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...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71055
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i11751
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i330120
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...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/38951
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...
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