Outcomes of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia in neonates in a tertiary hospital, southeast Nigeria
| Autor: | Joseph Agboeze, RC Onoh, UM Agwu, Matthew Igwe Nwali, Odidika Ugochukwu Joannes Umeora, Benjamin C. Ozumba |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Birth weight Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia Nigeria Parasitemia Asymptomatic labour neonatal outcome Placenta parasitic diseases medicine 2. Zero hunger Pregnancy Fetus Obstetrics business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease 3. Good health Low birth weight medicine.anatomical_structure Original Article medicine.symptom business Malaria pregnant women |
| Zdroj: | Nigerian Medical Journal : Journal of the Nigeria Medical Association |
| ISSN: | 0300-1652 |
| Popis: | Background: Malaria infestation during pregnancy is mostly asymptomatic and untreated especially in unbooked pregnancies. It presents with almost all the fetal complications of overt malaria in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia on the neonates of unbooked parturients delivered at term at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in the labour ward complex of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki from March to May 2012. Unbooked pregnant women who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and gave consent were consecutively recruited. Cord blood and placenta tissue were collected for haemoglobin concentration determination and histology, respectively. Birth weights were determined with an electronic weighing machine. Statistical Analysis was done with 2008 Epi Info™ software and level of significant was set at P-value |
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