ABSTRACT Background: Prediction of fetal weight accurately is an important parameter in planning proper managements of labor and delivery, so as to reduce the rate of complications associated with the delivery of macrosomic or low birth weight fetus especially in second stage of labor and during puerperium. Fetal weight can be estimated correctly by various clinical methods but require selection of the valid method. In the present study, an effort was done to find which formula is more accura...
ABSTRACT Background: A functioning maternal referral system is critical in preventing adverse maternal and fetal outcome. Integration of emergency obstetric care with maternal referral system are strategies of reducing maternal and perinatal mortality in Tanzania, but still there is high number of maternal and perinatal mortality especially in referral cases. So it was important to find out factors which determine adverse obstetric outcome in referral patients. Objective: This study was carri...
ABSTRACT Background: In low and medium -income countries like Tanzania, the severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia disease complex continues to be a major cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, clinical presentations and management outcomes among all women admitted through the labour ward with obstetric conditions at Dodoma regional referral hospital during the study period. Methods: This was an observational, anal...
ABSTRACT The prognostic significance of asymptomatic bacteriuria resides in the observation that the prevalence is, relatively, high in persons with certain medical conditions, such as diabetes mellitus and pregnancy. This prevalence might, even, be higher in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Hence, this study set out to determine the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria among symptom free and newly enrolled HIV infected pregnant women attending PMTCT unit of Antiretrovi...