Vaginal Candida infection in pregnancy and its implications for fetal well-being.

Vaginal Candida infection is one of the most common genital tract infections reported in pregnant women. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of vaginal Candida infection and pattern of Candida species isolates in the genital tract of pregnant women during antenatal period and in early labour; and the associated fetal outcome. The study was conducted at the antenatal clinic and labor ward of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.

Effect of hyoscine-N-butylbromide on labor duration among nullipara in a southwestern Nigerian teaching hospital: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of hyoscine-N-butylbromide on the duration of the first stage of labor among nulliparous women.

Methods: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study among 126 nulliparous women admitted in the active phase of labor to a teaching hospital in Sagamu, Nigeria, from January to August 2018. Based on the inclusion criteria, women were recruited and randomized to the study or control group, and given intravenous hyoscine-N-butylbromide 20 mg (1 mL) or sterile water (1 mL), respectively, during the active phase.

Bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy and early labour using Nugent scoring and the implication on foetal outcome.

Background: To compare the pattern of vaginal microflora during pregnancy with pattern in early labour using Nugent scoring and determine the effect of these changes on fetal outcome.

Design: A prospective longitudinal study.

Setting And Population: Pregnant women attending antenatal clinics of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria between June 2017 and May 2018.

Quality of antenatal services at the primary care level in southwest Nigeria.

A survey of 452 pregnant women accessing care at first level public health facilities in a local government area in southwest Nigeria was conducted to assess their perspectives on the quality of antenatal care received. Majority of the women expressed satisfaction with the level of expertise and basic technical competence of their careproviders. Less than 30% were pleased with the existing patients' referral mechanisms.

Maternal morbidity and mortality associated with elective Caesarean delivery at a university hospital in Nigeria.

Background: Data about maternal outcomes of elective Caesarean section in low-income countries are limited.

Aims: To estimate the maternal morbidity and mortality associated with elective Caesarean delivery at a Nigerian University hospital.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of all elective Caesarean deliveries at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria (1990-2005).

"Near-miss" obstetric events and maternal deaths in Sagamu, Nigeria: a retrospective study.

Aim: To determine the frequency of near-miss (severe acute maternal morbidity) and the nature of near-miss events, and comparatively analysed near-miss morbidities and maternal deaths among pregnant women managed over a 3-year period in a Nigerian tertiary centre.

Methods: Retrospective facility-based review of cases of near-miss and maternal death which occurred between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2004. Near-miss case definition was based on validated disease-specific criteria, comprising of five diagnostic categories: haemorrhage, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, dystocia, infection and anaemia.