Prof. EBEIGBE, PETER N. (PROFESSOR)

Email: pnebeigbe@delsu.edu.ng

• Area of Specialization: Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Reproductive Medicine,Maternal Global Health Issues,International Public Health
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
My Publications
• Aramabi EO, Ebeigbe PN, Ogbeide AO, Onyemesili CJ. (2022) Borderline amniotic fluid index in Nigerian pregnant women is associated with worse fetal outcomes: Results of a prospective cohort study, NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE/MEDKNOW
  https://www.njcponline.com/article.asp?issn=1119-3077;year=2022;volume=25;issue=6;spage=938;epage=943;aulast=Aramabi Vol.25 Pages: 938-943
  
  
• Otene CI, Odonmeta AB, Ebeye OA, Enivwenae AO, Ozoko LE, Ebeigbe PN (2016) Knowledge, attitude and practices of cosmetic surgery among basic sciences students of University in Delta state, Nigeria, J Dent Med Sci
  https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e490/61d010fd5d2ff31c59147c1772c081077bf6.pdf Vol.15 Pages: 28-36
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN (Editor) (2015) Foundations in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology in The Tropics. , Mindex Publishing LTD,Benin City
  https://www.mindexpublishing.com/foundations-of-clinical-obstetrics-and-gynaecology-in-the-tropics-by-peter-n-ebeigbe/ Vol.650 pages Pages:
  
  
• Ebeigbe P N (Editor). (2015) Practice exercises in Tropical Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Medical students, Mindex Publishing LTD,Benin City
  Vol.300 pages Pages:
  
  
• Ebeigbe JA, Ebeigbe PN (2014) The influence of sex hormone levels on tear production in postmenopausal Nigerian women, African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences/Europe PMC
  https://europepmc.org/article/med/26223137 Vol.43, Issue 3 Pages: 205-211
  
  
• Ebeigbe JA, Ebeigbe PN (2013) Sex hormone levels and intraocular pressure in postmenopausal Nigerian women., African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences/Europe PMC
  https://europepmc.org/article/med/24839735 Vol.42, Issue 4 Pages: 317-323
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN (2013) Reducing maternal mortality in Nigeria: the need for urgent changes in financing for maternal health in the Nigerian health system, The Nigerian postgraduate medical journal/Europe PMC
  https://europepmc.org/article/med/23959358 Vol.20, Issue 2 Pages: 148-153
  
  
• Ebeigbe JA, Ebeigbe PN, Ighoroje AD (2012) Intraocular pressure and arterial blood pressure correlation in pregnant and postmenopausal Nigerian women, Afr J Med Med Sci
  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jennifer_Ebeigbe/publication/233786852_Intraocular_pressure_and_arterial_blood_pressure_correlation_in_pregnant_and_postmenopausal_Nigerian_women/links/5890a5e492851cda25689aed/Intraocular-pressure-and-arterial-blood-pressure-correlation-in-pregnant-and-postmenopausal-Nigerian-women.pdf Vol.41, Issue 2 Pages: 169-176
  
  
• Ebeigbe JA, Ebeigbe PN (2012) Intraocular pressure and visual acuity across the phases of the menstrual cycle in Nigerian women, Ebonyi Medical Journal African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ebomed/article/view/86276 Vol.11, Issue 1-2 Pages: 7-12
  
  
• Ebeigbe JA, Ebeigbe PN, Ighoroje ADA (2012) Ocular changes in pregnant Nigerian women, Nigerian journal of clinical practice /African Journals Online(AJOL)
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/njcp/article/view/81840 Vol. 15, Issue 3 Pages: 298-301
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN (2012) Knowledge and use of contraception by rural in-school adolescents in delta state, Nigeria, Nigerian Journal of General Practice/African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/njgp/article/view/75196 Vol. 10 Issue 1 Pages: 1-11
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN (2011) Pattern of knowledge, use and counseling for Papanicolaou smear among doctors in Delta State, Nigeria., Mary Slessor Journal of Medicine/CABI
  https://www.cabdirect.org/globalhealth/abstract/20133137061 Vol. 11 Issue 1 Pages: 11-15
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN (2011) Perception Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology Resident Doctors Of Traditional Birth Attendants’ Practices, Ebonyi Medical Journal African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ebomed/article/view/78149 Vol. 10 Issue 2 Pages: 90-98
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN (2011) Descriptive studies in the clinical sciences: strengths, limitations and practical considerations. Editorial commentary, Nigerian Research Journal of Clinical Sciences/Faculty of Clinical Medicine,DELSU,Abraka
  Vol.1 Issue 2 Pages: 100-104
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN (2011) Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination in Nigeria: time for definitive action. Editorial commentary, Nigerian Research Journal of Clinical Sciences/Faculty of Clinical Medicine,DELSU,Abraka
  Vol.1 Issue 1 Pages: 1-5
  
