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Methodology:
This prospective study was conducted in the Maternal and Child Health Training Institute
(MCHTI), Azimpur, Dhaka, during the period of mid 2008 to mid of 2009 in the department
of Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Anaesthesiology.
A total 98 patients who suffered from asthma, as diagnosed by the pulmonologist during
ANC visit, were included in this study and another 98 patients who were randomly selected
from the all patients who attended in ANC and came to this institute for delivery or other
end results of pregnancy. Both the asthmatic or non asthmatic patients were matched
carefully according to the age and heights (after categorizing them into equal number of
groups). Both the subject and control group were non smokers and no serious illness except
asthma.
Results:
The desired maternal outcomes were (i) Hospital admission, (ii) past history abortion or still
birth,
(iii) Presence of UTI (iv) Pre-term labor (v) Pre-eclampsia (vi) IUGR (vii) Hypertension and
(viii) vaginal haemorrhage (APH & PPH), (ix) maternal mortality and the fetal outcomes
were (i) low birth weight (ii) pre term baby, (iii) APGAR score and
(iv) fetal or neonatal mortality.
The frequency of getting admission into the hospital was more in asthmatic patient than that
in the non asthmatic patients (6.11% vs 2.0%) and no significant relationship was observed
in between them.
The frequency of occurrence of UTI episode during pregnancy was more in asthmatic
patients (30.6%) than that of non asthmatic patients (8.2%) and had a significant
relationship (p.702).
The episode of abortion in past with asthmatic pregnant women (10.2%) was found more in
comparison to the non asthmatic pregnant women (3.1%) which had a statistical significance
(p