High risk pregnancies and their clinical outcomes

Introduction: A 'high risk' pregnancy (HRP) state has been associated with an adverse perinatal outcome. There is so much data on the occurrence of HRP in Gujarat. Such information is critical for planning interventions in the state to reduce the maternal mortality rate, infant mortality rate and the incidence of low birth weight babies. Objective: The objectives of the study were to investigate the incidence of HRP at a tertiary care referral hospital, and to study the short term in - hospital' outcomes of these HRP, using the 'normal risk' pregnancies as a comparison group. We also examined the relations of select predictor variables to maternal and fetal outcomes. The objectives of the study were to: • Determine the perinatal mortality and assess perinatal morbidity of the fetuses of high-risk mothers. • Study the effect of current obstetrical intervention on perinatalmortality and morbidity on fetuses of high-risk pregnancies. • Assess the admission to NICU among neonate delivered to high risk pregnancies.