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Pattern of Arrhythmia among Diabetes Mellitus Patients in South-South, Nigeria: 24-Hour Ambulatory ECG (Holter ECG) Study

Chibuike Eze Nwafor & Otonye Briggs · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2024

Background: Diabetes is known to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, commonly associated with rhythm disorders like atrial fibrillation (AF) and ventricular arrhythmias (VA), Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients have silent myocardial infarctions...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i61032

Physicians’ Attitude towards Patients’ Spirituality at a Tertiary-Care Health Facility in Southern Nigeria

G. K. Eke & N. Onodingene · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Background: It has been shown that patients would like to discuss their spiritual beliefs with their physicians and that they have spiritual needs which are often under addressed by health care professionals. Whereas, addressing those needs in clinical practice is a component of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230302

Anaemia in Pregnancy at Booking: Prevalence and Risk Factors among Antenatal Attendees in a Southern Nigeria General Hospital

Victory E. Iyanam, Alphonsus U. Idung, Henry E. Jombo & Ndifreke E. Udonwa · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2019

Background: Despite the fact that anaemia is a preventable morbidity in most cases, its prevalence among pregnant women is still unacceptably high especially in rural and sub-urban settings. This is worrisome considering the enormous contribution of anaemia to maternal and infant...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i130112