Abstract |
Thirteen cases of advanced abdominal pregnancy ( AAP) managed at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi, Ghana, over a two-year period (1993-1994) are presented. An incidence ratio of one advanced abdominal pregnancy to 1,320 deliveries occurred during this period. The ratio of advanced abdominal pregnancy to ectopic pregnancy was 1:43.7. The perinatal mortality rate and maternal case fatality rates were 69.6% and 15.3% respectively. Recurrent abdominal pains in the gravid patient with abnormal fetal lie and prior history of tubal pregnancy and/or previous abdominal surgery were significant findings in the cases reviewed. These findings should, therefore, always prompt lucid and elaborate ultrasound examination of a pregnancy to exclude abdominal pregnancy.
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Authors | H S Opare-Addo, S Deganus |
Journal | African journal of reproductive health
(Afr J Reprod Health)
Vol. 4
Issue 1
Pg. 28-39
(Apr 2000)
ISSN: 1118-4841 [Print] Nigeria |
PMID | 11000706
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Female
- Ghana
(epidemiology)
- Hospital Mortality
- Hospitals, Teaching
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant Mortality
- Infant, Newborn
- Maternal Mortality
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy, Abdominal
(diagnostic imaging, epidemiology, etiology)
- Referral and Consultation
(statistics & numerical data)
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Treatment Outcome
- Ultrasonography
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