Abstract
Objective: To determine the frequency of congenital malformation among females with pregnancy along with polyhydramnios from 28 – 37 weeks of gestational age.
Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted at CMH Okara from December 2016 to December 2017. A total of 130 pregnant women with childbearing age 18 – 42 years were enrolled in this study. Furthermore, women diagnosed case of polyhydramnios confirmed through ultrasonography (amniotic fluid index greater than 25cm) and vertical pocket of liquor >8cm, gestational age should be between 28 – 37 weeks (on history taking). and patients of polyhydramnios with and without associated congenital anomalies were also selected for this study. Data was entered and analyzed by SPSS 20.inc.
Results: The mean age was 29.6±4.67 years. The majority of the females were having single parity 52(40%) while parity was 5 in just 4(3.1%) of the female. Mean BMI of the female in the study was 23.47±1.30. The mean gestational age in all the pregnant females was 33.21±2.35 weeks. Congenital Malformations were noted in 16(12.3%).
Conclusion: Hence, it is concluded that there is a need to monitor the amniotic fluid level in pregnancy so lesser the chances of congenital malformations.
Asma Sadiq, Usman Sadiq, Naveed Akbar Hotiana, Aiysha Raja. (2020) Congenital Malformation in Singleton Pregnancies Complicated with Polyhydramnios, Journal of the Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists of Pakistan , Volume-10, Issue-1.
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