Eclampsia or epilepsy? The intriguing experiences of pregnant women diagnosed with preeclampsia and eclampsia: A descriptive exploratory study.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of pregnant women who suffer the stressful effects of preeclampsia and eclampsia through pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum.

Methods: A descriptive exploratory approach was adopted to gather in-depth data from women diagnosed with preeclampsia and eclampsia during pregnancy from February to March 2022. Purposive sampling was used to enlist 12 participants from a Municipal Hospital in the Ahafo region of Ghana.

Perceptions and attitudes of women in the perinatal period towards male midwives in a rural district of Ghana: a descriptive, exploratory qualitative study.

Objective: The study sought to explore the perceptions and attitudes of women in the perinatal period towards the reproductive health services of male midwives.

Design: The study adopted an in-depth exploratory descriptive design for data collection and themes extracted using thematic analysis.

Setting: Antenatal and postpartum units of two primary healthcare facilities in the Kwabre-East District of Ghana.

Psychological correlates of COVID safety protocol adherence among university students.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a global concern. Reports of insidious asymptomatic variants of the virus raise concerns about the safety of huge numbers of students on university campuses.

Objective: The study aimed to delineate psychological correlates for students' adherence to safety protocols for appropriate context-specific coping intervention designs.

Quality of life among Ghanaian adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV: a mixed methods study.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, increasing numbers of children with perinatally acquired HIV (PAHIV) are living into adolescence. These adolescents face numerous unique challenges such as parent illness/death and years of medication use. Optimizing care for these youth requires an understanding of the factors that contribute to physical health, psychological well-being, social relationships, and quality of life (QOL).

Delivering health information to pregnant women in the UK.

Over the past decade, there has been a move by British governments of different political persuasions to push for a patient-led National Health Service (NHS). One of the areas of most visible change is in maternity care. Around 60% of the UK population use the internet every day.

The central importance of spirituality in palliative care.

The potential of spirituality to contribute to improving the quality of life of those experiencing life-threatening illness is yet to be fully realised in most palliative care settings. This may be due to many health professionals relegating spiritual issues to the background of palliative care instead of regarding spirituality as a domain equal to the physical, social, and psychological domains. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate, by reviewing the literature and providing examples from the author's personal experience as a chaplain, why spirituality should be considered on an equal footing with other key themes in palliative care, like relieving pain and advance care planning.

A survey of female genital schistosomiasis of the lower reproductive tract in the volta basin of Ghana.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of female genital schistosomiasis in riparian communities in the Volta basin of Ghana,

Design: The study was a cross-sectional study conducted among women 15-49 years in the Volta Basin. Urinary schistosomiasis prevalence was determined using microscopy. A structured questionnaire was also administered to collect information on the demography, obstetric history and reproductive health experiences.

Hyperreactio luteinalis in pregnancy.

Objective: To report a case of hyperreactio luteinalis diagnosed in pregnancy.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Teaching hospital.

Laryngeal papilomatosis presenting with acute upper airway obstruction.

A six year old boy who presented with sudden onset of difficulty in breathing following a week's history of cough and a sensation of foreign body in the throat. On clinical examination he was in severe respiratory distress with markedly diminished breath sounds bilaterally. Respiratory distress was positional with some relief observed with change in position.

Fluconazole in the therapy of tropical deep mycoses.

A clinical study was conducted to test the efficacy of fluconazole in the treatment of tropical deep mycoses. Two out of four patients with zygomycosis due to Conidiobolus coronatus who were treated with the drug were completely cured; the other two patients exhibited considerable improvement but could not be followed up. Two patients with eumycetoma, one due to an Acremonium sp.