  
• Igberase GO,Ebeigbe PN (2011) Adolescent pregnancy among rural in-school adolescents in the Niger delta, Nigeria., Nigerian Research Journal of Clinical Sciences/Faculty of Clinical Medicine,DELSU,Abraka
  Vol.1 Issue 1 Pages: 15-20
  
  
• Ebeigbe J A,Ebeigbe PN,Ighoroje ADA (2011) Ocular hypotensive effect of late pregnancy is higher in multiparous than in nulliparous Nigerian women, Nigerian Journal of Life Sciences/Faculty of Life Sciences,University of Benin
  Vol.1 Issue 1 Pages: 114-120
  
  
• Oyibo PG, Ebeigbe PN, Nwonwu EU (2011) Assessment of the risk status of pregnant women presenting for antenatal care in a rural health facility in Ebonyi State, South Eastern Nigeria, North American journal of medical sciences/PMC
  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3271398/ Vol.3, Issue 9 Pages: 424-427
  
  
• Ebeigbe JA, Ebeigbe PN, Ighoroje ADA (2011) Intraocular pressure in pregnant and non-pregnant Nigerian women, African Journal of Reproductive Health/African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajrh/article/view/7478 Vol. 15, Issue 4 Pages: 20-23
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN, Igberase GO, Eigbefoh J (2011) Vasectomy: A survey of attitudes, counseling patterns and acceptace among Nigerian resident gynaecologists, Ghana Medical Journal/African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gmj/article/view/74308 Vol. 45, Issue 3 Pages: 101-104.
  
  
• Ebeigbe JA, Ebeigbe PN, Ighoroje ADA (2011) Intraocular pressure in postmenopausal Nigerian women with and without systemic hypertension, African Vision and Eye Health/South African Optometrist
  https://avehjournal.org/index.php/aveh/article/view/103 Vol.70, Issue 3 Pages: 117-122
  
  
• Igberase GO, Ebeigbe PN, Umeora OUJ, Abedi HO (2011) Bilateral tubal ligation in a rural hospital in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice /African Journals Online(AJOL)
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/njcp/article/view/74504 Vol.14, Issue 2 Pages: 137-139
  
  
• Okonta PI, Ebeigbe PN, Sunday-Adeoye I (2010) Liberalization of abortion and reduction of abortion related morbidity and mortality in Nigeria, Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica/Taylor and Francis
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00016341003801649 Vol. 89, Issue 8 Pages: 1087-1090
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN, Aziken ME (2010) Early onset pregnancy induced hypertension/eclampsia in Benin City, Nigeria, Nigerian journal of clinical practice /African Journals Online(AJOL)
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/njcp/article/view/64136 Vol. 13, Issue 4 Pages: 388-393
  
  
• Igberase GO, Mabiaku TO, Ebeigbe PN, Abedi HO (2009) Solitary anterior abdominal wall leiomyoma in a 31-year-old multipara woman: a case report, Cases journal/Springer
  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1757-1626-2-113 Vol. 2, Issue 1 Pages: 113
  
  
• Igberase GO,Ebeigbe PN, Andrew BO (2009) High Caesarean section rate: a ten year experience in a tertiary hospital in the Niger Delta, Nigeria., Nigerian journal of clinical practice /African Journals Online(AJOL)
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/njcp/article/view/51922 Vol. 12, Issue 3 Pages: 294-297
  
  
• Okohue JE, Onuh SO, Ebeigbe P, Shaibu I, Wada I, Ikimalo JI, Okpere EE (2009) The effect of endometrial thickness on in vitro fertilization (IVF)-embryo transfer/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcome, African Journal of Reproductive Health/African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajrh/article/view/55656 Vol. 13, Issue 1 Pages: 113-121
  
  
• Igberase GO, Gharoro EP, Ebeigbe PN, Mabiaku T (2009) Vesico-vaginal fistula following insertion of herbs in the vagina by a traditional medical practitioner in the Niger delta of Nigeria, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology /Taylor and Francis
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01443610902878809?journalCode=ijog20 Vol.29, Issue 4 Pages: 356-358
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN (2009) Inadequacy of Dipstick Proteinuria in Hypertensive Pregnancy: Evidence for a change to alternatives., The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal/EuropePMC
  https://europepmc.org/article/med/19305438 Vol.16, Issue 1 Pages: 46-49
  
