@article{Akhtar_Shaikh_Bhutto_2020, title={FREQUENCY OF ABRUPTION PLACENTA IN GRAND MULTIGRAVIDA}, volume={70}, url={https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/3797}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To determine frequency of abruptio placenta in grand multigravida.</p> <p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Case-series study.</p> <p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Shaikh Zaid Women Hospital CMCH Larkana, from Oct 2016 to Mar 2017.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong> Total 172 patients of age 25-35 years, in their >5th pregnancy with gestational age >28 weeks were consecutively selected. Multifetal pregnancy, history of smoking, medical disorders like diabetes mellitus, heart disease, polyhydramnios, history of trauma in current pregnancy were excluded. Chi-square was used as test of significance with a p-value ≤0.05 was taken as significant.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Mean age was 29.66 ± 3.28 years and mean gestational age was 33.11 ± 3.23 weeks, mean parity was 4.40 ± 1.14 children and mean gravidity was 6.12 ± 1.10 with the range of gravida 5 to 9. Frequency of placental abruption among grand multigravida women was found to be 11.63%. Age of multigravida women & gestational age were non-significant (p=0.360 & 0.378 respectively) while gravidity, parity were statistically significant effect (p=0.001, 0.023 respectively).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The frequency of placental abruption was not very uncommon in our population of multigravida women therefore; special focus on placental abruption be given during the antenatal visits of such women.</p>}, number={Suppl-1}, journal={Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal}, author={Akhtar, Tanweer and Shaikh, Shabnam Naz and Bhutto, Arooba}, year={2020}, month={Jan.}, pages={S74–77} }