STILL BIRTH RATE IN DISTRICT HEAD QUARTER HOSPITAL ABBOTT AB AD

Authors

  • S. Humayun Shah
  • Nazakat Begum
  • Aniqa Bano
  • Shaheen Pervez
  • Rizwan ullah

Abstract

Abstract: This retrospective study was done at District Headquarter
Hospital, Abbottabad. The prevalence of still birth was studied among 853
infants born in maternity ward of DHQ Hospital, Abbottabad during two
and a half years. The still birth rate observed was 112.5/1000. The rate
was higher among multigravida and in females of more than 35 years' age.
The prominent etiological factors were multi-parity prolonged and
obstructed labour and antepartum haemorrhag

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Shah, S. H., Begum, N., Bano, A., Pervez, S., & ullah, R. (1988). STILL BIRTH RATE IN DISTRICT HEAD QUARTER HOSPITAL ABBOTT AB AD. Journal of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, 1(2), 1–4. Retrieved from https://jamc.ayubmed.edu.pk/index.php/jamc/article/view/4615

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (1988): JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOTTABA

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