Prevention of gestational diabetes in pregnant women with obesity: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial.

Background: Obesity in pregnancy increases the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and associated adverse outcomes. Despite metabolic differences, all pregnant women with obesity are considered to have the same risk of developing GDM. Improved risk stratification is required to enable targeted intervention in women with obesity who would benefit the most.

Demographic and clinical profile of patients with juvenile onset open angle glaucoma in southwestern Nigeria.

Background: This was a non-comparative, retrospective review of patients diagnosed with juvenile open angle glaucoma (JOAG) in the eye clinic of a tertiary hospital in southwestern Nigeria.

Objective: To document the demographic characteristics, clinical features and treatment outcome of the patients diagnosed with JOAG.

Materials And Methods: Data were extracted from the clinical record of patients diagnosed with JOAG in the eye clinic of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, between January 2001 and December 2005.

The aetiology of optic atrophy in Nigerians--a general hospital clinic study.

This study aimed at reviewing cases presenting with optic atrophy at the eye clinic of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria with a view to identifying some of the diagnostic problems. The study was a retrospective review of 100 cases selected by systematic random sampling method of a total of 6160 patients presenting with optic atrophy to the eye clinic over 6 years (April 1990 to March 1996). Diagnosis was based on ophthalmoscopic appearance of optic disc corroborated with visual field studies.

Mortality on an ophthalmic ward.

This study was performed to investigate the causes and prevalence of death on an ophthalmic ward. Over a ten-year period, thirteen deaths occurred among 3545 admitted patients (0.4%) mortality rate).

Ocular morbidity survey in an opthalmically underserved rural area of Nigeria.

This paper describes in some detail a prevalence of blindness study conducted in a rural area of South-Western Nigeria, which is served by a peripheral eye clinic. By a stratified random cluster-sampling procedure, 1975 people in ten villages were selected for ocular examination. Community prevalence rate of ocular morbidity was 3.