Peter Appiah-Thompson

Hand Hygiene: Knowledge and Practice among Healthcare Workers in the Paediatrics and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital

Peter Appiah-Thompson & Josephine Ashong · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2021

Aims: To assess the knowledge of hand hygiene among health care workers in the Paediatrics Department and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH). To determine the hand hygiene practice among health care workers. To determine the barriers to...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230804

Stroke Secondary to a Parapharyngeal Pleomorphic Adenoma – Case Report

Peter Appiah-Thompson, Nana Andoh Hanson, Juliana Kwakye Arthur, Grace Amoo-Quaye & Theophilus Adjeso · Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery · 2019

Aims: Parapharyngeal Space (PPS) tumours are rare and may present as painless masses only becoming evident because of their mass effect. The diagnosis is more difficult when they do not present with any obvious clinical features. This case report seeks to highlight this type of t...

Open access Research Article

Frontocutaneous Fistula Secondary to Frontal Sinusitis

Peter Appiah-Thompson, Eric Kofi Ngyedu, Anna Konney & Benedicta Appiah-Thompson · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Frontocutaneous fistula is a rare complication of frontal sinusitis. This mostly occurs as a result of osteomyelitis of the frontal bone on account of sinusitis. These are managed by endoscopic closure or by external approach depending on the cause and extent of sinusitis. We rep...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25084