Ischemies aigue on traumatiques des membres

Twenty four patients (18 males; 6 females; Mean age 50 years) with acute non traumatic limb ischemia were operated on in our institution. The ischemia has been observed after 24 hours in 15 patients (62;5versus 7 patients (37;5) within 24 hours. The arterial femoral was often (54;1) the site of occlusion. Embolism (29;2) and thrombosis (54;2were the cause of acute limb ischemia. All patients were treated by embolectomy or thrombectomy. The overall mortality was 29;2with a limb salvage rate of 45;8and secondary amputation rate of 29;2. According to our experience; the diagnosis of acute non traumatic limb ischemia is not instituted early and the rate of hospital mortality and morbidity remain high

The hypolipidemic effects of Afzelia Africana in type II diabetic patients in Nigeria

Background: The projected rise in the world prevalence of diabetes mellitus poses new challenges in poor countries. Soluble fibre incorporation into the diet of diabetic patients has been shown to reduce the glyceamia and lipaemia of diabetes mellitus. Design and method: The hypolipidemic effect of soluble fibre supplementation using the seed of locally available legume tree plant - Afzelia africana was studied in 13 Nigerian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The subjects were randomly selected from the out patient diabetes mellitus clinic of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital; Nnewi. They were fed with unsupplemented and supplemented standardized diet for the first 2 days and subsequent 4 days respectively. The fibre supplementation was prepared and incorporated into the meal portions according to previously described technique and acceptability study. Outcome measures: The fasting serum levels of TC; TG; HDL-C; LDL-C and HDL/TC ratio were estimated before and after the unsupplemented and fibre supplemented meals. The data obtained were analyzed using paired t-test. The correlation between the total energy requirement and the reduction in TC; pre and post fibre supplemented meals were determined using the linear coefficients. Result: The results showed a significant reduction (P0.05) in mean fasting TG; LDL-C and improvement in HDL/TC ratio following a 4 day supplemented meal. The relation between the difference in TC before and after the supplemented meal and total energy requirement was not significant (P 0.05). Conclusion: The exploitation and incorporation of this source of soluble fibre in diabetic diets reduced the lipaemia of diabetes mellitus