RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON THE ELECTROLYTES STATUS OF PUERPERAL WOMEN WITH PERIPARTAL CARDIAC FAILURE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorIdrisa, Kasim Ibrahim
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-07T12:02:09Z
dc.date.available2014-02-07T12:02:09Z
dc.date.issued2000-12
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry. Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria DECEMBER,en_US
dc.description.abstractA detailed study protocol was produced and the protocol forms completed by the medical doctors who diagnosed and admitted the PPCF patients. The female wards of the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria and Hajiya Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Kofan Gayan, Zaria City, were used for sampling. A total of 14 patients from the two hospitals were used as source of blood samples. Also, 14 healthy puerperal women diagnosed to be PPCF free but of the same age group with the patients were employed to serve as the control subjects. For each blood sample collected, the plasma was first separated from the red cells by centrifuging at 2500 rpm for 5 minutes. The plasma was then deproteinised using 2M nitric acid and the resulting mixture centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 10 minutes. The deproteinated plasma was then digested with nitric/sulphuric acids mixture before appropriate dilutions were made for onward quantification by AAS. A total of five electrolytes (sodium, potassium, calcium, sulphate and phosphate) were determined. Mutual interferences of the electrolytes of interest were also investigated and their correlations examined. Sodium and sulphate were the only two electrolytes that proved statistically positive to play a vital role in the pathogenesis of PPCF in puerperal women in Northern Nigeria. Other electrolytes did not, although, a high level of calcium ion was observed in the blood plasma of the patients. Furthermore, the sodium heavy loading was found to be more acute in patients whose ages lie between 26 - 35 years. However, there was no bias on the basis of the consumption mode of the patients be it in terms of white "kanwa", red "kanwa" or those taking both white and red "kanwa" combined.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/723
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectRETROSPECTIVEen_US
dc.subjectSTUDYen_US
dc.subjectELECTROLYTESen_US
dc.subjectSTATUSen_US
dc.subjectPUERPERALen_US
dc.subjectWOMENen_US
dc.subjectPERIPARTALen_US
dc.subjectCARDIACen_US
dc.subjectFAILUREen_US
dc.subjectNORTHERNen_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleRETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON THE ELECTROLYTES STATUS OF PUERPERAL WOMEN WITH PERIPARTAL CARDIAC FAILURE IN NORTHERN NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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