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Late-life depression and the family physician

South African Family Practice; Vol 64, No 1 : Part 3| a5534 (3), 2022
Late-life depression (LLD) is a common disorder seen in clinical practice. Depression in this population group is often left undetected and untreated. The majority of elderly individuals who seek help present to the primary health care setting. The family physician is ideally placed to screen for symptom...

Assessment of Risk Factors for Advanced Open Angle Glaucoma Presentation among Patients Visiting Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma, Ethiopia

Glaucoma is the predominant cause of irreversible blindness, particularly the late presentation. The purpose of this study is to identify the risk factors associated with late presentation in Jimma University Medical Center METHODS: A case-control study was done among patients newly diagnosed to have op...

Implementation of assistance for one pregnant woman one cadre (OPOC) in Banjarnegara District, Central Java Province, Indonesia

Afr. j. reprod. health; 26 (7), 2022
The high maternal mortality rate caused by late detection of risk factors for pregnant women is a major health problem in Banjarnegara District. One of the efforts made to overcome this problem is the implementation of assistance for one pregnant woman by one cadre (OPOC). The application of OPOC consist...

Les manifestations inaugurales de la drépanocytose au CHU de Brazzaville (Congo)
Early Manifestations of Sickle cell disease at the University Hospital of Brazzaville

Objectif : Identifier les manifestations inaugurales de la drepanocytose; en determiner l'age d'apparition et les caracteristiques biologiques de la maladie au moment de ladecouverte et apprecier l'influence du profil electrophoretique de l'hemoglobine sur l'age d'apparition de la maladie. Materiel et me...