Study on Profile of Pregnancy Outcomes in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Trichy, South India

Globally, an estimate of 210 million women become pregnant each year; out of them 15 to 20% results in miscarriage. Antepartum hemorrhage, abruption, hypertensive disorders including eclampsia, premature rupture of membrane, gestational diabetes, and many more complications have been known to precipitate adverse pregnancy outcomes. Decentralized maternal and child health services have greatly expanded coverage; however, hospitals remain the cornerstone of pregnancy related care. High level obstetric services, such as cesarean delivery and blood transfusion must be available in emergency referral situations to reduce the adverse outcomes. Hence, a retrospective record based study was done to determine various outcomes of pregnancy.

A record based study on profile of pregnant women who had delivered in Tertiary Care Hospital for a period of 1 year from Jan 2017-Dec 2017. Data entered and analysed using SPSS V.15.0 and presented in a form of tables.

Among 916 pregnant women, 72.9% were Hindus, 14.5% of people were Christians and 12.6% were Muslims. About 51.6% were in the age group of 19–25 years and 92.6% were free from co-morbidities. Of 916 women studied 46.2% delivered normally.

High-level obstetric services will improve the pregnancy outcomes. Adverse outcomes can be reduced by preventing the mothers from developing risk factors through effective antenatal and intrapartum care.