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    • Heart disease and stroke statistics—2017 update: a report from the American Heart Association 

      Emelia J Benjamin, Michael J Blaha, Stephanie E Chiuve, Mary Cushman, Sandeep R Das, Rajat Deo, Sarah D De Ferranti, James Floyd, Myriam Fornage, Cathleen Gillespie, Carmen R Isasi, Monik C Jimenez, Lori Chaffin Jordan, Suzanne E Judd, Daniel Lackland, Judith H Lichtman, Lynda Lisabeth, Simin Liu, Chris T Longenecker, Rachel H Mackey, Kunihiro Matsushita, Dariush Mozaffarian, Michael E Mussolino, Khurram Nasir, Robert W Neumar, Latha Palaniappan, Dilip K Pandey, Ravi R Thiagarajan, Mathew J Reeves, Matthew Ritchey, Carlos J Rodriguez, Gregory A Roth, Wayne D Rosamond, Comilla Sasson, Amytis Towfighi, Connie W Tsao, Melanie B Turner, Salim S Virani, Jenifer H Voeks, Joshua Z Willey, John T Wilkins, Jason HY Wu, Heather M Alger, Sally S Wong, Paul Muntner (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)
      Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings together in a single document ...
    • Immediate postoperative pain management in adult patients following orthopaedic surgery at the Kenyatta national hospital 

      Unknown author (University of Nairobi, 2007)
      Background: Postoperative pain is a major challenge in the care of surgical patients yet pain therapy is a central medical task and a legal duty and optimum pain control is a fundamental right for all patients. Objective: ...
    • Intentional Unilateral Epidural Block for Surgery in a Pregnant Patient 

      S Okelo, JG Kabugi (AJOL, 2013)
      Unilateral epidural block often results inadvertently during routine epidurals. It can however be used intentionally to provide analgesia selectively to the limb being operated. We present an application of this approach ...
    • Partnering to deliver sustainable children's surgical care in Kakuma refugee camp 

      Kaseje Neema, Khalid Hassan, Muriithi Jesse, Burton John , Weswa Benjamin, Ojwando Kefa , Chirchir Collins, Kinara Stephen, Cunningham David , Okelo Stephen (Elsevier, 2023)
      The devastating milestone of 100 million people globally forced to flee their homes because of war, violence, persecution, and discrimination was reached on May 23, 2022.1 Women and children are disproportionately affected. ...
    • Patient care and clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to African high-care or intensive care units (ACCCOS): a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study 

      Bruce M Biccard, Pragasan Dean Gopalan, Malcolm Miller, William Lance Michell, David Thomson, Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Ernest Aniteye, Greg Calligaro, Maman Sani Chaibou, Hailu Tamiru Dhufera, Mohamed Elfagieh, Mahmoud Elfiky, Muhammed Elhadi, Maher Fawzy, David Fredericks, Meseret Gebre, Abebe Genetu Bayih, Anneli Hardy, Ivan Joubert, Fitsum Kifle, Hyla-Louise Kluyts, Kieran Macleod, Zelalem Mekonnen, Mervyn Mer, Atilio Morais, Vanessa Msosa, Wakisa Mulwafu, Andrew Ndonga, Zipporah Ngumi, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Christian Owoo, Fathima Paruk, Jenna Lynn Piercy, Juan Scribante, Yakob Seman, Elliott Taylor, Dawid van Straaten, Ahmed Awad, Hend Hussein, Mahmoud Shaban, Merihan Elbadawy, Ahmed O Elmehrath, Ahmed Cordie, Mohamed Elganainy, Mostafa El-Shazly, Mahmoud Essam, Omar A Abdelwahab, Aboubakr Ali, Aliae Mohamed Hussein, Fatma A Monib, Islam Ahmed, Mahmoud M Saad, Mohammed Ali Al-Quossi, Nashwa Rafaat, Islam Galal, Dalia Omran Omran, Ahmed Azzam, Mohammed Azab, Ahmed Tawheed, Mahmoud Gamal, Mohamed El Kassas, Aml Azzam, Neama Ahmed, Yasmin NasrEldin, Omar Abdewahab, Omar Elmandouh, Meseret MeGebre, Abebe Addisie, Akine Eshete, Kokeb Desita, Hiruy Araya, Yared Agidew, Addisu Desalegn Andabo, Emnet Tesfaye, Elias Ali Yesuf, Gelaw Hailemariam, Menbeu Sultan Mohammed, Yemane Gebremedhin, Yoseph Taye, Tamiru Assefa Mebrate, Tirunesh Busha Gemechu, Tigist Tesfaye Bedane, Elias Tewabe Abera, Ayele Teshome, Ernest Aniteye Ernest Aniteye, Christian Owoo Christian Owoo, Alfred Doku, Jane Sandra Afriyie-Mensah, Aba Lawson, Daniel Akwanfo DYaw Sottie, Emma Addae, Ernest Ofosu-Appiah Ernest Ofosu-Appiah, William Obeng William Obeng, Anne Mugera, Caesar Bitta, Mohammed Abdalraheem Huwaysh, Mohammed Mahdi Ali Yahya, Alsnosy Abdullah Khalefa Mohammed, Amrajaa Alsalihin Mohammed Majeed, Amkhatirah Emad Mousay Mohammed, Elsalhein Majeed, Abdurraouf A Abusalama, Ehab Altayr, Taha Abubaker, Akram Mohammed Alkaseek, Butaina Abdulhafith, Zainab Alziyituni, Marwa F Gamra, Mohamed Muftah Anaiba, Samer Khel, Mohammed Abdelkabir, Saedah Abdeewi, Safia Adam, Abdulmueti Alhadi, Ahmed Alsoufi, Muhannad Hassan, Ahmed Msherghi, Ahmad Elmabri Mohammad Bouhuwaish, Francis Masoo, Singatiya stella Chikumbanje, Delia Mabedi, Antonio Carlos, Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Jorge Mambo, Isabel Isabel Chissaque, Mouzinho Mouzinho Saide, Maikassoua Mamane, Foumakoye Amadou, Adesoji Ademuyiwa Adesoji Ademuyiwa, Akinyinka Omigbodun Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ademola Adeyeye, Akinola Akinmade, Yakubu Momohsani, John Bamigboye, Donald Orshio, Erdoo Suckie Isamade, Henry Embu, Samuel Nuhu, Samuel Ojiakor, Ahmed Nuhu, Adeola Fowotade, Arinola Sanusi, Babatunde Osinaike, Olusola Idowu, Abdullahi Oteikwu Amali, Sanusi Ibrahim, Adamu Abba Adamu, Ibrahim Kida, Job Otokwala, Olubusola Alagbe-Briggs (Elsevier, 2021)
      Background Molecular imaging is increasingly used to guide treatment decisions and planning in prostate cancer. We aimed to evaluate the role of 18F-fluciclovine-PET/CT in improving cancer control compared with conventional ...
    • Prediction of BRCA Mutations Using the BRCAPRO Model in Clinic-Based African American, Hispanic, and Other Minority Families in the United States 

