Prevalence and factors associated with rupture of gravid uterus and feto-maternal outcome: a one-year retrospective cohort study
Ethiop. med. j. (Online)
; 56(1): 43-49, 2018. ilus
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Background:
Uterine rupture remains a significant public health problem contributing to 13% of maternal mortality and 74%-92% for perinatal mortality in developing countries. This study assesses the prevalence and factors associated with rupture of gravid uterus and feto-maternal outcome in Ethiopian mothers with uterine rupture.Methods:
A retrospective cohort study was conducted to identify risk factors associated with rupture of gravid uterus and feto-maternal outcomes. The data source included clinical records of patients seen at Dilla University Referral Hospital over a one-year period. The data was collected using a structured data collection form developed for the purposes of the study. The study involved a total 2,498 women with a gravid uterus, gestational age of â¥28 weeks and registered in the labor and delivery registration books in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department. Bivariate and multivariate regression analyses were carried out at 95% Confidence Interval to identify factors independently associated with uterine rupture.Results:
Out of 2,498 reviewed deliveries, 46 cases developed uterine rupture making an overall hospital prevalence of 1.8 % or one in 53 deliveries. Malpresentation (80%), contracted pelvis (47.8%), vertex malposition (10.8%), and previous uterine scar (2.1%) were the causes of uterus ruptures. In multivariate analysis, clients' residence, parity, birth weight, Antenatal Care follow-up and duration of labor were statistically significantly associated with uterine rupture. Maternal and fetal case fatality rates were 8.7% and 97.8%, respectively.Conclusion:
Uterine rupture remains an important problem in the study area. Patients with identified risk factor(s) should stay close to the hospital in late pregnancy. Besides, strengthening antenatal care follow-up and referral linkage should be considered
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Index:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Prenatal Care
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Prevalence
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Cohort Studies
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Ethiopia
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Uterine Retroversion
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Ethiop. med. j. (Online)
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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