Publications by authors named "I F Abdul"
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- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is increasingly recognized as a significant issue leading to complications for mothers and babies during pregnancy.
- A study involving 215 pregnant women found that 9% had GDM, with abnormal fasting plasma glucose and higher birth weights compared to those without diabetes.
- GDM is associated with fewer vaginal deliveries and a 50% rate of neonatal admissions, highlighting its impact on maternal and neonatal health.
Objectives: Ghana's quest to reduce neonatal mortality, in hospital facilities and communities, continues to be a nightmare. The pursuit of achieving healthy lives and well-being for neonates as enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal three lingered in challenging hospital facilities and communities. Notwithstanding that, there have been increasing efforts in that direction.
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- A study conducted at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital revealed that many blood units crossed-matched for Caesarean sections in Nigeria go unused, contributing to high blood wastage and costs.* -
- The efficiency of blood usage was assessed using metrics like the cross-match to transfusion (C/T) ratio, which indicated poor utilization with a C/T ratio of 3.1 and over 68% of blood wasted.* -
- The study recommends implementing a Maximal Surgical Blood Order Schedule (MSBOS) to better estimate blood needs for Caesarean sections, along with tailored blood grouping practices based on patient risk levels.*
Indonesia's palm oil plantation is dominated by three actors. Among three actors, the productivity of smallholder farmers has the lowest productivity. This study aims to analyze the value of technical efficiency and factors affecting the technical inefficiency of palm oil plantations in Indonesia by using the stochastic frontier analysis based on the translog production function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although combined oral contraceptive (COC) is commonly used in sub-Saharan Africa, data on its cardiovascular disease risk remains scanty. The study aimed to determine serial serum lipid profiles and cardiovascular disease risks among COC-users.
Methods: This is a prospective, comparative multicentered study conducted at four health facilities in Nigeria.