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Early Puerperal Complications Following Emergency Caesarean Section

Jesmin Banu, Ferdousi Begum Flora, Sohana Siddika, Anjumman Ara Rita, Anjana Rani Ghosh & Rifat Binte Alam · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2025

Background: The puerperium is the period of adjustment after delivery when the anatomic and physiologic changes of pregnancy are reversed to the normal non pregnant state. There are so many complications in early puerperium which was predominant in surgical intervention. Due to l...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i111324

A Randomised Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Melatonin in Controlling Blood Loss during Ceaserean Section in a Tertiary Centre in Southeast Nigeria

Chinomnso Stella MARCEL-ONWUDIWE, Odidika Ugochukwu Joannes UMEORA, Joshua Adeniyi ADEBAYO, Darlington-Peter Chibuzor Ugoji, Ifeoma Cecilia UCHE-OMOVOH, Emmanuel Chijioke Uwakwe, Paschal Chijioke OKOYE & Enemma Christian ENEMMA · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2025

Background: Caesarean section is a common surgical procedure in Obstetrics.  Despite the safety in carrying out caesarean section, it is still associated with blood loss and need for blood transfusion when compared to women who had vaginal delivery. Despite the use of uterotonic...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i11165

Factors Predisposing to Postdural Puncture Headache after Spinal Anaesthesia among Elective Caesarean Section Patients at Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya

Munavu Angelina Nduku, Onyuka Jackson & Mwangi Wambui · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2023

Background: Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a common complication following spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section (CS). There is little data on the incidence and its predisposing factors in low-income countries. The study aimed to investigate the incidence and factors pr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i11937

Umbilical Cord Prolapse and Perinatal Outcomes in a Tertiary Hospital in Yenagoa, South-South Nigeria: A 5-Year Review

P. C. Oriji, D. O. Allagoa, D. C. Briggs, M. N. Chika, A. E. Ubom, C. E. Unachukwu & G. Atemie · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Background: Umbilical cord prolapse is an obstetric emergency when the foetus is still alive, and it is associated with high foetal morbidity and mortality. If umbilical cord prolapse occurs outside the hospital, mortality rate can be as high as 44% – 70%, and as low as 3% when i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i930368

Comparative Analysis of the Duration of Urethral Catheterization for Caesarean Delivery

Oriji Vaduneme Kingsley & Nyeche Solomon · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Aims: To compare the effect of spontaneous voiding of urine to the different durations of the urethral catheter following elective caesarean section. Study Design: Cross-sectional.  Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and department of microbiolo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34416

The Efficacy of the Volume of Hyperbaric Bupivacaine Used and Its Influence on Spinal Anaesthesia Induced Hypotension during Caesarean Section

I. U. Ilori · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2016

Aims: To audit the spinal anaesthesia practice among physician anaesthetists and to determine the lowest effective volume of hyperbaric bupivacaine that could minimise the incidence of spinal anaesthesia induced hypotension during caesarean section. Study Design: It was a prospec...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2016/29234