Lack of exercise was the commonest factor cited by the respondents as a stroke risk factor (n = 256, 37%), while diabetes was least cited as a stroke risk factor (n = 90, 13%).
The interval between diagnosis or resection of the primary cancer and the metastasectomy surgery is the commonest factor reported as being significant 11 18 19 21 23 25 26 survival usually being better if the interval was 12 months or longer.
In male patients, the commonest factors were tumor (52.2%), enteritis (17.4%) and angiopathy (15.2%).
Late referral from another health facility, delay in receiving appropriate care at the referring health facility and at Bugando Medical Centre and delay in deciding to seek care were the commonest factors identified.
The commonest factors significantly associated with delirium were dementia, older age, co-morbid illness, severity of medical illness, infection, 'high-risk' medication use, diminished activities of daily living, immobility, sensory impairment, urinary catheterisation, urea and electrolyte imbalance and malnutrition.
Despite most patients, including those who were HIV-infected, presenting with symptoms typical of TB, one of the commonest factors contributing to delay in both diagnostic algorithms was health provider's failure to test for TB at initial contact.
Forty percent of the respondents (n = 274) had at least one stroke risk factor, and the commonest risk factor was alcohol intake (n = 118, 17%), followed by hypertension (n = 76, 11%).
Aside from these immunological defects, diabetes mellitus is a known risk factor for all three infections and is the commonest risk factor for infection with B. pseudomallei in studies from Australia, Thailand and Malaysia [ 6, 18, 19].
We are in agreement with the results of previous studies who reported that stress is the commonest triggering factor for migraine headache in medical students[1, 22].
Most, migraine attacks were unilateral (89.8%), moderate/severe (67.8%), pulsating 96.6%) with phono/photophobia (83.1%) and stress as the commonest triggering factor (61%).
The commonest aetiological factor for ALI was pneumonia (Table 1).
