A. B. Mairami

Open Neural Tube Defect Following Antenatal Exposure to Carbamazepine: A Case Report

A. B. Mairami, R. Mohammed-Nafi’u, L. J. Mshelia & L. I. Audu · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2018

Aim: The aim is to highlight the causal relationship of perinatal exposure to carbamazepine and neural tube defect as well as the implication of missed perinatal diagnosis of this severe neurologic abnormality. Presentation of Case: We present a term baby with lumbosacral meningo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMMR/2018/43557

Identifying Modifiable Socio-demographic Risk Factors for Severe Hyperbilirubinaemia in Late Preterm and Term Babies in Abuja, Nigeria

L. I. Audu, A. B. Mairami, A. T. Otuneye, R. Mohammed-Nafi’u, L. J. Mshelia, V. E. Nwatah & Y. Wey · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Background: Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia remains an important cause of neonatal admissions in Nigeria, often giving rise to irreversible neurotoxicity. Access to effective phototherapy is restricted to a few centers while salvage therapy with exchange blood transfusion may...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26551