Trends and recurrence of placenta praevia: a population-based study.

Maternal and perinatal mortality, morbidity and risk factor evaluation in ante partum hemorrhage associated with Placenta Praevia

Abstract: Objective: To determine the maternal & perinatal morbidity and mortality associated with Placenta Praevia in Bangladesh. To assess the risk factors of antepartum hemorrhage associated with Placenta Praevia. Design: A cross sectional observational hospital based descriptive study. Setting: Obstetric inpatient units of two tertiary care teaching hospitals of Dhaka. Participants: One hun...

Recurrence of breech presentation in consecutive pregnancies

OBJECTIVE To investigate the recurrence risk of breech presentation at term, and to assess the risk factors that contribute to its recurrence. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING New South Wales, Australia. POPULATION Women with their first two (n = 113 854) and first three (n = 21 690) consecutive singleton term pregnancies, in the period 1994-2002. METHODS Descriptive statistics including ra...

Factors Associated with Placenta Praevia in Primigravidas and Its Pregnancy Outcome

AIM To examine the factors associated with placenta praevia in primigravidas and also compare the pregnancy outcomes between primigravidas and nonprimigravidas. METHOD A retrospective cohort study was conducted in women who underwent caesarean section for major placenta praevia in a tertiary university hospital from January 2007 till December 2013. Medical records were reviewed. RESULT Amon...

Placenta Praevia, Placenta Praevia Accreta and Vasa Praevia: Diagnosis and Management

Is it possible to reduce rates of placenta praevia?

OBJECTIVE To determine factors responsible for rising rates of placenta praevia. METHODS This comparative study was performed at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre Karachi, (Group-A) from September 2000 to February 2002 and (Group-B) from January 2008 to January 2009. All women with major degree of placenta praevia diagnosed on ultrasound who came in emergency or through out patient departme...