Introduction: Leukaemias are a group of heterogenous neoplastic diseases resulting from malignant transformation of hematopoietic cells. Acute leukaemias are the group of diseases characterised by the infiltration of immature myeloid or lymphoid series cells into the blood, bone marrow or other tissues. ...
The most common reason for readmission in these patients is a dehydration with a prevalence of acute renal failure (ARF) of 20%. The objective of this study was to establish the predictive factors of ARF in patients with protective ileostomy after surgery for rectal cancer from a bicentric ...
We sought to determine the pattern of presentation of acute appendicitis, and the effect of late presentation on surgical outcome in children. Methods This is a retrospective descriptive study done at the paediatric surgical unit of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, ...
Objective: Hepatitis A infection is an acute, self limiting disease due to infection of the liver by hepatitis A virus, an enterically transmitted virus which is a member of the Picornaviridae family. The infection may be asymptomatic or may cause an acu...