Publications by authors named "G B O Okome"
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- Myomectomy for Jehovah's Witnesses poses challenges due to their refusal of blood transfusions, requiring careful surgical planning.
- A patient's successful procedure involved a multidisciplinary effort to conserve blood, utilizing acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) and precise surgical techniques.
- The case emphasizes the need for healthcare providers to respect patients' beliefs while demonstrating ANH as an effective strategy for managing blood loss in complex surgeries.
Background: Detection and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in pregnancy is important to avert the attendant maternal and fetal morbidity. Other than urine culture, no other screening test is unequivocal.
Objective: The use of enhanced urinalysis test to detect ASB in pregnancy was investigated.
Detection of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in pregnancy is important to avert the attendant morbidities. Therefore, we assessed the use of chlorhexidine reaction to detect ASB in pregnancy. This was a prospective study, which compared chlorhexidine reaction with dipstick tests and urine culture in 150 asymptomatic pregnant women.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We determined the prevalence of dysmenorrhoea and associated factors amongst undergraduates in a Nigerian university. Information on dysmenorrhoea amongst Nigerian populace is limited as it is seen as a norm and hence unreported. This is in spite of its consequences on women's socio-economic lives.
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