FETAL OUTCOMES AMONG GRAND MULTIPAROUS AND MULTIPAROUS WOMEN IN MULAGO HOSPITAL, UGANDA.

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 2014 Kenya English Publisher:Kenya Medical AssociationJournal:East African medical journal, volume 90 (issn: 0012-835X,

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Authors: Njiru, J.; Biryabarema, C.; Kagawa, M.;

pmid: 26866106

FETAL OUTCOMES AMONG GRAND MULTIPAROUS AND MULTIPAROUS WOMEN IN MULAGO HOSPITAL, UGANDA.

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Abstract

To compare fetal outcomes among grand multiparous (para 5-9) and multiparous (para 2-4) delivering in Mulago hospital, Uganda.Prospective cohort study.Mulago hospital, Uganda.One hundred and fifty six grand multiparous and multiparous women were recruited on admission in labourward and followedup through labour and immediate postpartum period. Fetal outcomes among the two groups were collected and analyzed.The admissions to SCU were similar in the two groups i.e. 11(7%) GMP vs. 11(7%) MP, the number of fresh still births was higher among the grandmultiparas 13(8.3%) GMP vs. 7(4.5%) MP though this was not statistically significant. The fetal weight did not significantly differ in the two groups.There was no difference in fetal outcomes among GMPs when compared to MPs.

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Kenya

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Kenyatta University
Kenya

Keywords

Fresh Still Birth (FSB), Adult, Grand multiparous (GMP), Multiparous (MP), Birth weight, Special Care Unit (SCU), Apgar score, Fresh Still Birth (FSB)., Infant, Newborn, Pregnancy Outcome, Special Care Unit (SCU), Cohort Studies, Parity, Birth weight, Pregnancy, Multiparous (MP), Apgar Score, Birth Weight, Humans, Female, Uganda, Apgar score, Prospective Studies, Grand multiparous (GMP)

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