January 2015

Mothers’ validation of midwives care in the management of labour pain in Plateau State, Nigeria

One of the major determinants of maternal satisfaction in labour is adequate pain relief or rather the woman being able to cope with the pain. Since midwives are the major health care providers attending to women in labour, this study explored women’s validation of the care midwives provide in the management of labour pain in Plateau state Nigeria using a descriptive cross sectional design. Women (n=126) were...

Author(s): Grace Daniel, Modupe Oyetunde and Grace Eleri

January 2015

The reasons of rising trend of cesarean section rate year after year. A retrospective study

Cesarean section is a surgical procedure which allows the child to birth through uterus incision. Cesarean birth is a procedure that gives resolve problems such as maternal and fetal complications. To study the incidence of cesarean birth, 1982 to 2000 with 2011 to 2013 years were compared to determine indications that contribute to the trend of the increasing number of cesarean deliveries. We studied the clinical...

Author(s): Risida Gjonej, Albana Poloska, Mimoza Keta, Zef Delija, Flora Zyberaj, Valbona Bezhani and Etleva Smakaj