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Pregnancy Outcome Data in a United Arab Emirates Population: What Can They Tell Us?
Author(s) -
Hughes Phillip F.,
Morrison John
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1994.tb00447.x
Subject(s) - caesarean section , medicine , obstetrics , pregnancy , gestational diabetes , incidence (geometry) , population , arabic , gestation , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy , genetics , physics , optics , biology
A cross‐sectional study of pregnancy outcome in a national Arabic population is presented to highlight a unique reproductive environment compared with many other obstetric populations. A high pro‐natal intensity is evident with significant numbers of grandmultipara (36.7%) and mature gravida (22.2%). These groups did not show any significant increase in adverse antenatal or intrapartum events apart from an increasing rate of gestational diabetes with maternal age. There was an average induction/augmentation rate of 10.2% with a low rate of instrumental delivery (2.3%) and a mean caesarean section rate of 6.9%. A major antenatal complication noted was the prevalance of 17.3% for a haemoglobin <10 g/dl together with overall increased rates of pre‐existing and gestational diabetes. In addition the incidence of preterm labour increased over each of the 3 years studied and is of concern.