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Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volume  5, Issue 2, April - June 2017, Pages 84-88
 

Original Article

Profile of Pregnancy with Defined Risk Factors Attending Tertiary Care Hospital

K.P. Sowmya*, Padmasri R.**, Lalitha S.*, Divya T.K.*, Bhojaraja M.H.*

*Assistant Professor **Professor and Head, Dept. of OBG, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and research centre, Bangalore, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijog.2321.1636.5217.14

Abstract

Introduction: Various maternal complications such as pre – eclampsia, eclampsia, anemia, oligohydramnios etc. are the major causes for perinatal loss. Such high risk pregnancies need to be identified so that appropriate surveillance and timely interventions can be employed. Methodology: Pregnant women with high risk factors attending the antenatal out patient clinic or admitted to the wards in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department, for their high risk factors were recruited into the study. Results: In the present study, majority of the cases (74%) were booked and 26% were unbooked. Majority of the cases (47%) belonged to an age group of 2125years. 18 patients (26%) belonged to age group of 2630 years of age. Conclusion: The risk factors with which the patients presented were; hypertensive disorders in pregnancy which included mild and severe preeclampsia and gestational hypertension (37.14%), which formed the majority of cases.

Keywords: Pregnancy; Risk Factors; Profile.

  


Corresponding Author : K.P. Sowmya, Assistant Professor, Dept.of OBG, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Rajaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560010, India.