Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious disease killer worldwide, despite significant progress against the disease in recent years. Most cases of TB in children occur in the TB endemic countries but the actual burden of paediatric TB is unknown. With early diagn...
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2020/v41i1430351
Introduction: Hypoxaemia is a common complication in hospitalised children, which can be detected using pulse oximeter, a valuable non-invasive and cost- effective tool. Indeed, in most developing countries, hypoxaemia is usually identified by clinical signs alone, and this has b...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/43544
Introduction: The first 28 days of life is a critical time for survival of any child; more than 4 million newborns die yearly within the first four weeks of life with 3 million of these deaths occurring in the early neonatal period. Nigeria’s neonatal mortality rate is the highes...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/38337
Introduction: Mortality pattern is reflective of both the severity of illness and the quality of treatment given. Objective: To identify the age, time and cause of death in the paediatric wards of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto. Methods: This was a...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i2430759
Background: Management of structural heart diseases is quite challenging in Nigeria, due to limited availability and access to cardiac care services. There is paucity of data on the pattern and outcome of cardiac interventions in children from the study area. Aims: To determine...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2020/v26i430251
Background: Congenital heart diseases (CHD) in children may be associated with varying degrees of undernutrition due to poor intake, impaired nutrient utilization and increased metabolic demands in the presence of heart failure and hypoxia. Objective: To assess the nutritional st...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/35964