Placental Weight To Birth Weight Ratio and Its Outcome Among Neonates

Pashmina Gul; Zara Jamali; Komal; Sadaf Imtiaz; Shizra Shahnawaz; Fizza

doi:10.51253/pafmj.v74i4.9751

Authors

Pashmina Gul Civil Hospital Karachi/District Headquarter Umarkoat Pakistan
Zara Jamali Federal Polyclinic Hospital Islamabad Pakistan
Komal Sindh Govt Hospital Ibrahim Haidari Karachi Pakistan
Sadaf Imtiaz Murshid Hospital and Health Care Centre Mujahidabad, Karachi Pakistan
Shizra Shahnawaz Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center Karachi Pakistan
Fizza Civil Hospital Karachi Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v74i4.9751

Keywords:

APGAR score, Birth weight, Perinatology, Placenta

Abstract

Objective: To calculate Placental Weight to Birth Weight Ratio and its effect among neonates delivered at tertiary care center.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of a tertiary care center, Karachi Pakistan, from Dec 2019 to Feb 2020.

Methodology: Booked cases with singleton pregnancies and gestational ages more than 37 weeks at birth were considered. On a manual scale, the placenta was weighed to the nearest gram. Immediately following delivery, the birth weight of babies was recorded to the nearest gram on the same manual weighing equipment. At 01 minute and 05 minutes, the APGAR scores were noted as well.

Results: The mean age of our respondents was 29.05±5.27 years old. Placental Weight to Birth Weight Ratio ratios were substantially greater in newborns with low APGAR scores than those with high APGAR scores at 1 minute (p=0.001), and the median Placental Weight / Birth Weight was also significantly higher in those infants at 5 minutes (p=0.001).

Conclusion: Poor perinatal outcomes, such as low APGAR scores at 1 and 5 minutes after birth, are associated with high Placental Weight/Birth Weight ratio.

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