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Maternal Age

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Diagnosis* ; Maternal Age*

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Birth Rate* ; Maternal Age* ; Parturition*

Study on maternal mortality and maternal mortality-induced basic causes in Thai Binh province during 1991-2000. The results: maternal mortality by different causes is 61.1%. Direct causes on maternal mortality are uterine hemorrhage, toxemia of pregnancy, infection, rupture of uterus and curettage for abortion. Maternal mortality by indirect causes is 34.4%, in which, nearly a half of deaths due to pregnant cardiopathies and over a half of deaths due to other indirect causes. There are 6 cases of maternal mortality not diagnosed. Maternal mortality occurs mainly at the age from 25 to 39 years old
Maternal Mortality ; Epidemiology ; Diagnosis ; Age Factors

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Abortion, Induced ; Child Welfare* ; Family Planning* ; Female ; Human ; Infant, Newborn ; Korea ; Male ; Maternal Age ; Maternal Mortality ; Maternal Welfare* ; Pregnancy

Female ; Humans ; Maternal Age ; Maternal Serum Screening Tests ; methods ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Trimester, First ; Prenatal Diagnosis ; methods

Female ; Humans ; Maternal Age ; Maternal Serum Screening Tests ; methods ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Trimester, First ; Prenatal Diagnosis ; methods

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of lower uterine segment thickness in predicting an actual delivery date and to determine the factors affecting the depth of lower uterine segment. METHODS: Sixty patients with singleton gestation were weekly measured for their lower uterine segment (LUS), cervical length, cervical gland thickness and AFI by ultrasonography from 36 weeks. The regression analysis was carried to find out the relevance between LUS and the remaining days to birth and Pearson correlation analysis was performed for relevance between LUS and other factors such as maternal age, parity, cervical length, cervical gland thickness, and AFI. RESULTS: LUS became thin as cervical length decreasing. However, the relevance between LUS and other factors such as age, parity, cervical gland thickness, and AFI was not found. While individual LUS thickness is decreasing as delivery date becomes closer, LUS thickness as a group is found not to be related with the delivery date. CONCLUSION: In term pregnancy, LUS thickness decreases with cervical change but it cannot predict the delivery date.
Female ; Humans ; Maternal Age ; Parity ; Parturition ; Pregnancy* ; Ultrasonography

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to analyze recent trends and causes of maternal mortality in Korea between 2009 and 2014. METHODS: We investigated trends and causes of maternal death using the data from Complementary Investigations on the Infant, Maternal, and Perinatal Mortality carried out by Statistics Korea between 2009 and 2014. Maternal age, administrative district, causes of death and gestational age at the time of death were collected from data. Statistics including maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and maternal mortality rate were calculated. We also analyzed MMR according to the age, and administrative districts. The causes of maternal death were sorted and classified using International Classification of Diseases and World Health Organization recommendations. RESULTS: The average MMR during 6 years was 13.16 and maternal mortality rate was 0.45. MMR was highest in 2011 (17.2) and lowest in 2012 (9.9). The average MMR of the administrative districts varied greatly from 7.51 (Gwangju) to 26.84 (Jeju). The average MMR during the study period was lowest in maternal age of 20-24 (6.9), and highest in 45-49 (143.7). On average, direct and indirect maternal deaths accounted for 66.2% and 29.9% of total maternal death, respectively. The three most common causes of maternal deaths were obstetrical embolism (24.4%), postpartum hemorrhage (18.3%), and hypertensive disease of pregnancy (5.5%) in decreasing order of frequency. CONCLUSION: Although MMR is decreasing during the study period, it fluctuates widely according to maternal age, districts, and constant effort for improvements is necessary. To reduce maternal deaths, solution to control preventable causes of maternal deaths, careful management of pregnancies with advanced maternal age, and policy to solve the discrepancy in the medical services among diverse regions in the country are needed.
Cause of Death ; Embolism ; Gestational Age ; Humans ; Infant ; International Classification of Diseases ; Korea* ; Maternal Age ; Maternal Death ; Maternal Mortality* ; Perinatal Mortality ; Postpartum Hemorrhage ; Pregnancy ; World Health Organization

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate and indications of cesarean delivery. METHODS: All live birth >27weeks at the Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University from 1993 to 2002(n=35,891) were retrospectively analyzed of delivery route, indication of cesarean birth, gestational age, and maternal age. RESULTS: Total cesarean rate was 29.0%(10,411/35,891) and primary rate was 16.8%(6,041/35,891). The annual primary cesarean birth rate number was increased gradually. The most common maternal age of cesarean section patients was between 26-30 years(43.7%). The most common gestational age of cesarean section patients was over 36 weeks(87.4%). Abnormal presentation and CPD were the most common indication(19.17%, 1,158/6,041) at primary cesarean deliveries. The third common indication was fetal distress(16.44%, 993/6,041). CONCLUSIONS: Total cesarean rate was increased gradually by increasing the previous section rate as well as the primary section rate. Further evaluation will be needed about the relationship between cesarean deliveries and long term fetal outcome, and the effort for VBAC will be needed.
Birth Rate ; Cesarean Section ; Female ; Gestational Age ; Humans ; Live Birth ; Maternal Age ; Parturition ; Pregnancy ; Retrospective Studies