FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BREECH DELIVERY AT TERM
Autor: | Abida Riaz, Capt Ijaz Ahmad Shah, Aslam Mahmood Malik, Asia Aziz |
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Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Zdroj: | The Professional Medical Journal. 13:51-53 |
ISSN: | 2071-7733 1024-8919 |
DOI: | 10.29309/tpmj/2006.13.01.5057 |
Popis: | Objectives: To assess the various factors associated with breech delivery at term. Design: Casecontrol study. Period: Apr 2004 to Sep 2004 Setting: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology unit-I, Bahawal VictoriaHospital Bahawalpur. Materials & Methods: This case control study was carried out in women with the age group 20-40 years. Various risk factors (Parity, multiple pregnancy, placenta Previa, amount of liquor and congenitalabnormalities) associated with breech (50 cases) at term (37-42 completed weeks) were compared with vertex (50controls) after matching. Results: Different factors associated with breech were oligohydramnios 44% vs controlgroup, placenta previa 34% vs control group, primiparity 46% vs control group, multiple pregnancy 14% vs controlgroup and congenital abnormalities 18% vs control group. Conclusion: Our study concluded that factors associatedwith breech delivery were oligohydramnios, placenta previa, multiparty, multiple pregnancy & congenital abnormalities. |
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