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Observations on some patients of high parity delivering in a general hospital in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Opaneye A.A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(86)90034-2
Subject(s) - medicine , parity (physics) , incidence (geometry) , obstetrics , uterine inertia , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , hazard ratio , pregnancy , surgery , confidence interval , physics , particle physics , biology , optics , genetics
In a prospective study 100 consecutive Saudi patients having their tenth or subsequent deliveries in a general hospital were observed. Unlike in some other reports [1,8] fetal malpresentations, maternal anaemia or hypertension were few. However there was a high incidence of uterine inertia and primary cesarean sections. Early perinatal mortality rate was 50 per 1000. High parity is still a hazard to both mother and baby. Health education and family planning should be improved.