2023-4-3 Archives - Journal of the Pan African Thoracic Society

Editorial

Improving access to devices and inhalation therapies for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in low- and middle-income countries

Joy N. Eze, Diane Gray, Aneesa Vanker, Obianuju B. Ozoh

DOI: 10.25259/JPATS_19_2023

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p.107-109

Editorial

The global lung health travel fellowship: The ongoing promotion of education and partnerships in global lung disease

Charlotte Carter, Victoria Oluwatobi Oyenuga, Krishna Sivakumaran

DOI: 10.25259/JPATS_18_2023

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p.110-112

Guest Editorial

Increasing awareness of the racial bias of pulse oximetry measurements in populations with darker skin

Andrew W. Fogarty, Colin Crooks, Ireti Adejumo, Amsalu Binegdie, Dominick Shaw

DOI: 10.25259/JPATS_22_2023

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p.113-114

Original Article

Point-of-care lactate as a predictor of 7-day morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients presenting to the emergency department in Kenyatta National Hospital

Peris Mbatha Mutuku, Mark David Joshi, Eugene Kalman Genga, Jacqueline Wanjiku Kagima

DOI: 10.25259/JPATS_8_2023

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p.115-123

Original Article

In-hospital mortality of acute HIV-associated pulmonary morbidity among COVID-19 negative medical admissions to Dr. George Mukhari Academic Hospital

Lehlonono Seema, Matlawene John Mpe

DOI: 10.25259/JPATS_45_2022

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p.124-130

Original Article

Retrospective review of empyema and parapneumonic effusions in hospitalized children in Ghana

Sandra Kwarteng Owusu, Sheila Agyeiwaa Owusu, Obed Ofori Nyarko, Richard Kwaku Kwarteng Owusu, Haruna Mahama, Naomi Dianne Adjetey, Birgit Agyeiwaah Baah, Isaac Okyere, Justice Sylverken, Daniel Ansong, Marco Zampoli

DOI: 10.25259/JPATS_14_2023

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p.131-136

Original Article

High risk of obstructive sleep apnea among hypertensive patients in two tertiary centers in Nigeria

Nnamdi Ikechukwu Nwosu, Chinyelu Uchenna Ufoaroh, Chibundo Uchenna Nwaneli, Obumneme B. Anyim, Chioma R. Umeh, Wilfred Chidi Ukemenam

DOI: 10.25259/JPATS_9_2023

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p.137-145

Original Article

A survey of flexible bronchoscopy practice at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya

Abdiweli M. Bashir, Jared O. Mecha, Loice Achieng, Andrew Owuor

DOI: 10.25259/JPATS_12_2023

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p.146-151

Case Report

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis and whole lung lavage in Kenya: A case report

Evans Arnold Onyango, Jacqueline Wanjiku Kagima, George Mwamnemo Nyale, Edwin Oloo Walong, Jackson Omayio Atina

DOI: 10.25259/JPATS_13_2023

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p.152-155