RESUMO
To assess the effect of maternal age on obstetric intervention and pregnancy outcome, a retrospective study compared obstetric intervention, pregnancy complications and outcome in 73 women of age > 35 years with 471 women of age 20-25 years attending Prince Ali Military Hospital, Jordan from June 1999 to May 2000. Older women were found to have significantly higher rates of medical complications such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Despite significantly increased frequency of large babies, trisomy 21, twin pregnancy and antepartum haemorrhage, overall outcome was satisfactory. We conclude that older women, managed by modern obstetric methods and delivered in a modern health-care centre, can expect good pregnancy outcomes.
Assuntos
Parto Obstétrico/métodos , Idade Materna , Complicações na Gravidez/epidemiologia , Resultado da Gravidez/epidemiologia , Gravidez de Alto Risco , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Índice de Apgar , Peso ao Nascer , Transtornos Cromossômicos/epidemiologia , Anormalidades Congênitas/epidemiologia , Parto Obstétrico/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Idade Gestacional , Hospitais Militares , Humanos , Hipertensão/epidemiologia , Hipertensão/terapia , Recém-Nascido , Jordânia/epidemiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Placenta Prévia/epidemiologia , Gravidez , Complicações na Gravidez/terapia , Gravidez em Diabéticas/epidemiologia , Gravidez em Diabéticas/terapia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Gêmeos/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
To assess the effect of maternal age on obstetric intervention and pregnancy outcome, a retrospective study compared obstetric intervention, pregnancy complications and outcome in 73 women of age > 35 years with 471 women of age 20-25 years attending Prince Ali Military Hospital, Jordan from June 1999 to May 2000. Older women were found to have significantly higher rates of medical complications such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Despite significantly increased frequency of large babies, trisomy 21, twin pregnancy and antepartum haemorrhage, overall outcome was satisfactory. We conclude that older women, managed by modern obstetric methods and delivered in a modern health-care centre, can expect good pregnancy outcomes
Assuntos
Transtornos Cromossômicos , Anormalidades Congênitas , Parto Obstétrico , Idade Gestacional , Hipertensão , Recém-Nascido , Resultado da Gravidez , Idade MaternaRESUMO
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