Category Archives: International Journal of Medical Science and Applied Biosciences 2016

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Qualitative and Quantitative C – reactive Protein Concentration

 in Tissue Injury

Ikpe Vitalis ,Ph.D ………………………………………………………9

Epidemiological Transitions Associated with Preterm Deliveries: A Case Study in A Secondary Health Care Centre North-Western Nigeria

Dalhatu, A., Abubakar, S., Umar, H . & Tijani W. A……………….15

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Voluntary Counseling

And Testing (VCT) for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Among Students of Schools of Nursing and Midwifery in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Mfuh Anita Yafeh, Lukong C.S.  & Imeoka R. ………………………26

Control of Post-Harvest Fungal Rot Agents of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) with Vernonia amygdalina (Del.)and Moringa oleifera (Lam.) in Yola, Adamawa State

Tukur, K.U,  Chimbe I.B, Thomas, T.L,  Muazu, A.S…………….…48

Quality Control of Haemoglobin (HB) and Packed cell Volume (PCV) Results in some Haematology Laboratories in Port Harcourt Metropolis

Clement .K. Okpora Ph.D…………………………………………….62

 Anti-Hemorrhoid Evaluation of Selected Medicinal plants used in North-East Nigeria for the Treatment of Hemorrhoids (Pile)       

Ukwubile, Cletus A., ^. Cynthia Tindak Samagoro,  Agu Matthew O……77      

The Distribution of ABO and Rhesus D Blood Group Antigens in Nembe Community of Bayelsa State

Clement .K. Okpora Ph.D…………………………………………….85

Epidemiological Transitions Associated with Preterm Deliveries: A Case Study in A Secondary Health Care Centre North-Western Nigeria

^aDalhatu, A., ^aAbubakar, S., ^bUmar, H ., ^aTijani W. A.

^aDepartment of Nursing Sciences, Bayero University, Kano

^bBayero University Kano/Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital

                         Abstract

Preterm birth is an increasingly common complex condition with multiple risk factors and has substantial medical, psychological, economic and social impacts.  Complications of preterm birth are the leading direct cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality, and progress is dependent on achieving high coverage of evidence-based interventions to prevent preterm delivery and to improve survival for preterm newborns. The study investigated the determining and epidemiological transition in 64 preterm deliveries using a retrospective survey. Data was obtained using a standardized data collection form based on CDC/WHO criteria and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The  results showed that most subjects were male babies (60.9%) and late preterm were the most common form of preterm deliveries and most subjects were of low birth weight (65%). Findings also showed that the most common medical condition associated with preterm was respiratory disease syndrome (62.5 %) followed by jaundice with (34.4 %.) respectively in a decreasing frequency. It was concluded that, respiratory disease syndrome was the most common medical condition associated with preterm deliveries.

Keywords: Preterm Birth, Survival Chances, Preterm Conditions