Preoperative versus postoperative misoprostol use for prevention of blood loss during caesarean section in pregnant women at term: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial.

Objective: Caesarean section is associated with higher blood loss than vaginal delivery. This study was performed to compare the safety and efficacy of preoperative versus postoperative rectal and sublingual misoprostol use for prevention of blood loss in women undergoing elective caesarean delivery.

Methods: Eligible patients in Southeast Nigeria were randomly classified into those that received 600 µg of preoperative rectal, postoperative rectal, preoperative sublingual, and postoperative sublingual misoprostol.

Effect of treatment with single total-dose intravenous iron versus daily oral iron(III)-hydroxide polymaltose on moderate puerperal iron-deficiency anemia.

Background: Iron-deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional cause of anemia in pregnancy and is often responsible for puerperal anemia. Puerperal anemia can impair postpartum maternal and neonatal well-being.

Objective: To determine the effect of treatment of moderate puerperal iron-deficiency anemia using a single intravenous total-dose iron dextran versus daily single dose oral iron(III)-hydroxide polymaltose.

Rate and predictors of low serum ferritin levels among healthy parturient women in Enugu, Nigeria.

Background: Low serum ferritin levels signify low iron stores and this could predispose to iron deficiency anemia.

Objective: To determine the rate and predictors of low serum ferritin levels during the puerperium in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria.

Study Design: A hospital-based prospective longitudinal study involving parturient women who delivered singleton fetuses at term.

Attitude of men in Nigeria to vasectomy.

The objective of this study was to assess the attitude of men in Nigeria towards vasectomy as a method of family planning. This was a cross-sectional study, using self-administered pre-tested questionnaires containing mainly close-ended questions. The questionnaires were given to 146 randomly selected men.