Gulfareen Haider, Nishat Zehra, Farhana Anjum, Aftab A Munir.
Perinatal outcome in diabetic mothers at Isra University Hospital.
Isra Med J Jan ;1(1):8-12.

To evaluate perinatal outcome in diabetic mothers in our tertiary care set up. DESIGN: A descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION: Out patients department and labour ward of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit, Isra University Hospital Hyderabad, Sindh - Pakistan, from 3rd January 2007 to 2` January 2008. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Total 110 pregnant women between the age of 20 and 40 years with diabetes, irrespective of their parity and previous obstetric history were selected by convenience (non-probability) sampling. Women with eclampsia, antepartum haemorrhage, pregnancy induced hypertension and medical disorders were excluded from the study. All information was recorded on preformed proforma and analysed through SPSS version 11.0. RESULTS: Among perinatal complications, macrosomia was seen in 41.8% of fetuses, biochemical abnormalities in 85.3% infants, moderate to severe birth asphyxia in 33.6% and congenital malformations in 6 infants of diabetic mothers. CONCLUSION: Perinatal complications of diabetic pregnancy are more common in high parity women. Macrosomia, biochemical abnormalities and asphyxia are the common perinatal complications in our set up.

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