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{"title":"Urinary Iodine Status at Delivery in Rural Pregnant Mothers from KONKAN Region of India (BKLWHANC-2)","authors":"Patil Sn, B. P, Chavan S, J. D, Dervankar O, Joglekar C, Santpur U, Pandit M, Gujar S","doi":"10.26420/austinjpregnancychildbirth.2021.1006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26420/austinjpregnancychildbirth.2021.1006","url":null,"abstract":"Adequate iodine is necessary in pregnancy for normal maternal as well as fetal thyroid function. Fetus cannot produce thyroid hormone so it is exclusively dependent on mother. During pregnancy, iodine demand is increased by 50%. An adequate intake of dietary iodine in pregnancy is essential for the normal neurodevelopment of the offspring. We measured urinary iodine concentrations in 220 pregnant women who reported for delivery at a rural hospital in the KONKAN region of the State of Maharashtra, India. The mean age and gestation at delivery were 26.9 years and 38.2 weeks respectively. The observed median UIC was 84.6μg/l. Urinary iodine of mother was not associated with neonatal anthropometric measurements (weight, length and head circumference). We have found low median UIC levels at delivery among pregnant women. The increased demand in pregnancy could be met by iodine supplementation or increasing iodine content in the salt. The burden of poor iodine status in pregnant women will further adversely affect the fetal neurodevelopment. There should be universal screening of every pregnant woman for the identification of iodine status. A simple strategy of improving iodine content in the salt beyond the current recommendation for pregnant women might be beneficial for mother as well as fetus but continuous monitoring for adequate iodine is warranted.","PeriodicalId":336577,"journal":{"name":"Austin Journal of Pregnancy & Child Birth","volume":"251 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126830371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Utilization of Immediate Postpartum Intrauterine Contraceptive Device and Associated Factors among Women Who Gave Birth at Government Hospitals of Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2019","authors":"Gebremedhin M, A. A., Yihune M, Melis T, F. Y, Arja A","doi":"10.26420/austinjpregnancychildbirth.2021.1005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26420/austinjpregnancychildbirth.2021.1005","url":null,"abstract":"Background: An intrauterine contraceptive device is suitable for women of all reproductive age groups for preventing unwanted pregnancies. Immediate post partum family planning services need to be emphasized where in the woman leaves the hospital with safe and effective contraception in place. Despite the accepted demand for post partum family planning, many women do not access the services they need prevent unintended pregnancies. Objective: To assess utilization of immediate postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device and associated factors among women who gave birth at government hospitals of Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Method: Facility-based crosses sectional study was conducted from March 1 to 30 of 452 participants were studied using systematic random sampling technique. Data were entered into Epi-data v. 4.2.2.1 and exported to SPSS v.23 for analysis. Crude or adjusted odds ratio, and 95% confidence interval were used to assess the strength of association and statistical significance. Variables which had a p-value of ≤0.25 in bivariate analysis were considered as candidates for multivariate regression analysis; variables that had a p-value of ≤0.05 in the multivariate analysis were considered as independent factors associated with utilization of immediate postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device among parturients in the final multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: This finding revealed that about 161 (36%) of the respondents had showed willingness to use immediate PPIUD, however, only about 62 (14%) of study participants were utilized immediate PPIUCD. Mothers who did not plan to have another child (AOR = 2.84, 95% CI, (1.12, 7.21), undecided plan to have another child (AOR = 2.55, 95% CI, (1.21, 5.35), counselled about PPIUCD (AOR=4.35, 95% CI, (2.11, 8.96) and completed ANC follow up (AOR=2.43, 95% CI, (1.28, 4.60) were associated with immediate post partum contraceptive device utilization. Conclusion and Recommendation: Even though 58% and 53% of the mothers were counselled and completed antenatal service respectively but efforts need to improve antenatal care service and integrate counselling service through the whole cascade of pregnancy.","PeriodicalId":336577,"journal":{"name":"Austin Journal of Pregnancy & Child Birth","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123108407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Risk Factors and Outcomes of Placenta Praevia in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo","authors":"Ndomba Mm, O. Mukuku, Tamubango Hk, Biayi Jm, X. Kinenkinda, Kakudji Pl, Kakoma Jb","doi":"10.26420/AUSTINJPREGNANCYCHILDBIRTH.2021.1002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26420/AUSTINJPREGNANCYCHILDBIRTH.2021.1002","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Placenta Praevia (PP) is frequently associated with severe maternal bleeding leading to an increased risk for adverse outcome of mother and infant. This study aims to determine the prevalence, and to evaluate potential risk factors and respective outcomes of pregnancies with PP in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Methods: Data were retrospectively collected from patients diagnosed with PP at 4 hospitals in Lubumbashi between January 2013 and December 2016. All women who gave birth to singleton infants were studied. Differences between women with PP and without PP were evaluated. Adjusted Odds Ratios (aOR) with 95% confidence intervals for risk factors, and adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes associated with PP were estimated in multivariable logistic regression. Results: The overall prevalence of PP was 1.49% (227/15,292). The following risk factors were independently associated with PP: multiparity ≥6 (aOR=2.36; 95% CI: 1.13-4.91), previous cesarean section (aOR=6.74; 95% CI: 2.99-15.18), and no antenatal care visit during pregnancy (aOR=7.15; 95% CI: 4.86-10.53). PP was significantly associated with adverse maternal outcomes such as delivery by cesarean section (aOR=3.09; 95% CI: 1.89- 5.06), maternal anemia (aOR=11.43; 95% CI: 6.20-21.06); and hospital stay of >4 days (aOR=2.02; 95% CI: 1.24-3.29). PP was also significantly associated with adverse perinatal outcomes such as Apgar scores of <7 at the 5th minute after birth (aOR=4.39; 95% CI: 2.62-7.36), low birth weight (aOR=4.10; 95% CI: 2.26-7.44), stillbirth (aOR=4.16; 95% CI: 1.39–12.46), and early neonatal death (aOR=5.72; 95% CI: 1.60–20.42). Conclusion: PP is associated with adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes, and multiple independent risk factors were identified. Therefore, detection and careful surveillance of these risk factors are important to ultimately improve maternal and perinatal outcomes.","PeriodicalId":336577,"journal":{"name":"Austin Journal of Pregnancy & Child Birth","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131598304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}