      Dezheng Huo, Ruby T Senie, Mary Daly, Saundra S Buys, Shelly Cummings, Jacqueline Ogutha, Kisha Hope, Olufunmilayo I Olopade (American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2009)
      BRCAPRO, a BRCA mutation carrier prediction model, was developed on the basis of studies in individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish and European ancestry. We evaluated the performance of the BRCAPRO model among clinic-based minority ...
    • Rationale, Design, and the Baseline Characteristics of the RHDGen (The Genetics of Rheumatic Heart Disease) Network Study 

      Tafadzwa Machipisa, Chishala Chishala, Gasnat Shaboodien, Liesl J Zühlke, Babu Muhamed, Shahiemah Pandie, Jantina de Vries, Nakita Laing, Alexia Joachim, Rezeen Daniels, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Christopher T Hugo-Hamman, Bernard Gitura, Stephen Ogendo, Peter Lwabi, Emmy Okello, Albertino Damasceno, Celia Novela, Ana O Mocumbi, Geoffrey Madeira, John Musuku, Agnes Mtaja, Ahmed ElSayed, Huda HM Alhassan, Fidelia Bode-Thomas, Christopher Yilgwan, Ganiyu Amusa, Esin Nkereuwem, Nicola Mulder, Raj Ramesar, Maia Lesosky, Heather J Cordell, Michael Chong, Bernard Keavney, Guillaume Paré, Mark E Engel, RHDGen Network Consortium† (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2023)
      The genetics of rheumatic heart disease (RHDGen) Network was developed to assist the discovery and validation of genetic variations and biomarkers of risk for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in continental Africans, as a ...
    • Rationale, Design, and the Baseline Characteristics of the RHDGen (The Genetics of Rheumatic Heart Disease) Network Study† 

      Tafadzwa Machipisa, , Chishala Chishala, , Gasnat Shaboodien, Liesl J. Zühlke, Babu Muhamed, Shahiemah Pandie, Jantina de Vries, , Nakita Laing, Alexia Joachim, RN Rezeen Daniels, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Christopher T. Hugo-Hamman, Bernard Gitura,Stephen Ogendo, Peter Lwabi, , Emmy Okello, Albertino Damasceno, Celia Novela, RN, Ana O. Mocumbi, Geoffrey Madeira, John Musuku, Agnes Mtaja, , Ahmed ElSayed, Huda H.M. Alhassan, Fidelia Bode-Thomas, Christopher Yilgwan, Ganiyu Amusa, Esin Nkereuwem, Nicola Mulder, Raj Ramesar, Maia Lesosky, Heather J. Cordell, Michael Chong, Bernard Keavney, BM,, Guillaume Paré, Mark E. Enge (AHA, 2023)
      BACKGROUND: The genetics of rheumatic heart disease (RHDGen) Network was developed to assist the discovery and validation of genetic variations and biomarkers of risk for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in continental ...
    • Surgery is really a team sport 

      Varallo John E , Fitzgerald Laura , Okelo Stephen, Itungu Stella, Mwape Lillian, Hardtman Pandora, Ashengo Tigi Adamu (Elsevier, 2022)
      A surgical team consists of healthcare professionals from various disciplines, all with different priorities, roles, expertise, and experience. This interdisciplinary team relies on the skills of all members and conducts ...