Morbidity and mortality profile of patients seen in medical emergency unit of a Teaching Hospital in Nigeria: A 4-year audit

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
BelloYusuf Jamoh ◽  
SaniAtta Abubakar ◽  
SaniMuhammad Isa
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Emergency Unit

Studying the Birth Outcome in Tikrit Teaching Hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-57
Author(s):  
Areej Noaman
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Birth Outcome ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Healthy Baby ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Neonatal Deaths ◽  
Healthy Mother

  Background : A successful birth outcome is defined as the birth of a healthy baby to a healthy mother. While relatively low in industrialized world, maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality and neonatal deaths occur disproportionately in developing countries. Aim of the Study: To assess birth outcome and identify some risk factors affecting it for achieving favorable birth outcome in Tikrit Teaching Hospital

Causes of acute peritonitis in 1188 consecutive adult patients in Ghana

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Ohene-Yeboah
Keyword(s):  
Acute Appendicitis ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Emergency Unit ◽  
Ileal Perforation ◽  
Acute Peritonitis ◽  
Generalized Peritonitis ◽  
Previous Series

In a five-year prospective study,1188 consecutive adult patients were admitted and treated for acute generalized peritonitis at the Surgical Emergency Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Appendicitis and typhoid ileal perforation were the commonest causes, occurring in 43.1% and 35.1% of patients, respectively. Other conditions (gastroduodenal perforations, ruptured abscesses, traumatic bowel perforations and amoebic colonic perforations) accounted for fewer than 25% of cases. This paper notes that acute appendicitis and typhoid perforation remain the leading causes of peritonitis in Ghana. Compared with previous series, the importance of appendicitis in acute peritonitis has diminished. The complications of communicable diseases now cause peritonitis more commonly than 35 years ago. This may reflect deteriorating conditions of sanitation and housing during the intervening period.

Features of an Intensive Care based Medical Emergency Team nurse training program in a University Teaching Hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Topple ◽  
Brooke Ryan ◽  
Richard McKay ◽  
Damien Blythe ◽  
John Rogan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Medical Emergency Team ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Nurse Training ◽  
Emergency Team

Fatal Cyanide Poisoning from Cassava-Based Meal

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alade Akintonwa ◽  
O.L. Tunwashe
Keyword(s):  
Renal Failure ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Cardiopulmonary Arrest ◽  
Food Products ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Cyanogenic Glycosides ◽  
Emergency Unit ◽  
Cyanide Poisoning ◽  
Accident And Emergency

Three patients admitted to the Accident and Emergency Unit of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) after eating a cassava based meal 'Gari' died shortly after admission. The patients vomited and complained of abdominal pain immediately after the meal. They were unconscious with renal failure and died of cardiopulmonary arrest. The cyanide levels in the blood and urine averaged 1.12 and 0.54 mg 1-1, respectively. Cassava contains cyanogenic glycosides which slowly release cyanide and this may have been responsible for the death of these patients. There is an urgent need to establish maximum tolerable levels of cyanide in 'Gari' and other cassava food products.

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