Perinatal outcome in diabetic mothers at Isra university hospital

ABSTRACT

To evaluate perinatal outcome in diabetic mothers in our tertiary care set up. A descriptive study. Out patients department and labour ward of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit, Isra University Hospital Hyderabad, Sindh- Pakistan, from 3[rd] January 2007 to 2[nd] January 2008. 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. 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. 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