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Retrospective Analysis of Effect of Maternal Liver Disorder on Foetal Outcome: An Institutional Based Study | |
Dr. Grishma Agrawal, Dr. Prashant Agrawal | |
Background:The present study was conducted for evaluating the effect of maternal liver disorder on foetal outcome. Materials &Methods:A total of 100 patients were evaluated. Retrospective assessment of data records was done. Complete demographic details of all the patients were obtained. Only those patients were assessed which were pregnant women and had some form of liver disease. Women with pre-existing liver disease or those suspected to have liver dysfunction on the basis of clinical or investigative data were included. Data of patients was followed up till two weeks postpartum or death. Fetal outcome was evaluated. All the results were evaluated by SPSS software. Results:While analysing the maternal complications, it was seen that Abruptio placentae was present in 4 percent of the patients while postpartum haemorrhage was seen in 3 percent of the patients. Sepsis was seen in 1 patient while post-partum death was present in 2 patients.Term IUGR was seen in 25 percent of the patients while IUD (intrauterine death) was seen in 4 percent of the patients. Conclusion:Maternal liver diseases are accompanied by significant proportion of both maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality. |
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