  
• Ebite LE, Ebeigbe PN, Igbigbi P, Akpuaka FC (2009) Symphysiofundal height growth curve and growth velocity in pregnant women in a Nigerian community, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology/Taylor and Francis
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01443610903118254 Vol.29, Issue 7 Pages: 605-608
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN, Igberase GO, Okonta PI, Abedi HO (2009) Are obstetric intervention rates and pregnancy outcome worsened by gestational hypertension in Nigerian women managed at a tertiary hospital?, Ebonyi Medical Journal
  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Patrick_Okonta/publication/272341399_Are_obstetric_intervention_rates_and_pregnancy_outcome_worsened_by_gestational_hypertension_in_Nigerian_women_managed_at_a_tertiary_hospital/links/55e9fb2408ae3e1218450923/Are-obstetric-intervention-rates-and-pregnancy-outcome-worsened-by-gestational-hypertension-in-Nigerian-women-managed-at-a-tertiary-hospital.pdf Vol. 8 Issue 2 Pages: 80-84
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN, Igberase GO (2008) Exploring the contribution of delays in receiving emergency obstetric care to Maternal mortality in a rural hospital in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigeria Journal of General Practice /AGPMN
  Vol.8 Issue 2 Pages: 7-13
  
  
• Igberase GO, Umeora OUJ, Ebeigbe PN,Okparanyote L. (2008) Seminal Fluid Analysis in Males attending the Infertility Clinic in an Urban Nigerian Hospital, Capitol Hill Clinic/Hospital Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, Nigerian Journal of General Practice/AGPMN
  Vol.8 Issue 1 Pages: 30-34
  
  
• Igberase GO, Ande ABA, Ebeigbe PN, Onu SO, Umeora OUJ, Okogbeni SA (2008) Knowledge and determinants of awareness of surgical contraception among booked antenatal grandmultiparous women in Benin City, Nigeria, Annals of Rural and Surb-urban Medicine /Irrua Specialist Hospital,Irrua
  Vol.1 Issue 1 Pages: 27-32
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN,Igberase G0 (2008) Screening for intimate partner physical violence against women in outpatient clinics of a Nigerian tertiary hospital, Nigerian Medical Journal /African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/nmj/article/view/50434 Vol.49, Issue 1 Pages: 1-4
  
  
• Onyesom I, Ebeigbe PN (2008) The level of heat-stable alkaline phosphatase in serum of some Nigerian pregnant women, Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences/African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejbs/article/view/89508 Vol. 7 Issue 1 Pages: 85-93
  
  
• Onyesom I, Opajobi AP, Uzuegbu UE, Ebeigbe PN, Anyanwu BE, Suru SM, Fadairo EA and Ebite LE (2008) Relationship Between Placental Alkaline Phosphatase Activity and Some Biochemical Indices of Foetal Nutrition among the Ethnic Groups in the Western Niger Region of Nigeria, World Journal of Medical Sciences
  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen_Suru/publication/242419503_Relationship_Between_Placental_Alkaline_Phosphatase_Activity_and_Some_Biochemical_Indices_of_Foetal_Nutrition_among_the_Ethnic_Groups_in_the_Western_Niger_Region_of_Nigeria/links/55afaec408ae32092e06c97e/Relationship-Between-Placental-Alkaline-Phosphatase-Activity-and-Some-Biochemical-Indices-of-Foetal-Nutrition-among-the-Ethnic-Groups-in-the-Western-Niger-Region-of-Nigeria.pdf Vol.3, Issue 1 Pages: 39-42
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN, Akhigbe KO (2008) Incidence and associated risk factors of postpartum depression in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria., The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal/EuropePMC
  https://europepmc.org/article/med/18408777#impact Vol. 15, Issue 1 Pages: 15-18
  
  
• Igberase GO,Ebeigbe PN (2008) Exploring the pattern of complications of induced abortion in a rural mission tertiary hospital in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, Tropical Doctor/SAGE JOURNALS
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1258/td.2007.070096 Vol. 38, Issue 3 Pages: 146-148
  
  
• Igberase GO, Ebeigbe PN, Bock-Oruma A (2008) Twinning rate in a rural mission tertiary hospital in the Niger delta, Nigeria, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology/Taylor and Francis
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01443610802344308 Vol. 28, Issue 6 Pages: 586-589
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN, Igberase GO, Aziken ME (2007) Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: experience with 442 recent consecutive cases in Benin city, Nigeria., Nigerian Medical Journal /African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/nmj/article/view/50895 Vol.48, Issue 4 Pages: 94-98
  
  
• Igberase GO, Ebeigbe PN (2007) Maternal mortality in a rural referral hospital in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology/Taylor and Francis
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01443610701213687 Vol. 27, Issue 3 Pages: 275-278
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN,Gharoro EP (2007) Obstetric complications, intervention rates and maternofetal outcome in teenage nullipara in Benin City, Nigeria, Tropical Doctor/SAGE JOURNALS
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/004947550703700206 Vol. 37, Issue 2 Pages: 79-83
  
