Utilisation of delivery services in Zaria, northern Nigeria: factors affecting choice of place of delivery.

Aim: To determine the effect of companionship during labour and delivery, and the preferred delivery position, on the choice of place of delivery among women in Zaria, with a view to providing more acceptable services.

Methods: 315 consenting women attending the antenatal clinic at primary health facility in Zaria were interviewed.

Results: 62.

Pattern of postoperative pain management among adult surgical patients in a low-resource setting.

Objective: Postoperative pain is one of the most common complications of surgery. The pattern of management varies between centers. The current study aimed to study the prescription pattern and the common drugs used in the management of postoperative pain in adult surgical patients at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH; Zaria, Nigeria).