ABSTRACT

Background: Pregnancy and childbirth were seen as a rebirth for women. Maternal complications and abnormalities in newborns provide a traumatic experience for the pregnant woman and her family. Aim: The aim was to study the incidence of complications in pregnant women and their association with congenital anomalies in newborns. Methodology: Our study is a retrospective study conducted over a 1-year period from January 2020 to December 2020 in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department of several tertiary hospitals with a sample of 301 patients. The severity of complications was assessed in pregnant women and newborns. Data were statistically analyzed using MS Office 2007 and Graph Pad Prism 8 software. Results: We had observed more maternal complications and neonatal deaths in multi gravid women than in prima gravid women. Among the 54 complications reported, the maximum complications were due to Anemia (16.5%) followed by Preeclempsia (11.5%), Gestational diabetes mellitus (10.5%), premature rupture of membrane (9.2%). In our study, full-term pregnancies were reported in 158 cases and preterm pregnancies in 143 cases. Of 301 cases, live newborns were reported in 74.7% of cases, followed by intrauterine deaths (4.3%), neonatal deaths (5.6%), stillbirths (11.2%), termination of pregnancy (3.9%). The body system most affected by abnormalities was the central nervous system (11.6%), followed by the respiratory system (11.2%). Major abnormalities were observed in 38.2% of the infants and minor abnormalities in 14.6% of the infants. Conclusion: From our study it was concluded that each factor had a profound influence on maternal complications and neonatal abnormalities i.e multi factorial etiology. Keywords: High Risk Pregnancy, Maternal complications, neonatal abnormalities, prenatal care, still birth
Publication date: 01/11/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.11.6531