Associations between perceived value of exclusive breastfeeding among pregnant women in the United States and exclusive breastfeeding to three and six months postpartum: a prospective study.

Background: Successful breastfeeding often starts with prenatally established intention. Yet, few mothers with the intention to exclusively breastfeed achieve their intended breastfeeding duration goal. This study examined the degree to which having a strong value of exclusive breastfeeding is associated with exclusive breastfeeding duration for at least 3 and 6 months postpartum among women who reported prenatal intention to exclusively breastfeed.

Factors influencincing discharge against medical advice among paediatric patients in Abakaliki, Southeastern Nigeria.

Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) has become a major problem in health care delivery in Nigeria. Children are the victims because most of the times they are not the one taking the decision, and may not understand or contribute to it. This retrospective study was undertaken to identify the factors that influence DAMA among paediatric patients in Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki in southeastern Nigeria, with a view at curbing it.

Postmortem grading of cerebral contusions : A proposed modification of the adams' contusion index with re-definition of anatomic markers.

In the 1970s, J. H. Adams and other researchers at the Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland introduced a grading system for the quantification and analysis of contusions of the brain.