQ) and the Asthma Therapy Assessment Questionnaire (ATAQ) to respectively assess the health-related quality of life and the level of asthma control.

Results: Ninety children with mean age of 11.

HIV-related intimate partner violence among pregnant women in Nigeria.

Aim: To compare the prevalences and patterns of intimate partner violence between HIV-positive and HIV-negative pregnant women receiving prenatal care at a tertiary hospital in South East Nigeria

Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study of HIV-positive and HIV-negative pregnant women was done. Statistical analysis was by descriptive and inferential statistics at 95% level of confidence

Results: A total of 220 pregnant women studied. These were equally divided between HIV-positive women (cases) and HIV-negative women (controls).

Pre-hospital management of diarrhoea among caregivers presenting at a tertiary health institution: implications for practice and health education.

Background: Diarrhoeal diseases cause significant childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. The effectiveness of home management of diarrhoeal diseases is achievable only if caregivers have appropriate information despite varying recommendations on the strategies for diarrhoea therapy.

Objectives: To evaluate caregivers' perception and use of ORT fluids for management of diarrhoea in under-five age children in the face of varying phases of recommendations, as an indicator of home treatment.