74 SAJOG • September 2013, Vol. 19, No. 3 Objective. To compare obstetric and perinatal outcome in teenage and non-teenage pregnancies. Methods. We performed a retrospective analysis of case records of teenage pregnancies from January 2006 to December 2008. The subjects gave birth in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a ref...

The challenge of sorting through copious amounts of data to find the essential information is not new. Over the years, various professions have developed key markers to highlight the essential. For example, clinicians use vital signs, accountants have bottom lines, and journalists pen pithy headlines. Perinatal safety professionals grapple with complex systems and also desire a succinct summary...

Background: The impact of vanishing twin (VT) syndrome on obstetric outcome is currently unknown. The aim of this study was to compare obstetric and neonatal outcomes of VT with singleton and twin deliveries after assisted reproduction and to evaluate the impact of VT on pregnancy outcome. Methods: We analyzed 130 births at our hospital between January 2000 and February 2012 that resulted from ...

Data from the "1958 Perinatal Mortality Survey" have been analysed to assess differences in stillbirth and neonatal death rates according to the arrangements made for delivery. Only women aged 20-34 delivering at term, with no pregnancy abnormalities, were selected from three groups of women (normotensive primiparae, hypertensive primiparae, and normotensive women of parity 1, 2, or 3). Despite...

Background: Antepartum hemorrhage is defined as any bleeding from or into the genital tract after the period of viability and before the end of second stage of labour. Aim: To study the maternal and perinatal outcome in antepartum hemorrhage. Materials and methods: The present study was a prospective observational study undertaken during a period of 2 years from September 2012 to August 2014 in...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the predictive capacity of umbilical, cerebral and uterine artery Doppler in women admitted for preeclampsia (PE). METHODS 190 consecutive singleton pregnancies admitted with PE were included. Umbilical, cerebral and uterine artery Dopplers were performed. The association with adverse perinatal outcome was evaluated from 2 x 2 tables and multivariately by logistic regre...

Improved survival of very pre-term infants is a result of advances in obstetric and neonatal medicine. To provide relevant data for a Northern Ireland population group, we evaluated mortality and morbidity of extremely low birthweight (ELBW; < 1000 g) infants from a tertiary referral neonatal unit. Seventy-seven ELBW infants were admitted on the first day of life during the period April 1990 to...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the perinatal outcome with the abnormal umbilical cord coiling index. STUDY DESIGN This prospective study was carried out in the department of OBG at Adichunchangiri Institute of Medical Sciences, B.G.Nagara, Mandya, Karnataka, India from January 2008 to August 2010. 200 patients who were in active labour with term gestations, irrespective of their parities, who had sin...

OBJECTIVE To determine the perinatal outcome of high risk pregnancies, in terms of perinatal mortality, Apgar score, birth weight and neonatal complications in first week after birth. STUDY DESIGN Cohort study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Obstetric Department of Sir Syed Trust Hospital, Karachi, from January to December 2007. METHODOLOGY All antenatal patients attending the Outpatient Dep...

The perinatal outcome of pregnancies (both single and multiple) established after in-vitro fertilization (IVF)-surrogacy was evaluated and compared to the outcome of pregnancies that resulted from standard IVF. Analysis of medical records and a telephone interview with physicians, IVF-surrogates, and commissioning mothers were conducted to assess prenatal follow up and delivery care in several ...