TY - JOUR AU - Bhandari, Pooja AU - Sharma, Sunita AU - Subedi, Dr Ashim PY - 2022/11/08 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Uncomplicated Postdated Pregnancy JF - Journal of Health and Allied Sciences JA - jhas VL - 11 IS - 2 SE - ORIGINAL ARTICLES DO - 10.37107/jhas.308 UR - https://www.jhas.org.np/jhas/index.php/jhas/article/view/308 SP - 77-81 AB - <p>Introduction: A pregnancy that lasts beyond the expected date of delivery is called as postdates pregnancy. Postdates&nbsp;pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of fetal, neonatal mortality and morbidity as well as an increased maternal&nbsp;morbidity.</p><p>Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 196 uncomplicated postdates pregnancies in two tertiary care&nbsp;centers i.e. Manipal Teaching Hospital and Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara, Nepal. The aim of the study was to assess&nbsp;the maternal and fetal outcomes in uncomplicated postdates pregnancy. The data was collected by using structured&nbsp;interview schedule and entered in MS excel with validated command and analyzed with SPSS version 16.</p><p>Results: In the study, out of 196 postdates pregnancies, 30.6 % of the mothers had undergone caeserean section 3.06 had&nbsp;an instrumental delivery and 1.5% had traumatic delivery. Further 5.61 % of the mothers had postpartum hemorrhage. A&nbsp;total 3.8 % of the neonates were admitted to the NICU and 1.5 % of the neonates were resuscitated.</p><p>Conclusion: The study concluded that postdates pregnancy was associated with perinatal complications like postpartum&nbsp;hemorrhage (PPH), an increase in incidence of caesarean section and admission of neonates to NICU. Careful advice and&nbsp;monitoring can alleviate maternal and fetal untoward complications.</p> ER -