Serum relaxin in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant women at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital

Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu, Kehinde S Okunade, Ayodeji Ayotunde Oluwole, Sarah Ajibola John Olabode, Nneoma Kwemtochukwu Ani-Ugwu, Christian Chigozie Makwe, Emmanuel V Onyebuchi Ugwu, Sunusi-Rimi Garba

Background: Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific multi-systemic progressive disorder that is unique to human pregnancy occurring in the second half of pregnancy.  Reliable biochemical markers for prediction, diagnosis and management of preeclampsia would have a great impact on maternal health and several of these markers have been suggested …

Posted in 2022 Volume 21 – Issue 2 Tagged , , , ,

Successful management of cervical ectopic pregnancy following invitro fertilisation

Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu, Christian Chigozie Makwe, Sunday Isaac Omisakin, Nneoma Kwemtochukwu Ani-ugwu, Egba Augustine, Lulu Gethrude Ojiefoh, Ifunanya Tobechukwu Okafor

We report a case of a 45-year-old woman with successful management of cervical ectopic pregnancy using ultrasound guided suction evacuation and balloon tamponade. The case report owes its significance to the high morbidity and mortality associated with this form of ectopic pregnancy in our environment, because of misdiagnosis and late presentation …

Posted in 2021 Volume 20 – Issue 4 Tagged , , , ,