Frequency of Postpartum Haemorrhage after Administration of Per-Rectal Misoprostol in Females Undergoing Vaginal Delivery
Frequency of Postpartum Haemorrhage after Administration of Per-Rectal Misoprostol in Females Undergoing Vaginal Delivery
Mumtaz Akhtar, Iffat Naheed, Khadija Waheed* and Amna Khanum
ABSTRACT
Abstract | This study was designed to determine the frequency of postpartum hemorrhage after administration of per rectal misoprostol in females undergoing normal vaginal delivery. The study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Teaching Hospital, Lahore from 02-09-2014 to 03-03-2015. Non-probability and purposive sampling techniques were used. A total of 220patients undergoing normal vaginal delivery at term after administration of per rectal misoprostol were enrolled with 95% confidence interval (C.I). The error margin was 5% and the prevalence of postpartum haemorrhage was 16.5%. Data was entered and analyzed through SPSS 17. In this study, the mean age of study participants was found to be 29.89±5.89 years while the mean gestational age was 38.86±1.38 weeks. Postpartum haemorrhage was observed in 35.45% cases. Blood loss was recorded in patients with a mean of 374±134.91 mL. Statistically, a highly significant difference was observed between the blood loss and postpartum haemorrhageamong the patients (i.e. p-value=0.000). A low frequency of postpartum hemorrh agein women experiencing normal vaginal delivery after misoprostol was administered. The blood loss was recorded to be very low among females.
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March 2018
Vol. 24, Iss. 1, Pages 1-153
