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Foeto-Maternal Outcome Of Abruptio Placentaeat a Tertiary Care Hospital
ISSN: 2617 - 9482
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Foeto-Maternal Outcome Of Abruptio Placentaeat a Tertiary Care Hospital
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Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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Abstract
ABSTRACT:Objective: To determine the frequency, risk factors and, maternal and perinatal outcome in women presenting with abruptioplacentae at a tertiary care hospital.Methodology: This observational, descriptive study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit I,Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi from January 2011 to December 2013. All pregnant women with gestationalage 28 weeks or greater, having retro-placental clots on ultrasound and/or painful vaginal bleeding were included by using non-probability purposive sampling technique.Results:There were 24,591 obstetric admissions during the study period, and 21,669 of them delivered. Of these 489 werediagnosed as abruptio placentae, making it a condition with a frequency of 1.98% of obstetric admissions and 2.25% of deliveries.394 of the 489 cases (80.6%) were un-booked. Majority of them (252, 51.5%) were grand multipara with mean parity of 4.8± 3....
