Objective:Predictions of hospital charges for cancer patients are very important, because they provide a basis for allocating medical resources in the hospital and for establishing national medical policies. But previous studies to predict hospital charges were mainly based on statistical analysis, which has used only a small aspect among huge medical data so that the prediction power was limit...

INTRODUCTION Seasonal ataxia is a clinical syndrome of acute cerebellar ataxia which follows ingestion of roasted larvae of Anaphe venata Butler, an alternative protein source consumed in western Nigeria. It was first reported in the 1950s in western Nigeria when it caused a wave of epidemics. This is the first case report of this condition in the literature since 1993. CASE REPORT We present...

Rapid confirmation of drug susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using MPT 64 Ag based test Ernest Afu Ochang, Oyinlola O. Oduyebo, Ifeanyi A. Onwuezobe, Sunday M. Obeten, Godwin I. Ogban, Ubleni E. Emanghe Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, ...

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Zambian Ministry of Health set out new guidelines on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in 2013 expanding the eligibility criteria for patients with HIV. Objectives The primary objective were to determine when cART was initiated in HIV-positive outpatients according to clinical and immunological criteria, and to identify what propo...

1Unit of Occupational Rehabilitation & Ergonomics, Scientific Institute of Veruno, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, 28010 Veruno, Italy 2Department of Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation, University Medical Centre of Lausanne (CHUV), 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland 3Spinal Unit, Special Medical Rehabilitation Hospital, 42223 Varazdinske Toplice, Croatia 4Department of Gerontology, Geriatrics...

BACKGROUND Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy (GES) at intervals over 4 hours after a standardized radio-labeled meal is commonly regarded as the gold standard for diagnosing gastroparesis. The objectives of this study were: 1) to investigate the best time point and the best combination of multiple time points for diagnosing gastroparesis with repeated GES measures, and 2) to contrast and cross-vali...

OBJECTIVES To compare virological effectiveness in patients who continued on a virologically successful first-line boosted protease inhibitor (PI)-containing combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) regimen or who switched to a PI-free cART including efavirenz, nevirapine or abacavir. METHODS From the French Hospital Database on HIV, we selected 439 patients with undetectable viral load (VL)...

BACKGROUND Delays detecting treatment failure and switching to second-line combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) are often observed in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children of low-middle-income countries (LMIC). METHODS An observational study included HIV-infected children attending the Beira Central Hospital (Mozambique) and the Nsambya Hospital, Home Care Department (Ugan...

The upsurge in the incidence and prevalence of diabetes worldwide and in Nigeria in particular is a challenge for urgent action in the adoption of appropriate dietary management in patients with diabetes and also in the prevention of diabetes. Knowledge of the glycemic index (GI) of food types is essential for rational advice on calorie recommendation. Unfortunately, the GI of many food types i...