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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono, Yoshifumi Moriyama, Koji Ohashi, Naoya Otaka, Minako Tatsumi, Toyoaki Murohara, Noriyuki Ouchi, Satoru Oshima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual behaviour in Britain: early heterosexual experience.

, 2001
BACKGROUND: Relatively high rates of teenage conception and sexually transmitted infection among young people in Britain have focused attention on early sexual behaviour and its determinants.
Nanchahal, K, McManus, S, Erens, B, Korovessis, C, Macdowall, W, Mercer, CH, Field, J, Copas, AJ, Wellings, K, Fenton, KA, Johnson, AM, Kaye Wellings, Catherine H Mercer, Anne M Johnson, Kevin A Fenton, Wendy Macdowall, Bob Erens, Sally McManus, Kiran Nanchahal, Andrew J Copas, Julia Field, Christos Korovessis   +21 more
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Factors influencing risky sexual behaviour among rural South African high school girls

Orapuh Journal
Introduction A person is said to engage in risky sexual behaviour when participating in activities that increase their susceptibility to sexual and reproductive health problems.
Shumani Mulaudzi , Muhammad Hoque
doaj   +1 more source

Sexting in Serbia: Prevalence and relationship with attitudes towards sexuality and sexual risk behaviour [PDF]

Sociološki Pregled
The main aim of this study was to examine the frequency of sexting among students in Serbia, as well as its association with attitudes about sexuality and risky sexual behaviour.
Stanojević Dragana Z., Antić Nataša M., Radović Olivera B.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sexual behaviour and risk of sexually transmitted infections in young female healthcare students in Spain [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
Background. Several authors have examined the risk for sexually transmitted infections (STI), but no study has yet analyzed it solely in relation with sexual behaviour in women.
Felipe Navarro-Cremades, Antonio Palazón-Bru, Dolores Marhuenda-Amorós, María Isabel Tomás-Rodríguez, Fina Antón-Ruiz, Josefina Belda-Ibañez, Ángel Luis Montejo, Vicente Francisco Gil-Guillén   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo, Weisi Dai, Jie Mao, Mei Ye, Xingshan Lu, Xiaocui Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

“It's Sweet Without Condom”: Understanding Risky Sexual Behaviour Among Nigerian Female University Students

Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2018
Background: Over a million people globally acquire sexually transmitted infections (STI) every day mainly through unprotected sexual contact. While the consequences of risky sexual behaviour are well documented, the literature on young educated women's ...
Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Ezebunwa E. Nwokocha, Oladele Vincent Adeniyi, Daniel Ter Goon   +3 more
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Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining risky sexual behaviour in the UK: a latent class approach

, 2007
This paper aims to define risky sexual behaviour in the UK with respect to the two most common bacterial sexually transmitted diseases: chlamydia and gonorrhoea.
Hinde, Andrew, Sonkin, Beth
core   +1 more source