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Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes and Low Platelet (HELLP) Syndrome: A Dreaded Complication of Pre-eclampsia in a Young Nigerian Woman

Callistus Obinna Elegbua, Surajdeen Tunde Afolayan, Harold Yiralee Doneh, Bernard B. Akpu, Promise Onyeka Ubanatu, Angela Adaku Elegbua, Wofai Ubi & Oiseremen Samuel Ovbiagele · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2024

HELLP Syndrome is a fatal rare pregnancy-related syndrome characterised by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count; occurring in 0.5-0.9% of all pregnancies and in 10-20% of pregnancies with severe pre-eclampsia. HELLP Syndrome is a complication of severe pre-ecl...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71055

Impediments that Challenged Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: Experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh

Farah Anjum Sonia, Anika Mahmood, Md. Rifat Hasan, Marzia Mursafa, Subarna Saha, Jobaida Jannat, Iffat Ara Akbar & Atiar Rahman · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2022

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an extracorporeal blood purification technique that removes circulating antibodies, toxin and mediators from the plasma of the patients. This study was conducted to assess the safety, type and frequency of complications with regard to the indi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i11751

Quinsy in Adult: Clinical Profile and Management Challenges in Two Tertiary Hospitals Northwest Nigeria

D. Aliyu & S. S. Yikawe · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2019

Purpose of the Study: Quinsy also known as Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is a life threatened complication of acute exudative tonsillitis requiring immediate surgical intervention. We profile the clinical presentation and highlight challenges in management. Materials and Methods: A...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i330120

Oesophageal Foreign Bodies Impaction in Nigerian Adults: A Preventable Consequence

Abdullahi Mohammed & Stanley Baba Amutta · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2018

Background: Foreign body impaction in adults, is usually food related, with severe consequences when neglected. Patients and Methods: A retrospective study of adults’ ≥ 18 years diagnosed with the impacted foreign body in the oesophagus, seen at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Te...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2018/38951

The Frequency of Different Clinical Presentation of Appendicitis, Complications and Prognosis in Elderly

Mostafa Hosseini, Adnan Tizmaghz, Ghazaal Shabestanipour, Ali Aein & Hamidreza Alizadeh Otaghvar · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Background: The classic symptoms of acute appendicitis are seldom seen in the elderly patient and the diagnosis is particularly easy to miss in this group. Therefore complications are more common as a result of delayed diagnosis. The aim of this study was to identify prognosis, c...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/11717