Colonoscopy findings in patients with haematochezia in Benin (South-South Nigeria): A 9-year prospective study.

Background: Colonoscopy is an important armamentarium in the investigation of haematochezia. Patients with haematochezia are very anxious about the presence of blood in their faeces. They are usually referred for diagnostic colonoscopy based on the presence of blood in stool or anaemia.

Five years after commencing the objective structured clinical examination: are we getting it right? Medical students' assessment as the measuring index.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess our use of OSCE from the perception of final year medical students.

Materials And Methods: This is a cross sectional survey of final year medical students undergoing the final examination in Surgery. All 102 medical students in the class were given the self-administered questionnaire to fill.

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome in a young adult female at the university of Benin Teaching Hospital: a case report.

Background: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare but life-threatening idiosyncratic complication following the use of antipsychotic agents, anaesthesia and surgery. It is characterized by hyperthermia, muscle rigidity, autonomic disturbances and mental state alterations.

Case: A 31 year old female weighing 60kg received a depot preparation of Fluphenazine on account of depression with psychotic features observed two days prior to elective Cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia.