Evaluation of incidence of IUGR among known population

Abstract

Background: The present study was conducted for evaluating incidence of IUGR among known population.
Materials & methods:216 patients (108 control & 108 cases) admitted in BMC Sagar who were satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study were enrolled conveniently after their written informed consent. For Cases, patients of High-risk pregnancy were
enrolled. For controls, Primigravida & Multigravida subjects with no risk pregnancy were enrolled. All the IPD patients were examined in the labour room. Maternal outcome on the basis of mode of delivery and any associated complications like acute renal failure, HELLP
syndrome, multiorgan failure, retinopathies, preeclampsia, ARDS, PRESS, intraventricular hemorrhage, preeclampsia converted to eclampsia and death was studied. All the babies delivered were followed up during the early neonatal period for complications.
Results: Out of 108 control, 91 patients (42%) had vaginal delivery and 17 (7% ) patients had LSCS. Out of 108 (high-risk) cases, 66 (30%) patients had a vaginal delivery and 42 (19%) had LSCS. The chi-square statistic is 14.5741. The p-value is .000135. The result is
significant at p < .05. IUGR was present in 1.85 percent of the patients of the control group and 3.703 percent of the patients of the high-risk pregnancy group.
Conclusion: IUGR is a major health problem. Education is the core center of knowledge, so the government should address at least primary education for females.