Spirometric Evaluation of Antenatal Women and Their Outcome at a Tertiary Care Centre

Abstract

BACKGROUNDPregnancy represents one of the best examples of selective adaptation in terms of respiratory physiology. Understanding of the maternal pulmonary function and their precise knowledge allows the clinician to verify the extent of the adaptation in pregnant women and helps to avoid unnecessary treatment of physiological changes misinterpreted as pathological changes in reference to pre-pregnancy standards. Objectives-This study was undertaken to identify physiological changes in respiratory system in normal and high-risk pregnancy, which may help in modifying mode of delivery and foetal outcome.