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Intentions, Barriers and Attitudes towards Improving Postpartum Long-acting Reversible Contraceptive Usage among Pregnant Women in Urban Ghana

Torjim Salifu, Gloria Francisca Nuer-Allornuvor & Joseph Lasong · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2024

Aims: Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) are the most effective reversible methods of contraception with a failure rate of less than 1%. Despite their safety and effectiveness, LARCs are underutilized. This study investigated postpartum LARC use intentions and suggesti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i121134

Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes and Low Platelet (HELLP) Syndrome: A Dreaded Complication of Pre-eclampsia in a Young Nigerian Woman

Callistus Obinna Elegbua, Surajdeen Tunde Afolayan, Harold Yiralee Doneh, Bernard B. Akpu, Promise Onyeka Ubanatu, Angela Adaku Elegbua, Wofai Ubi & Oiseremen Samuel Ovbiagele · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2024

HELLP Syndrome is a fatal rare pregnancy-related syndrome characterised by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count; occurring in 0.5-0.9% of all pregnancies and in 10-20% of pregnancies with severe pre-eclampsia. HELLP Syndrome is a complication of severe pre-ecl...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71055

Urinary Pathogens amongst Parturients at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, South-South, Nigeria

Inye Faye Korubo, Justina Omoikhefe Alegbeleye & Chris Iheanachor Akani · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2019

Aim: To identify the microorganisms in urine before and after delivery. Also, to identify the incidence, risk factors and antibiotic susceptibility pattern in postpartum bacteriuria.      Methods: A quasi-interventional study of 50 women who had term vaginal deliveries at the Uni...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2019/v17i130156