The situation of uteral rupture in the Hai Phong gynecologycal and obstetrical hospital during 1989-1999
- Author:
Hung The Pham
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
uterine rupture
- MeSH:
Uterine Rupture;
epidemiology
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2001;263(9):45-47
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
43 cases of eclampsia had been treated during 5 years (1994- 1998) in Hai Phong Obst/Gyn hospital with an incidence of 1.5% total pregnancies, and toxemia of pregnancy was 9.12% pregnancies. 70% of the patients located in rural areas, primipara was 62.8%, manual laboures: 74%, eclampsia appears in every season but frequently in winter- spring: 67.4%. * Treatment: the principal treatment included: magnesium sulfate for anticonvulsion, vasodilators for antihypertension. Cesarean section: 13 cases (30.2%). * Newborns: 50% of the babies were under 2,500 g of weight, its death rate: 9.3% (focus on the low weight births). *Conclusion -Eclampsia appears in every season especially in Winter- Spring. -The appearance is in the manual labourers and in the countyside livings.
