Prenatal care and obstetric abnormalities

Tokuhata, George K.; Digon, E; Mann, Linda

doi:10.1016/0021-9681(73)90088-x

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“…Previous observations [1,2] clearly showed a positive correlation between uncared pregnancy and increased risk of maternal and fetal adverse outcome. In the 1980s some statistics revealed that the adequacy of prenatal care had a very definite effect on perinatal morbidity [3,4].…”

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“…Eastman [1] observed in 1947, that the prematurity rate was 24% among no care patients, but only 8% among those attending three or more prenatal visits. Tokuhata et al [2] studied birth certificate data of 185,000 deliveries and found a 23.6% prematurity rate among women without prenatal care compared with 6.9% among those with care. In 1980, Ryan et al [3] observed that the group of women with inadequate prenatal care had significantly higher fetal, neonatal, and perinatal mortality rates.…”

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The perinatal outcome of pregnancy without prenatal care

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Hoffmann

Frank

et al. 2002

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductiv

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Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the social conditions of women who never attended prenatal care and to evaluate the perinatal outcome of their newborns. Study Design: A retrospective analysis of uncared pregnancies of women who delivered at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Szeged, Hungary between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1998. There were 5262 deliveries during this period, of which 54 (1%) had no prenatal care. Matched controls (108 cases) were selected on the basis of maternal age, educational level, the number of gravidity and parity, and marital status. Results: The mean age of women with out-of-care pregnancies was 27 years AE 3:9; 5 women were under 18, 23 (43%) were unmarried, 5 (9.3%) did not finish elementary school and 35 (65%) had only elementary school education. Compared to the controls there were more in preterm labors (33 versus 14% (OR 3.1, 95% CI 1.4-6.8)), lower birth weight (P < 0:001) and more given up for adoption (17 versus 0.9% (OR 21.4, 95% CI 2.63-173.9)). Conclusion: These data underline the importance of regular prenatal care in the prevention of preterm delivery. #

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The perinatal outcome of pregnancy without prenatal care

Orvos

Hoffmann

Frank

et al. 2002

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductiv

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“…Tais resultados deixam evidente o risco da ilegitimidade no que concerne à saúde maternoinfantil, fato este freqüentemente referido na literatura 3,6,9,10 .…”

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Educação em saúde na prevenção do risco gravídico pré-natal e interconcepcional: algumas características do comparecimento a serviços de atendimento pré-natal

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1980

Rev. Saúde Pública

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INTRODUÇÃOÉ preciso que mulheres em idade fértil adotem medidas que permitam evitar ou controlar os riscos inerentes à gestação. Há sempre um risco na saúde da mãe que não pode ser totalmente eliminado mas, a par desse irredutível mínimo, há riscos que podem e devem ser controlados durante a assistência pré-natal e, em seguida, no período interconcepcional. A prevenção desse tipo de risco apresenta um contingente de natureza comportamental. Cabe à Educação em Saúde levar as gestantes a iniciar a assistência pré-natal no primeiro trimestre, a fazer visitas regulares durante a gravidez e a seguir a orientação recebida. E preciso que elas procurem a assistência pré-natal tão logo se apercebam da gravidez a fim de que se submetam a um exame completo, recebendo o tratamento adequado. Tal preocupação assume particular importância em gestações de alto-risco. Tem-se então a possibilidade de orientar a futura mãe sobre cuidados a tomar durante a gravidez, de prepará-la para o parto,

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“…Eastman observed in 1947 a prematurity rate of 24% among no care patients, but only 8% among those attending 3 or more prenatal visits [9]. Tokuhata et al in 1973 studied birth certificate data of 185,000 deliveries and found a 23.6% prematurity rate among women without prenatal care compared with 6.9% among those with care [10]. More recently, Debiec et al in 2010 con-ducted a 10 year retrospective study in which they assessed the risk of preterm birth among adolescents who received inadequate prenatal care [11].…”

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Are neonatal morbidities associated with no prenatal care different from those associated with inadequate prenatal care?

Okoroh¹,

Coonrod²,

Chapple³

et al. 2012

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Objective: Compare neonatal morbidities in women with no prenatal care, and women with inadequate prenatal care, to those with adequate prenatal care. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of neonatal morbidities of 3 exposure groups. Group 1: No prenatal care; Group 2: Inadequate prenatal care; Group 3: Intermediate/adequate prenatal care. Results: 2.5%, 23.3% and 74.1% of subjects (N = 264,138) were in Groups 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Severe neonatal morbidity was more common in Group 1, followed by Group 2, and least common in Group 3. After controlling for gestational age and birth weight, most of these differences were attenuated and not significant except for the following Group 1 vs Group 3 comparisons: meconium aspiration, odds ratio (OR) 2.15 and 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.39 -3.33; suspected sepsis, OR 1.30 and CI 1.13 -1.49; proven viral sepsis, OR 2.23 and CI 1.24 -4.00. Conclusions: Severe neonatal morbidity was most common in those with no prenatal care followed by those with inadequate prenatal care. For most neonatal morbidities, this could largely be explained by gestational age and birth weight differences, but for some neonatal morbidities (meconium aspirations, viral sepsis and dysmorphic features) the impact of no prenatal care persisted after adjustment for these factors.

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Prenatal care and obstetric abnormalities

Cited by 12 publications

References 37 publications

The perinatal outcome of pregnancy without prenatal care

The perinatal outcome of pregnancy without prenatal care

Educação em saúde na prevenção do risco gravídico pré-natal e interconcepcional: algumas características do comparecimento a serviços de atendimento pré-natal

Are neonatal morbidities associated with no prenatal care different from those associated with inadequate prenatal care?

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