Fatai Akemokwe, MBBS

Publications:

Wariri O, Okomo U, Cerami C, Okoh E, Oko F, Jah H, Bojang K, Susso B, Olatunji Y, Nkereuwem E, Akemokwe FM, Jobe M, Agboghoroma OF, Kebbeh B, Sowe G, Gilleh T, Jobe N, Usuf E, Clarke E, Brotherton H, Forrest K. Establishing and operating a 'virtual ward' system to provide care for patients with COVID-19 at home: experience from The Gambia. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Jun;6(6):e005883. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005883. PMID: 34140303; PMCID: PMC8212157.

Agboghoroma OF, Akemokwe FM, Puepet FH. Peripheral arterial disease and its correlates in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a teaching hospital in northern Nigeria: a cross-sectional study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2020 Feb 28;20(1):102. doi: 10.1186/s12872-020-01395-3. PMID: 32111165; PMCID: PMC7049182.

Chang JR, Akemokwe FM, Marangu DM, Chisunkha B, Irekpita E, Obasikene G, Kagima JW, Obonyo CO. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Awareness among Primary Care Physicians in Africa. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 Jan;17(1):98-106. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201903-218OC. PMID: 31580702.

James PT, Jawla O, Mohammed NI, Ceesay K, Akemokwe FM, Sonko B, Sise EA, Prentice AM, Silver MJ. A novel nutritional supplement to reduce plasma homocysteine in nonpregnant women: A randomised controlled trial in The Gambia. PLoS Med. 2019 Aug 13;16(8):e1002870. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002870. PMID: 31408467; PMCID: PMC6691988.

Odiase F, Kayode-Iyasere E, Akemokwe F, Ogunrin AO. Prospective study to assess National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale as predictor of functional outcome in stroke patients in Benin City. Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research. 2017 Jul; 16(1): 35-46.

Imarhiagbe FA, Asemota AU, Oripelaye BA, Akpekpe JE, Owolabi AA, Abidakun AO, Akemokwe FM, Ogundare VO, Azeez AL, Osakue JO. Burden of informal caregivers of stroke survivors: Validation of the Zarit burden interview in an African population. Ann Afr Med. 2017 Apr-Jun;16(2):46-51. doi: 10.4103/aam.aam_213_16. PMID: 28469116; PMCID: PMC5452708.

Kayode-Iyasere EO, Odiase F, Akemokwe F. Timing of hospital arrival in stroke patients in Benin City Nigeria. Annals of Biomedical Sciences. 2017 Jun; 16(1): 99-105.

Odiase F, Kayode-Iyasere E, Akemokwe F. The Barthel index as predictor of handicap in stroke survivors: a prospective study in Benin City. Annals of Biomedical Sciences. 2017 Jan; 16(1): 52-59.

Okwuonu CG, Ojimadu NE, Okaka EI, Akemokwe FM. Patient-related barriers to hypertension control in a Nigerian population. Int J Gen Med. 2014 Jul 3;7:345-53. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S63587. PMID: 25061335; PMCID: PMC4086668.

Imarhiagbe FA, Akemokwe FM, Unuigbe EI, Ndiaye MM. Clinical diagnosis of intracerebral haemorrhage: validation of a simple scoring tool in West Africans. West Afr J Med. 2012 Jul-Sep;31(3):172-5. PMID: 23310937.

Edo AE, Umuerri EM, Akemokwe FM, Ordiah W. Clinical and biochemical characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the elderly persons seen at a tertiary hospital in Benin City. Nigerian Journal of Cardiology. 2014 Jul; 11(2): 104-107.

Omuemu VO, Akemokwe FM, Ahanmisi IE. Attitude and practice of antenatal HIV screening among pregnant women attending a secondary health facility in Benin-city. Niger J Clin Pract. 2008 Dec;11(4):324-9. PMID: 19320404.

Peer Reviewed Abstracts

Fitchett EJA, Reddy S, Yeung S, Jammeh A, Mohammed N, Akemokwe F, Forrest K, Manneh K, Samateh W, Daffeh K, D’Alessandro U, Bojang K, Roca A, Usuf E, PERFORM Consortium
Childhood acute respiratory illness, diarrhea and malaria: Epidemiology and management in The Gambia 2009 – 2018 (Cadamem study). Paper presented at 44th and 45th Annual General and Scientific Meeting of West African College of Physicians; 2021 Nov 1-3; Banjul, The Gambia.

Imarhiagbe F, Afolabi O, Kubeyinje A, Akemokwe F, Odiase F. Post-stroke depression (PSD) in sub-Saharan Africans- validation of the Japanese stroke scale for depression. (JSS-D). (P7.129). Neurology Apr 2015, 84 (14 Supplement) P7.129;

Presentations in local/ regional/ national/ international meetings:

Akemokwe F. Clinical audit of adequacy of discharge medication prescriptions on the UK Neurology Wards. Poster presented at: Department of Neurology Trainee Research Day. 2022 March 11. Lexington, KY

Imarhiagbe F, Afolabi O, Kubeyinje A, Akemokwe F, Odiase F. Post-stroke depression (PSD) in sub-Saharan Africans- validation of the Japanese stroke scale for depression. Poster presented at: 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. 2015 April 23. Washington, DC

Awards:

Small Grant Award for Pan-African Thoracic Society Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical and Operations Research (PATS-MECOR) Course Level 1 Project (2015)
Travel Grant to PATS-MECOR Level 1 Course (2015)
American Academy of Neurology International Scholarship Award (2015)
Association of Resident Doctors Award for Best Male House Officer, Central Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria (2008)
Vivian Uduehi Prize for Best Graduating Student in Medicine Examination (2006)
Distinction in Pharmacology Examination (2004)
Chevron Nigeria Limited/ Nigerian National Petroleum Company Joint Venture State Merit Scholarship Award (2002 –2006)