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STUDY THE RELATION BETWEEN ADVANCED MATERNAL AGE AND THE PREGNANCY OUTCOME | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 108-116 | ||
| Author | ||
| Wafa M. Jasim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Data collected from delivered women in (Azadi and Kirkuk- General hospitals ) from the beginning of January / 2000 till the end of December / 2003 to detect the relation between advanced maternal age and the pregnancy outcomes and the main complications that may occur during pregnancy and delivery. The total number of delivered women collected was (9725) and it was divided into ( 2 ) groups according to the age , the first one include all women with age below ( 40 ) years (9387) and the second group was the women above age of (40) years (338) The study showed that women above 40 years of age were more prone for caesarian section delivery (215- 63.6%) ,post partum bleeding (245- 72.9%) and abnormal fetal presentation either breech ( 161-47.6$) or transverse (139-41.2%).Genetic abnormalities especially ( Down- Syndrome ) is increased with advanced maternal age mainly (above 40 years of age – 64.2 %) | ||
| Keywords | ||
| maternal age; pregnancy outcome; obstetrical complications | ||
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