Overdose of amlodipine, a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (CCB), is distinguished from other CCBs due to longer plasma half-life 30 58 h. As current management strategies CCB overdose are diverse and institution dependent, this retrospective observational study aimed compare treatment outcomes data extracted published case reports amlodipine with cohort patients diagnosed at an urban te...

background: in view of the massive rural-to-urban migration in nigeria, investigations on transmission of urinary schistosomiasis were carried out in ur-ban and semi-urban communities in nike lake area of enugu state, nigeria. methods : urine samples of school children were tested for micro-haematuria using reagent strips followed by microscopic examination for schistosoma haematobium eggs. wat...

Like many African rural-to-urban migrants, Igbo-speaking migrants to cities in Nigeria maintain close ties to their places of origin. 'Home people' constitute a vital core of most migrants' social networks. The institution of kinship enables migrants to negotiate Nigeria's clientelistic political economy. In this context, dichotomous distinctions between rural and urban can be inappropriate ana...

BACKGROUND Blood pressure (BP) is positively related to body mass index (BMI) in persons of both Caucasian and African origin, but the precise nature of the relationship is unclear. OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between BP and BMI in a lean African population. DESIGN A community-based cross-sectional study. METHODS The BMI and BP were measured in 362 men and 592 women aged 40-75 yea...