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Autor:
J B W, Russell, S, Baio, T R, Koroma, V, Conteh, S, Conteh, M, Smith, K, Bharat, J M, Coker, L, Gordon-Harris, D R, Lisk
Publikováno v:
West African journal of medicine. 39(10)
In Sierra Leone, the lack of information on pulmonary embolism (PE) limits the access to evidence-based standard of diagnostic work-up and management of the disease. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics and managem
Publikováno v:
West African journal of medicine. 37(5)
Hypertension among the health workforce is a major public health problem due to its high prevalence and dire consequences. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of hypertension, awareness, and related cardiovascular risk factors among health w
Publikováno v:
West African journal of medicine. 34(3)
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) is a clinico-neuroradiological entity with neurological symptoms and characteristic radiologic findings. It may complicate eclampsia either during pregnancy or in the puerperal period and it is a ve
Prevalence of diabetes in rural and urban populations in southern Sierra Leone: a preliminary survey
Publikováno v:
Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2:272-277
We conducted a preliminary community survey for diabetes in the Bo district of southern Sierra Leone. Five hundred and one subjects comprising 256 rural adults in two villages and 245 urban adults in Bo town were randomly selected and screened for di
Publikováno v:
The West Indian medical journal. 49(4)
We present the case of a 30-year-old woman with HIV/AIDS who experienced a 47% weight gain over a period of a year after commencing treatment with highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) and went on to develop benign intracranial hypertension (
Publikováno v:
Ethnicitydisease. 9(2)
To determine the prevalence and awareness of hypertension and determinants of blood pressure in rural and urban Sierra Leoneans.598 subjects from Freetown and 606 subjects from three villages in the northern province of Sierra Leone were selected for
Autor:
D E, Williams, D R, Lisk
Publikováno v:
West African journal of medicine. 17(2)
A cross sectional survey to determine the mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure, prevalence of hypertension, and possible risk factors in two villages, Kychum and Njala Komboya, in Sierra Leone was carried out. A total of 463 subjects were inves
Autor:
D R, Lisk, E K, McEwen
Publikováno v:
Journal of human hypertension. 10(4)
In order to determine the impact and trend of hypertension related deaths in the overall mortality of urban Sierra Leoneans, a review of death certificate records in the capital Freetown over the period 1983-1992 was undertaken. A total of 25119 cons
Publikováno v:
Neurology. 44(1)
Criteria for selecting patients for possible surgery in the management of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are needed to plan a prospective therapeutic evaluation of surgical intervention. This study specifically addressed patients seen in the emergenc
Autor:
D R, Lisk
Publikováno v:
East African medical journal. 70(5)
A retrospective study of 87 hospitalized Sierra Leonean stroke patients is presented. The mean age was 50.9 years with a male to female ratio of 2:1. Hypertension was present in 68% of patients but only in those above 30 years of age. It was also mor