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Laboratory Results Sokoto State Specialist Hospital Dec - Feb 2009

Feb. 23, 2009
Department of Paediatrics
Specialist Hospital Sokoto
Attending Physician Dr. Attahiru Isa Sokoto, M.D.

Name Age Sex Hospital No. PCV before carao PCV
after carao
Doctor's Comment
Monica Edwin 19 F 147156 20% (10/28/08) 25% (11/10/08) Feels better
Zalihatu Bello 16 F 146311 16% (1/28/09) 19% (2/18/09) Feels better
Aisha Umar 16 F 155342 17% (1/19/09) 20% (2/14/09) Feels better
Summayya Abdullahi 18 F 155368 20% (1/14/09) 22% (2/28/2009) Feels better
Rukayya Abdullahi 5 F 136756 26% (12/31/08) 28% (1/14/09) Feels better
Aisha Abubakar 3 F 151589 26% (1/7/09) 28% (1/21/09) Feels better
Ahmad Mustapha 6 M 097567 16% (1/14/09) 19% (1/28/09) Feels better
Sadiq Abdu 2 M 137172 24% (1/7/09) 29% (1/28/09) Feels better

Notes by Lloyd:  The above results show less dramatic improvement in PCV than previous reports by Dr. Sokoto. I believe this may be due to the fact that the carao therapy period for many of these patients was only about 2 weeks, as indicated by the before/after blood tests.