Open AccessPOSTDATE PREGNANCIES
Author(s) -
M.R. Zainul Rashid,
Shamaila Haleem,
Sadia Cheema
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2009.16.03.2881
Subject(s) - medicine , fetal distress , meconium , obstetrics , caesarean section , gestation , sri lanka , fetus , gynecology , pregnancy , history , ethnology , genetics , south asia , biology
Objective: The study was designed to determine the fetomaternal morbidity and mortality in post date pregnancies and tocalculate various modes of delivery in post date pregnancies in our set up. Study design: Non interventional descriptive study. Setting: GyneaUnit- III Services Hospital, Lahore. Material and methods: The data was collected with the help of Proforma which was filled for every patientdelivered at 40 weeks of gestation or above. The proforma included all points relevant to study. Results: The rate of meconium staining of liquor,fetal distress and caesarean section (C-section) increased significantly after 40 weeks gestation. Conclusion: The study shows that morechances of meconium staining, fetal distress and macrosomia in Post date patients. The study further shows that the induction and operativedeliveries are more common mode of deliveries in post date patients.