Maternal And Perinatal Outcome In Antepartum Hemorrhage: A Study At A Tertiary Care Referral Institute

Introduction: Antepartum hemorrhage (APH) is a grave obstetrical emergency. Maternal and perinatal complications in APH are anemia, malpresentatons, postpartum hemorrhage, shock, low birth weight, intrauterine death, and birth asphyxia. Aims And Objectives: Aims of the present study were to find the demographic profile, type of APH, maternal and perinatal complications. Patients And Methods: It is a retrospective study carried out over a period of one year on 226 women admitted with the diagnosis of APH. Results: The incidence of APH was 3.01%. Maternal and perinatal morbidity was very high with increased rates of anemia (100%), cesarean section rate (43.80%), post partum hemorrhage (27.84%), need of blood transfusion (78.77%), puerperal pyrexia (10.61%), coagulation failure (10.61%), low birth weight (83.18%) and birth asphyxia (12.5%). The maternal and perinatal mortality was very high 2.21% and 23.70% respectively. Conclusions: There is very high maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in APH.