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Abdominal pain of unknown aetiology in pregnancy
Author(s) -
BAKER P. N.,
MADELEY R. J.,
SYMONDS E. M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1989.tb03283.x
Subject(s) - parity (physics) , medicine , obstetrics , abdominal pain , etiology , pregnancy , gestational age , gynecology , surgery , physics , particle physics , biology , genetics
Summary. The outcome of 140 pregnancies complicated by unexplained abdominal pain was compared with that in a comparison group of 280 women who gave birth at the same time. The two groups were comparable for maternal age and parity but the study group contained a significantly higher proportion of smokers, unmarried women, and women whose partners were unemployed ( P <0·001). All the pregnancies resulted in livebirths. There were no statistically significant differences in birthweight, gestational age at delivery or mode of delivery between the two groups.