Publications by authors named "Charles Imarengiaye"
Background: A pre-anaesthestic echocardiogram (echo) is requested for most non-cardiac surgeries to identify possible cardiac structural anomalies.
Objective: To describe the prevalence and spectrum of structural cardiac abnormalities seen in various non-cardiac conditions.
Methods: We carried out a retrospective review of pre-anaesthetic echos performed over five years on children scheduled for non-cardiac surgery.
Introduction: The burden of hypertensive diseases on the health care is enormous given to the high population in Sub-Saharan Africa and related disproportionate representation in global maternal mortality.
Materials And Methods: All women with hypertensive diseases of pregnancy who got admitted into the general ICU of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital between January 2006 and December 2010 were studied. Only the records of women who completed 28 weeks of gestation and were admitted during labour and delivery or puerperium to the ICU were examined.
Background: Pain after vaginal delivery can interfere with the activities of daily living. We hypothesized that epidural medication administered after delivery would be of benefit for acute postpartum pain management. The objective of this study was to assess whether epidural morphine after vaginal delivery would reduce the analgesic requirements for perineal pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the factors affecting the choice of anesthetic technique for cesarean section in women with placenta previa.
Methods: In this retrospective study, the records of the Labor Ward Theatre of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria were examined from January 2000 to December 2004 to identify all the women who had cesarean section for placenta previa. The patients' socio-demographic characteristics, type of placenta previa, anesthetic technique, estimated blood loss, maternal and fetal outcomes were recorded.
Background: Blood and blood products are scarce in developing countries due to increasing demand and declining supply. Rational utilization of blood products is imperative and prompted this study, which identifies the risk factors for blood transfusion during C-sections in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.
Material/methods: This retrospective case-controlled study reviewed all C-sections in our hospital from January 1, 1998, to December 31, 2002.
Purpose: To evaluate the magnitude of subjective cognitive failure in the three days following general anesthesia (GA) for ambulatory surgery.
Methods: After Research Ethics Board approval, 258 patients undergoing general anesthesia (GA) and 250 patients scheduled for local anesthesia (LA) were recruited from our ambulatory surgical unit. Following the method of Tzabar, Asbury and Millar, patients were asked to complete the cognitive failures questionnaire (CFQ) before their procedure (with respect to the previous three days) and on the third postoperative day (with respect to their recovery period).
Purpose: To compare patient controlled inhalational induction (PCI) with the most commonly used sevoflurane induction technique, vital capacity inhalational induction (VCI).
Methods: Following approval of the Research Ethics Board, 124 outpatients undergoing knee arthroscopy were randomly assigned to receive either PCI or VCI sevoflurane followed by laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion and sevoflurane maintenance. In the PCI group, the circle circuit was not primed.
Objective: Nowadays, microsurgical discectomy is being performed as an outpatient procedure. A retrospective chart review was done to document factors that delayed discharge or led to unanticipated admission.
Methods: After Institutional Review Board approval, the hospital medical records of 106 patients who underwent microsurgical discectomy on an ambulatory basis were reviewed.
Background: The ability of patients to walk without assistance after spinal anesthesia is a determining factor in the time to discharge following ambulatory surgery. The authors compared clinical markers of gross motor recovery with objective data of functional balance after spinal anesthesia.
Methods: Twenty-two male patients with American Society of Anesthesiology physical status I or II who were scheduled for perineal surgery were studied during recovery from spinal anesthesia to compare the predictive accuracy of clinical markers of ambulatory readiness (e.