Should obstetric mortality be an inalienable right?

Background: Obstetricians often times find themselves in a conflict of right and duty with their patients, when these patients refuse recommended treatment. On the one hand, the obstetrician, aiming to fulfil the duty of care, recommends a treatment in the best interest of the woman. The woman, on the other hand, exercising her right of self-determination and autonomy, declines the recommended treatment.

Correlation between hysterosalpingography diagnosis and final hysterolaparoscopy with dye-test diagnosis in women with utero-tubal infertility: A cross-sectional study of the implication for which test should be the first-line investigation.

Objective: To assess the accuracy of hysterosalpingography in diagnosis of uterine and/or tubal factor infertility, using hysterolaparoscopy with dye test as the gold standard with an implication for which test should be the first-line investigation.

Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study of 96 women who underwent hysterosalpingography and hysterolaparoscopy with dye test. All women within reproductive age group with utero-tubal infertility who underwent both hysterosalpingography and hysterolaparoscopy with dye-test procedure were included.

Pregnancy-related anxiety symptoms and associated factors amongst pregnant women attending a tertiary hospital in south-west Nigeria.

Background: Pregnancy can be associated with anxiety symptoms because of anticipated uncertainty.

Aim: This study investigated pregnancy-related anxiety symptoms (PRASs) and their associated factors amongst pregnant women.

Setting: Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Effect of hyoscine butyl-bromide on the duration of active phase of labor: A randomized-controlled trial.

Objective: Hyoscine butyl bromide (HBB) is known for its antispasmodic action and has been in use for over five decades, there is however no consensus on its effectiveness in the labor process. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of HBB on the duration of the active phase of labor.

Materials And Methods: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial involving 160 parturient who received either intravenous Hyoscine butyl-bromide (20 mg in 1 ml; n = 80) or intravenous normal saline (1 ml, n = 80).

Maternal mortality in the last triennium of the Millennium Development Goal Era at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Unlabelled: The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of Nigeria remains high. This retrospective study aims to suggest evidence-based strategies towards achieving the sustainable development goal target 3.1 at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTHC), Nigeria by providing contemporary data on MMR between October 2012 and September 2015.

Sexual assault in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Background: Sexual assault (SA) is a shattering malevolence against women. This study determined the burden, periodicity, presentation and management of SA in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis of the hospital records of 76 SA survivors managed over a 5-year period (2007-2011) in Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife.