Publications by authors named "C O U Esike"
Profiling intimate partner violence in booked pregnant women at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki and associated puerperal depressive sequelae: a prospective cohort study.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is a significant public health issue that can lead to increased risks of psychiatric problems, particularly postpartum depression, for pregnant women.
- The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of IPV among pregnant women, its impact on delivery outcomes, and the incidence of postpartum depression at a teaching hospital in Nigeria.
- A total of 137 pregnant women were recruited and monitored from late pregnancy through delivery and up to six weeks postpartum, with data collected and analyzed to assess the links between IPV, delivery outcomes, and postpartum depression.
Objective: To determine the efficacy of intravenous tranexamic acid versus rectal misoprostol in decreasing intraoperative blood loss during caesarean section (C/S).
Design And Setting: Randomised controlled study involving pregnant women undergoing C/S at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki in Nigeria.
Participants And Interventions: Five hundred and fourteen women undergoing elective C/S were assigned randomly (257 patients per group) to receive either pre-operative 1000 µg rectal misoprostol or 1000mg intravenous tranexamic acid after spinal anaesthesia.
Background: Despite the availability of effective antihypertensive drugs, the quality of evidence regarding the best antihypertensive agent for the treatment of hypertensive emergencies in pregnancy is still poor.
Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and side effects of oral nifedipine and intravenous hydralazine for control of blood pressure (BP) in severe hypertension in pregnancy.
Materials And Methods: An open-label, parallel, randomised, controlled trial of 78 pregnant women (≥28 weeks' gestation) with severe hypertension was conducted.
A Uterus-Preserving Treatment for Uncontrollable Postpartum Hemorrhage: Esike's Technique.
Obstet Gynecol
September 2020
Background: Postpartum hemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide, with uterine atony responsible in 80% of cases. In intractable cases, hysterectomy is the final treatment, but it has complications. Many doctors in developing countries with high maternal mortality rates from postpartum hemorrhage can perform cesarean deliveries but cannot perform hysterectomy.
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