تلخیص
Objective: To determine the association between maternal risk factors
and birth asphyxia in neonates presenting in tertiary care hospital.
Study Design: Case control study.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pediatric Medicine, Mayo
Hospital, Lahore from June 1, 2015 to November 30, 2015.
Material and Methods: A case control study was conducted in
Department of Pediatric Medicine, Mayo Hospital Lahore. 140 neonates
were enrolled through non-probability purposive sampling. Informed
consent, demographic and maternal information was collected and
recorded on proforma. Patients were divided in two equal groups
depending upon presence or absence of birth asphyxia. . Data was
analyzed using SPSS version 16.
Results: The mean gestational age of neonates was 34.14 ± 2.04
weeks with 89 (64%) male and 51 (36%) female.101 (72%) neonates
were preterm while 39 (28%) were born at term. 75 (53.6%) neonates
were born to primigravida mothers; out of whom 45 (64.3%) had birth
asphyxia. Out of 86 (61.4%) mothers diagnosed with pregnancy
induced hypertension 50 (71.4%) belonged to case group. 61 mothers
had premature rupture of membranes, out of whom 42 (60%) belonged
to case group.
Conclusion: Primiparity, premature rupture of membranes and
maternal hypertension were found statistically significant risk factors
associated with birth asphyxia in neonates.
TAUSIF AHMED, MUHAMMAD KHALID MASOOD, RIFFAT OMER, Fatima Tahira, Aqeela Ayub, Umer Shahbaz. (2020) Association of Maternal Risk Factors with Birth Asphyxia, Pakistan Pediatric Journal, Volume 44, Issue 2.
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