Background: Despite significant progress and advances in the management of cardiovascular (CV) emergencies and the knowledge of its determinants globally, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) constitute a significant cause of emergency department (ED) hospitalizations especially in a r...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2018/25928
Background: Diabetic emergencies or diabetic crises syndrome are life threatening complications of diabetes mellitus. As the case detection of diabetes mellitus increases in Nigeria, adult diabetic Nigerians are likely to be challenged by diabetic emergencies that predispose them...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/28806
Background: Globally, acute stroke is one of the leading causes of preventable emergency hospital admissions. It is emerging as an important cause of disability and mortality among adult Nigerian Africans in the emergency department(ED) of Nigerian hospitals. Aim: The study was d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24260
Background: Research studies have shown that age is an independent risk factor for metabolic syndrome (MetS). However, as eco-demographic structure and function of Nigeria changes, geriatric Nigerians tend to adopt lifestyles that promote the emergence of metabolic syndrome. Aim:...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23672
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a multi-factoral medical condition that aggregates in the family and has implications for family health. Research analyses of determinants of type 2 diabetes mellitus have demonstrated the interactions and clustering of family biosocial fac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18783
Background: Evidence has demonstrated the metabolic relationship between dyslipidaemia and hypertension which are independent cardio-metabolic risk factors. As socio-economic and environmental dynamics in rural Nigeria changes, geriatric Nigerians tend to adopt lifestyles that pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/11614
Gabriel Uche Pascal Iloh, Agwu Nkwa AMADI, Godwin Oguejiofor Chukwuebuka Okafor, Augustine Obiora Ikwudinma, Frances Udoka Odu & Ezinne Uchamma Godswill-Uko·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Background: Lifestyle modifications (LSMs) are indispensable in blood pressure control among hypertensive patients. However, the extent to which patients lifestyles (LS) coincide with clinical prescriptions has become an important management challenge in primary care. Aim: To des...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/9439
Background: Abdominal obesity once considered an aesthetic rather than a pathological condition is now recognized as a principal risk factor for metabolic syndrome and magnifies the risk of cardiovascular diseases. As the case detection rate of abdominal obesity increases in Nige...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7971