FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONSEQUENCES OF PREMATURITY IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL

Authors

  • Rubeena Gul Associate Professor, Community Medicine Khyber Medical College, Peshawar.
  • Shaista Noreen MPhil Scholar Community Medicine Khyber Medical College, Peshawar.
  • Aijaz Hussain Memon Associate Professor Ghulam Muhammad Mehr Medical College, Sukkar.
  • Arif Ullah 4th Year Student, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar.
  • Hameed Ullah Arshad Ali 4th Year Student, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar.
  • Salahuddin Zeb Khan 1st Year Student, BDS, Rehman College of Dentistry, Peshawar.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v8i02.426

Keywords:

Premature birth, Small for age, consanguinity, Complications, gestational age, low birth weight

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the frequency of premature births and factors leading to prematurity in the neonatology unit of Khyber teaching hospital Peshawar. Materials & Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in the neonatology unit of Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar from 1st January 2016 to 31 Dec 2016. Congenitally malformed babies were excluded and those babies with a gestational age of 24 to 37 completed weeks were included in the study. Data were analysed using SPSS version 20.0.

Results: Out of 4000 babies, 1200 (30%) were premature. 749 (62.4%), of mothers having premature babies, were in age group of 20-30 years, multiparous 872 (72.4%), 1094 (91.14%) of them were healthy having no medical problems, 642 (53.5%) of them have consensual marriages. 465 (38.77%) of the babies had a gestational age of 34-36 weeks, and 521 (43.38%) had birth weight 2000-2500g. The most frequent complication associated with these premature babies was respiratory distress affecting about 645 (53.74%).

Conclusion: Risk factors for premature babies were young mothers, those suffering from any systemic disease, consensual marriages, or previous history of premature births.

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Published

2018-06-30

How to Cite

Rubeena Gul, Shaista Noreen, Aijaz Hussain Memon, Arif Ullah, Hameed Ullah Arshad Ali, & Salahuddin Zeb Khan. (2018). FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONSEQUENCES OF PREMATURITY IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 8(02), 17–22. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v8i02.426

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 02 (2018): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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