A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE PLACENTAL ABRUPTION AND ITS RELATIONS WITH PARITY OF AGE

Objective: To determine the frequency of placental abruption and its relation with parity. The study was conducted at department of Gynecology Mayo Hospital Lahore from July 2020-Feb 2021. Patients were divided into two group multipara and Grand multipara.

Material and Methods:  It is descriptive case study. This study was conducted in Mayo Hospital Lahore. Performa’s were used specially designed for the study to record the data and to compare them. Informed consent was taken from the patients before enrollment.

Results: 380 patients were enrolled into the study who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. 14 patients had placental abruption among them 9 were Grand multipara. P=0.02

Conclusion: It was concluded that if proper antenatal care, education on family planning and improved health care is given, the frequency of (P.A) may be decreased.

Keywords: Placental, Multipara, Abruption, Premature, Postpartum, Abdominal.