Introduction
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) account for a substantial burden on healthcare systems, with surgical site infections being the
most common. Limited data exist on HAIs in low-resource settings, particularly device-associated HAIs. This study aimed to characterize the incidence and diffe...
Urinary Tract Infections,
Pneumonia,
Soft Tissue Infections,
Appendicitis,
General Surgery,
Diagnosis,
Surgical Wound Infection,
Equipment and Supplies,
Hospitals,
Health Resources,
Tertiary Care Centers
Background: Open ureteric reimplantation is considered to be the gold standard treatment for numerous anomalies involving vesico-ureteric junction. The study was conducted to determine the outcome of ureteric reimplantation surgeries in terms of clinical and radiologic improvement.
Methods: A retrospecti...
Background. Bloodstream infections are an important cause of mortality in children. Blood cultures (BCs) remain the primary means of identifying organisms and their antibiotic susceptibility profiles. A shortcoming of BCs is that up to 56% of positive cultures will represent contaminants. Poor adherence ...
Objective: Knowledge of provisions of the National Health Act among physicians and stakeholders is pivotal to its successful implementation. This study aimed to assess the knowledge of the National Health Act (NHA) among Physicians in two tertiary hospitals in Nigeria.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional...
BACKGROUND: PCO occurs commonly postoperatively followingcataract extraction in children, obscuring vision as did the initialcataract. It may require a second surgical procedure when it is dense.It is expected that this results in restoration of vision and it is importantto ascertain that this ...
INTRODUCTION: The burden of HIV is on the rise and patientswith HIV are also vulnerable to renal impairment from bothacute and chronic causes. This study sets out to evaluate renalcare received by such patients.METHODS: The study was conducted at Connaught Hospital,the main tertiary hospital (for...
Background:Urethrocystoscopy is defined as endoscopic visualization of the urethra and the urinary bladder for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of diseases of the lower urinary tract.Objective: To study the indications, diagnosis and complications of diagnostic urethrocystoscopy in our hospital.Mate...
Background: The elements of job satisfaction can be categorized into intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The presence of a higher level of intrinsic factors will result in increased motivation amongst employees, whilst extrinsic factors will result in job dissatisfaction. Decreased job satisfaction levels a...
Objectives: While studies on satisfaction following medical procedures are well documented, but this is not so
with dental procedures. Therefore, this study aims to determine the level of satisfaction in patient undergoing
intraoral examination (IOE).
Material and Methods: Consecutive patients attending ...
Background: AmpC or class C or group 1 beta lactamases are class C cephalosporinases that hydrolyse a wide variety of beta-lactam antibiotics including alpha methoxy beta-lactams (cefoxitin), narrow and broad spectrum cephalosporins. This study was conducted to characterize plasmid-mediated AmpC producin...
