Muniba Maqbool, Shagufta Parveen, Naila Mairaj.
patients in this group continued to take folic acid till end of pregnancy) they were asked to report in emergency if.
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they developed above mentioned signs and symptoms. The participants who found to have placental abruption during the course of study managed according to hospital protocol. Frequency of placental abruption was recorded. Results: In our study, out of 270 cases, 158( 58.52%) were between 20-25 years and 112( 41.48%) were between 26-30 years of age, mean+sd was calculated as 24.93+2.86 years, frequency of placental abruption in patients with extended use of folic acid supplementation was recorded in 76( 28.15%) while 194( 71.85%) had no findings of placental abruption. Conclusion: We concluded that the frequency of placental abruption in patients with extended use of folic acid supplementation is lower in pregnancy and by prescribing this cheap easily available medicine can reduce the extra burden of this morbidity .

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