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Demographic characteristics, clinical presentation and in-hospital outcome among patients with Covid-19 in a Nigerian tertiary hospital

Juliet I. Mmerem1,2*, Uche S. Unigwe1,3, Michael O. Iroezindu1, Kyrian S. Chukwu1,3, Ifeyinwa. L. Ezenwosu4, Geofrey O. Okorie1,5, Nneka M. Chika-Igwenyi1,3, Chidinma B. Nwatu1, Obinna D. Onodugo1 Department of Medicine,…

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Indications, risk factors, and outcomes of emergency peripartum hysterectomy: A 7-year retrospective study at a tertiary center in Turkey

Tayfun Vural1, Burak Bayraktar1, Suna Yildirim Karaca1, Ceren Golbasi2, Ozan Odabas1, Cuneyt Eftal Taner1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Health Sciences Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, TurkeyDepartment of…

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No sign of Rotavirus co-infection in COVID-19 patients with gastrointestinal symptoms

Milad Zandi1+, Saber Soltani1+, Riam Sadooni2, Shokrollah Salmanzadeh3, Yousef Erfani4, Ramin Shahbahrami4, Maghsud Piri2, Reza Pakzad5, Nasrin Ghodratifard2, Alireza Eftekhari Moghadam2, Samaneh Abbasi6* Department of Virology, School of Public Health,…

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Epidemiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: comparison of Turkish nationals and refugees

İsmet ÇELEBİ1, Ahmet CEYLAN2 Department of Paramedic, Vocational School of Health Services, Gazi University, Ankara, TurkeyKayseri City Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey Corresponding Author: İsmet Çelebi; E-mail: ismetcelebi@gazi.edu.tr AbstractThe aim of this…

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Is the prognostic nutritional index a predictor of Covid-19 related hospitalizations and mortality?

Muhammed Emin Demirkol1, Gulali Aktas1*, Murat Alisik2, Ozgur Mehmet Yis2, Musa Kaya3, Derya Kocadag4 Abant Izzet Baysal University, Department of Internal Medicine, Bolu, TurkeyAbant Izzet Baysal University, Department of Medical…

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Disease severity and renal function among sickle cell anaemia patients in a tertiary hospital, South-south, Nigeria: a cross sectional study

Ajeigbe K Abiodun1*, Adejumo Oluseyi2, OwojuyigbeTemilola3, Ayinbuomwan Ekiye4, Okesina A Bashiru5 Deptment.of Chemical Pathology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-IfeDepartment of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences, OndoDepartment of Haematology and Immunology, Obafemi…

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Investigating the association between various platelet indices and different clinical sub-groups of severe malaria

Abdullah Algın1.2, Serdar Özdemir1, Ebubekir Arslan2, Abuzer Özkan1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Health of Sciences University, Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, TurkeyMogadishu Somalia Turkish Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu,…

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“Our [Yao people’s] circumcision is of the ‘brain’ not of the ‘penis’”: factors behind the resistance to voluntary medical male circumcision among Yao people of Mangochi in Southern Malawi

Kent Y.G. Mphepo1, Adamson S. Muula1, John R. Sadalaki2, Felix Phuka1, Joseph Mfutso-Bengo1 Department of Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), Blantyre, MalawiNational Council for Higher Education (NCHE)…

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Awareness and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine and associated factors among pharmacy students in Zambia

Steward Mudenda1*, Moses Mukosha1, Christabel Nang’andu Hikaambo1, Johanna Catharina Meyer2, Joseph Fadare3,4, Martin Kampamba1, Aubrey Chichonyi Kalungia1, Sody Munsaka5, Roland Nnaemeka Okoro6, Victor Daka7, Misheck Chileshe8, Ruth Lindizyani Mfune7, Webrod…

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Healthcare workers’ experiences in caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients at a tertiary hospital in Malawi

Beatrice Gundo1*, Joyce Beyamu1, Alice Singo2, Deliwe Chipeta4, Rodwell Gundo3, Abigail Kazembe3 Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, MalawiRMIT University, AustraliaKamuzu University of Health SciencesMalawi Ministry of Health, COVID-19 Secretariat, Lilongwe, Malawi…

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