Assessment On The Incidence Of Anemia Among Pregnant Women

The study on anaemia in pregnancy is aimed at determining packed cell volume (PCV), Haemoglobin (Hb) level and Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of pregnant women, as well as the selferity, significance of maternal, age, educational level, occupation and gestational age to the occurrence of anaemia in pregnancy managed, diagnosed and admitted at the university of Nigeria teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu. The result showed that most of […]

Title: An assessment of the awareness of effects of ionizing radiation among pregnant women in Taraba State Specialist Hospital Introduction : The effects of ionizing radiation during pregnancy depend on gestational age of fetus the fetus is most susceptible to radiation during organogenesis (2to 7 weeks of pregnancy) which if absorbed at high dose (greater than 0.5 Gy or so Rad may result to growth reduction , miscarriage, mental reta […]

A total of 50 blood (30 pregnant and 20 HIV) samples were obtained from pregnant women and PLWHA attending clinic at UNTH Ituku-ozalla. Samples were screened for hepatitis c viral infection using the rapid one step hepatitis C virus test strip. Two (6.66%) pregnant women were positive and four (20%) HIV patients were positive for Hepatitis C, giving an overall prevalence rate of (26.7%). The infection was the same in male (3) and in fe […]