Effects of pregnancy on cardiac structure and function in women with sickle cell anemia: a longitudinal comparative study.

Background: Sickle cell anemia is the commonest hemoglobinopathy in pregnant Nigerian women, and cardiac manifestations are a significant feature of the disease especially in pregnancy. Pregnant women with sickle cell anemia are at high risk of morbidity and mortality and cardiac dysfunction in them increases this risk and may compromise their post-partum health.

Objective: To evaluate the cardiac size and function in women with sickle cell anemia (HbSS) during late pregnancy and postpartum.

Post-operative management in uncomplicated caesarean delivery: A randomised trial of short-stay versus traditional protocol at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

Context: Caesarean section (CS) is the most common major obstetric operation. There has, therefore, been an increasing interest in issues pertaining to the management and length of hospital stay following the procedure.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate morbidity outcomes as well as incurred costs between traditional and short-stay protocols, following uncomplicated CS deliveries.