|
June 2011
|
|
ACHIEVING OPTIMAL FEEDS FOR PRETERM BABIES, RECOMMENDATIONS AND REALITIES IN PRACTICE: NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE
ABSTRACT
Preterm deaths are responsible for the highest number of neonatal
mortality in Nigeria. Preterm nutrition contributes significantly to overall outcome particularly as it relates to neurodevelopment. Recently, new guidelines for enteral feedings in premature infants were issued by...
|
|
PATTERN, INDICATIONS AND REVIEW OF COMPLICATIONS OF NEONATAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN IBADAN, SOUTHWEST NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Background and objectives: There is a huge need for blood transfusion in the newborn particularly due to the reduced marrow activity in the neonatal period. Despite widely use of blood products in the neonatal period, there is paucity of local data on the pattern, indications and...
|
|
SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF INDETERMINATE AND FALSE POSITIVE HIV TEST RESULTS AMONG CLIENTS ATTENDING A NIGERIAN HIV TREATMENT CLINIC
ABSTRACT
Increased availability of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) screening test and more public enlightenment have resulted in more people coming forward to access counseling and testing at the HIV counseling and testing centers in Nigeria. Some of the clients...
|
|
FLORID CEMENTO-OSSEOUS DYSPLASIA:
A REPORT OF TWO CASES SEEN AT
THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL IBADAN
Keywords: Florid cemento-osseous dyplasia, women, Ibadan.
SUMMARY
Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia (FCOD) is commonly seen in black women, but few cases have been reported in sub-Saharan Africa. This article presents two cases of FCOD seen at the University College Hospital Ibadan....
|
|
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COMPLICATIONS AND PRACTICE OF ABORTION AMONG FEMALE UNDERGRADUATES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN,
NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Background: Unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortion pose major health risks to women in the reproductive age group. Female undergraduates are particularly exposed to these risks. This study was carried out to assess the knowledge about complications...
|
|
MAKING A CASE FOR COMMUNITY SCREENING SERVICES: FINDINGS FROM A MEDICAL OUTREACH IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
Background: Currently, population based medical check up is yet to be explored as a veritable tool for assessing the burden of non-communicable diseases in Nigeria....
|
|
CHRONICLES OF MEDICAL HISTORY IN AFRICA
Beatrice M. Joly, O.B.E., MD, F.R.O.G., FRCS, (1902 – 1999)
Medical Icon and Pioneer
“History tempers our overreaction and haste and lends a sense of balance in our assessment when credit has to be
given to those who have served a Faculty, a College or a Country.” Adeloye, 2004
SUMMARY: Professor and Head of Surgery (1948 – 1958), Beatrice M. Joly was the Foundation Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University College, Ibadan (1948 – 1949). She was born on 14 Dec, 1902; a time when female education was considered unimportant...
|
|
THE MICROBIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN A RESOURCE -
LIMITED SETTING: IS ACID-FAST BACILLI MICROSCOPY ALONE SUFFICIENT?
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study is to audit the processes for the microbiologicaldiagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in our resource-limited setting. A total of 694 specimens were received from 333 patients. 129 (38.7%) of these patients were positive for TB. 78 (60.5%) were positive...
|
|
VISUAL OUTCOME AFTER CATARACT SURGERY AT THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL, IBADAN
ABSTRACT
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the visual outcome of patients who had cataract surgery in the University College Hospital Ibadan....
|
|
|
