Pregnancy in hemoglobin sickle cell patients at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
A retrospective review of pregnancy outcome in hemoglobin (Hbsc) patients managed at the University College Hospital, Ibadan over a 5-year period (1984-1988) was carried out. The main antenatal complications included anemia (51.2%), bacterial infection (22.0%), bone pain crisis (7.3%) and preeclampsia (2.4%). Intrapartum complications included anemia (29.2%), bone pain crisis (12.2%) and pseudotoxemia (4.9%). The maternal and perinatal mortality rate were 48 and 195 per 1000, respectively. The duration of labor and operative delivery rate were not different from the general population.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Omigbodun
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Adeleye
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006450:Hemoglobin SC Disease; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000453:epidemiology; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies