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{"title":"Comparison between the height of spinal block and the incidence of hypotension among surgical patients","authors":"Mustapha Miko Abdullahi","doi":"10.4081/pjm.2023.332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/pjm.2023.332","url":null,"abstract":"Hypotension is one of the common complications of spinal anesthesia; caused by sympathetic blockade leading to reduced cardiac output. Hypotension may be associated with the height of spinal block and can reduce blood flow to organs thereby leading to cardiovascular collapse which may eventually lead to cardiac arrest if appropriate action is not taken. This study examines the relationship between the height of spinal block and development of hypotension. One hundred (100) ASA I and II patients whose surgeries were below the umbilicus and done under spinal anesthesia were enrolled for the study. Patients that had hypotension were recorded and the heights of block were also recorded. Eleven patients (11) had hypotension (11%) overall. The incidence of hypotension among groups T6, T8 and T10 were 25% (7), 18.75% (3)s and 2.04% (1) respectively with a p-value of 0.5 which was not statistically significant. This study has shown that the incidence of hypotension is directly proportional to the height of spinal block though it is not statistically significant at T6 and below.","PeriodicalId":497887,"journal":{"name":"Pyramid journal of medicine","volume":"50 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139850154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison between the height of spinal block and the incidence of hypotension among surgical patients","authors":"Mustapha Miko Abdullahi","doi":"10.4081/pjm.2023.332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/pjm.2023.332","url":null,"abstract":"Hypotension is one of the common complications of spinal anesthesia; caused by sympathetic blockade leading to reduced cardiac output. Hypotension may be associated with the height of spinal block and can reduce blood flow to organs thereby leading to cardiovascular collapse which may eventually lead to cardiac arrest if appropriate action is not taken. This study examines the relationship between the height of spinal block and development of hypotension. One hundred (100) ASA I and II patients whose surgeries were below the umbilicus and done under spinal anesthesia were enrolled for the study. Patients that had hypotension were recorded and the heights of block were also recorded. Eleven patients (11) had hypotension (11%) overall. The incidence of hypotension among groups T6, T8 and T10 were 25% (7), 18.75% (3)s and 2.04% (1) respectively with a p-value of 0.5 which was not statistically significant. This study has shown that the incidence of hypotension is directly proportional to the height of spinal block though it is not statistically significant at T6 and below.","PeriodicalId":497887,"journal":{"name":"Pyramid journal of medicine","volume":" 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139790410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence and correlates of internet addiction among undergraduate health sciences students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto","authors":"B. Magaji, Ahmad Abubakar, Mubarak Abubakar Wababe, Anas Chika, Ibrahim Azeez, S. Tambuwal","doi":"10.4081/pjm.2023.311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/pjm.2023.311","url":null,"abstract":"The internet is an essential aspect of our daily life, and its binge has resulted in internet addiction. Students are vulnerable to internet addiction, since they utilize it for academic and extracurricular objectives. Problematic internet use can predispose individuals to mental illnesses. We aim to determine the prevalence of internet addiction among undergraduate health sciences students at Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto, Nigeria. This was a cross-sectional study, using a multistage sampling technique. The Young Internet Addiction Test was used to obtain the data, which was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0 for Windows. The frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations were used to summarize the data. A chi-square was used to compare the categorical variables, and a p-value <0.05 was considered significant. A total of 294 students were interviewed, with a mean age and standard deviation of 24±2.9 years, and a male-to-female ratio of 2.3:1. Approximately, 42% of the students had mild internet addiction, and 13% had moderate internet addiction. A significant association was found between the severity of internet addiction and time spent on the internet per day. More than half of the students had mild to moderate internet addiction, which was associated with the time spent on the internet. Internet addiction among health sciences students is common and requires prompt intervention.","PeriodicalId":497887,"journal":{"name":"Pyramid journal of medicine","volume":"105 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139615859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A survey of knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral hygiene amongst healthcare workers at a tertiary hospital in Northwestern Nigeria","authors":"M. Kaura, Mujtaba Bala, Mustapha Salihu Bashar, Babatunde Olamide Bamgbose, Sani Auwalu Balarabe, Yahaya Abdulmanan, B. Anas, Rufai Jaafaru","doi":"10.4081/pjm.2023.349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/pjm.2023.349","url":null,"abstract":"The overall well-being of an individual cannot be complete without adequate oral health since the oral cavity is the gateway to the whole body and an integral part of the Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT). Many systemic illnesses manifest in the oral cavity and can be diagnosed easily by its simple clinical examination. The involvement of other healthcare workers in the hospital, such as medical doctors, nurses, and laboratory scientists, for effective and efficient dissemination of oral health education to the general populace, is of paramount importance by virtue of the large number of patients they come in contact with in their daily practice. However, this could not be arbitrarily assumed without calibrating their knowledge, perception, and practice of oral health to ascertain if they can truly impart positively to the patients. This study determined the knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral hygiene amongst healthcare workers at the Federal Medical Centre Gusau, northwestern Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted amongst healthcare workers in Federal Medical Centre Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria. A total of 200 self-administered questionnaires were distributed using a convenient sampling technique. Data collected was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS; IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) software for Windows version 25.0. Of the 200 questionnaires distributed, 193 (96.5%) were retrieved. The mean age of the participants was 37.1±8.53 years, with a range of 21 to 60 years. Study participants comprised of 114 (59.1%) males and 79 (40.1%) females. The majority (79.3%) were Muslims, while about one-fifth (20.7%) were Christians. About half (48.2%) of the participants were nurses, followed by laboratory scientists (31.1%), while medical doctors were 40 (20.7%) of the population. Slightly above half (50.8%) obtained their oral health information from oral health workers, while 58 (30.1%), 24 (12.4%), and 13 (6.7%) obtained their information from leaflets, family and friends, and newspapers, respectively. The average knowledge, attitude, and practice score amongst all the participants was good, as about 75%, 69%, and 63% answered correctly in the knowledge, attitude, and practice domains, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference between the different cadres of health workers in the attitude and practice domains tested (p<0.05). The oral health knowledge attitude and practice in the studied health workers is satisfactory. However, there are other aspects of the attitude and practice that need to be modified through continuous medical and dental education to be anchored by the Preventive Dentistry Department in conjunction with the Public Health Department of the state Ministry of Health.","PeriodicalId":497887,"journal":{"name":"Pyramid journal of medicine","volume":"40 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138593623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}