  
• Igberase GO, Ebeigbe PN, Okonta PI, Okpere EE, Gharoro EP (2007) Serum Magnesium Levels in Normal and Pre-Eclamptic Gestation in Benin City, Nigerian Medical Journal /African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/nmj/article/view/42463 Vol.48, Issue 1 Pages: 21-33
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN,Ilesanmi A (2007) Caesarean Delivery, In. Clinical Obstetrics, (Ed.Professor Eugene Okpere)/University of Benin Press
  Vol.Revised Edition Pages: 337-343
  
  
• Shittu O.S., Ebeigbe P.N (2007) Viral diseases in Pregnancy, In: Clinical Obstetrics (Ed.Professor Eugene Okpere)/University of Benin Press
  Vol.Revised Edition Pages: 127-130
  
  
• Ebeigbe P.N (2007) Acquired Gynaetresia, In Clinical Gynaecology, (Professor Eugene Okpere)/University of Benin Press
  Vol.Revised Edition Pages: 68-71
  
  
• Ebeigbe P.N. (2007) Other Gynaecological fistulae, In: Clinical Gynaecology, (Professor Eugene Okpere, Editor)
  Vol.Revised Edition Pages: 51-55
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN, Aziken ME (2007) Sociodemographic and obstetric risk factors for peripartum hysterectomy at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria, The Nigerian Journal of General Practice/AGPMN
  Vol.7 Issue 11 Pages: 9-14
  
  
• Igberase GO,Akhatora A, Ebeigbe PN (2007) Severe tongue laceration with massive hemorrhage in a 35-year-old eclamptic grandmultipara., Clinics in Mother and Child Health
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/cmch/article/view/35887 Vol. 4 Issue 1 Pages: 683-686
  
  
• Igberase GO,Ebeigbe PN (2006) Huge Benign Granulosa Cell Tumour In A 61 Year Old Nigerian Grandmultipara With Late Presentation, Benin Journal of Postgraduate Medicine/ African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index Vol. 8 Issue 1 Pages: 61-66
  
  
• Igberase GO,Ebeigbe PN (2006) Eclampsia: ten-years of experience in a rural tertiary hospital in the Niger delta, Nigeria, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology/Taylor and Francis
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01443610600720113 Vol. 26, Issue 5 Pages: 414-417
  
  
• Igberase GO,Ebeigbe PN,Igbekoyi OF, Ajufoh BI (2005) Ectopic pregnancy: an 11-year review in a tertiary centre in the Niger Delta, Tropical Doctor/SAGE JOURNALS
  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1258/0049475054620888 Vol. 35, Issue 3 Pages: 175-177
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN, Enabudoso E, Ande ABA (2005) Ruptured uterus in a Nigerian community: a study of sociodemographic and obstetric risk factors, Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica/Taylor and Francis
  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/j.0001-6349.2005.00778.x Vol. 84, Issue 12 Pages: 1172-1174
  
  
• Ebeigbe P,Igberase G (2005) Antenatal care: a comparison of demographic and obstetric characteristics ofearly and late attenders in the Niger Delta, Nigeria., Medical Science Monitor/International Scientific Information
  https://www.medscimonit.com/abstract/index/idArt/430366/act/3 Vol. 11, Issue 11 Pages: CR529-532
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN (2005) Fetal Medicine, In: Companion to Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Eds. Professor Eugene E.Okpere, Peter N. Ebeigbe)/AMBIK PRESS,Benin City
  Vol. Pages: 66-80
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN (2005) Abortions including Ectopic gestations and malignant trophoblastic diseases. , In: Companion to Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Eds.Professor Eugene.Okpere, Peter N. Ebeigbe)/AMBIK PRESS ,Benin City
  Vol. Pages: 6136-139
  
  
• Okpere E.E, Ebeigbe P N (Editors) (2005) Companion to Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ambik Press
  Vol.221 pages Pages:
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN, Fayemi PO, Okpere EE (2004) Quantitation of Proteinuria in Women With Pregnancy Induced Hypertension: Is it Time to Abandon Use of Dipstick Strips for the Spot Urine Protein to Creatinine Ratio?, Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology /African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjog/article/view/14488 Vol. 21 Issue 2 Pages: 135-142
  
  
• Ebeigbe PN, Gharoro EP (2004) A raised mid-trimester mean arterial blood pressure: is it predictive of pregnancy induced hypertension in nigerian pregnant women?, The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal/EuropePMC
  https://europepmc.org/article/med/15627160 Vol.11, Issue 4 Pages: 294-297
  
  
• Gharoro EP, Enabudoso EJ, Ebeigbe P (2003) OPEMS: Health System Method for Collecting and Displaying Information for Obstetric Patients, Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology /African Journals Online
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjog/article/view/14398 Vol. 20 Issue 1 Pages: 40-43