Open AccessTO DETERMINE THE FREQUENCY OF FETAL COMPLICATIONS IN PRETERM LABOR
Author(s) -
Maimoona Qadir,
Sohail Amir,
Amika Kumari
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of saidu medical college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1819-4583
DOI - 10.52206/jsmc.2016.6.2.832-836
Subject(s) - asphyxia , medicine , obstetrics , hypoglycemia , gestational age , birth weight , fetus , pregnancy , confidence interval , pediatrics , obstetrics and gynaecology , biology , insulin , genetics
BACKGROUND: Preterm birth is the major cause of perinatal mortality and morbidity and animportant public health concern. Keeping in view the complications involved, preterm babies are asource of financial, psychological and physical burden on their families.OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of fetal complications in preterm labor.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive (cross sectional) study was conducted atDepartment of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar from August 2015 toJanuary 2016.Sample size was 147,using 10.7% proportion of birth asphyxia,95% confidence intervaland 5% margin of error, under WHO software for sample size calculation.RESULTS: In this study mean maternal age was 30years with standard deviation + 1.63.Frequency oflow birth weight was analyzed as 113(77%),birth asphyxia was found in 34(23%) patients, hypothermiawas found in 90(61%) and hypoglycemia in 71(48%) patients.CONCLUSION: All the four parameters (Birth weight, hypothermia ,hypoglycemia, birth asphyxia)were found to be significantly effected by the gestational age at which the baby was born.The lower thegestational age,the worst is the outcome and vice versa.KEY WORDS: Preterm labor, fetal complications, birth asphyxia .hypothermia .hypoglycemia.