Vol. 38 No. 2 (2021): The West African Journal of Medicine

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The West African Journal of Medicine, ISSN 0189-160X is published by the West African College of Physicians and the West African College of Surgeons. The Journal accepts articles in English and French. WAJM is indexed/abstracted in EMBASE, Excerpta Medica, Medline/ Index Medicus, African Journals Online (AJOL) and African Index Medicus amongst.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55891/wajm.v38i2

URN: http://nbn-wajmed.com/urn:wajm:ngwajm.v38i24

Published: 2021-02-26

Editorials

EDITORIAL: Challenges of Congenital Heart Disease and the Impact of Covid-19 on Health Workers. West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):105-106. PMID: 33641141

G. E. Erhabor

105-106

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EDITORIAL: The Challenges of Managing Congenital Heart Diseases in Africa. West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):106-107. PMID: 33641142

S. I. Omokhodion

106-107

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Articles

ORIGINAL: Arterial Oxygen Saturation and other Clinical Predictors of Survival in Patients with Covid-19: A Review of Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nigeria. West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):109-113. PMID: 33641143

S. A. Ayinbuomwan, N. Mokogwu, O. A. Akoria, B. U. Okwara, C. E. Omuemu, D. E. Obaseki

109-113

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ORIGINAL: Determinants of Outcome among Under-Five Children Hospitalized with Pneumonia at a Tertiary Health Facility in South-West Nigeria. West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):114-119. PMID: 33641144

A. O. Odeyemi, A. O. Odeyemi, T. L. Musa

114-119

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ORIGINAL: Self-Perceived Halitosis in La, a Suburb of Accra, Ghana West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):120-124. PMID: 33641145

D. Tormeti, P. K. Blankson, S. Atinkah, J. Sackeyfio, A. Dai-Kosi, M. Ayettey-Adamafio

120-124

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ORIGINAL: Sensorineural Hearing Loss among Hypertensives West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):125-130. PMID: 33641146

O. R. Quadri, I. O. Gbujie, D. B. Ojji, D. F. Folorunso, F. M. Damtong, E. A. Dahilo, T. S. Ibekwe, O. G. Nwaorgu

125-130

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ORIGINAL: Clinico-pathological Profile of Head and Neck Tumours with Intracranial Extension West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):131-136. PMID: 33641147

M. O. Udoh, D. O. Udoh

131-136

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ORIGINAL: Profiles of Tuberculosis Patients: A Single-Center Experience in a Semi-Urban Tuberculosis Center in Southeast Nigeria West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):137-143. PMID: 33641148

C. U. Ufoaroh, E. N. Anyabolu, I. C. Okoye, I. S. Chinweuba

137-143

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ORIGINAL: Caring for Children with Congenital Heart Diseases:Economic Burden of Pre-Surgical Management on Nigerian Families West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):144-151. PMID: 33641149

C. O. Duru, F. S. Okpokowuruk, A. D. Adesina, G. O. Worgu, F. O. Adeniji, J. M. Chinawa, I. Aliyu

144-151

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ORIGINAL: Rate, Indications and Outcome of Blood Transfusion in Neonates at Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, Nigeria West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):152-157. PMID: 33641150

I. Jalo, E. W. Isaac, M. P. Raymond, M. Amina, R. Y. Adeniji

152-157

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ORIGINAL: A Doctor's Experience from Covid-19 West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):158-161. PMID: 33641151

T. Ibekwe, P. Ibekwe

158-161

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ORIGINAL: Comprehensive Idiopathic Clubfoot Treatment based on the Ponseti Method: The FMC, Umuahia Experience West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):162-165. PMID: 33641152

P. I. Amaraegbulam, U. I. Oluwatosin, C. O. Udemezue, U. Egbe-Eni, A. Chuku

162-165

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ORIGINAL: Indications for Removal of Orthopaedic Implants in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital: A Review of 128 Cases West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):166-170. PMID: 33641153

D. D. Mue, W. T. Yongu, M. N. Salihu, J. N. Kortor, I. C. Elachi, J. O. Donwa

166-170

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Case Report

CASE REPORT: Skull Base Chordoma: A Case Presentation and Review of Literature West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):171-175. PMID: 33641154

M. O. Udoh, D. E. Imasogie, D. O. Udoh

171-175

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CASE REPORT: COVID-19 and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Coinfection: A Case Report West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):176-179. PMID: 33641155

A. A. Agada, V. Kwaghe, Z. Habib, F. O. Adebayo, B. Anthony, T. Yunusa, B. A. Ekele

176-179

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CASE REPORT: Hyper-Immunoglobulin E Syndrome and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lower Lip: A Case Report West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):180-184. PMID: 33641156

A. O. Akinboro, M. O. Onigbinde, S. O. Oiwoh, O. O. Afolayan, A. A. Oladeji

180-184

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Miscellaneous

Brief Communication: The Transgender Phenomenon and its Effect on the Practice of Anatomic Pathology: A Futuristic Perspective West Afr J Med. 2021 Feb;38(2):185-188. PMID: 33641157

C. A. Okolo

185-188

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ERRATUM: WAJM 2021; 38(1): Page Sonographic Diagnosis of Metastatic Cervical Lymph Nodes in Primary Orofacial Malignancies: Role of the Radiologist's Experience West Afr J Med. 2021 Jan;38(1):24-27.33463703

U. A. Okeke, J. B. Igashi, M. A. Hamza, S. O. Ajike, B. D. Saheeb

24-27

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