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Blandine Thieba/Bonane
Burkina Faso
Case Report
Trauma in pregnancy at the Yalgado Ouedraogo Teaching Hospital in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Epidemiological, Clinical, Therapeutic and Prognostic Aspect
Author(s): Ali Ouédraogo, Francoise D. Traoré/Millogo, Mohamed Tall, Andre Simpore, Mariam Savadogo, Charlemagne Ouédraogo, Blandine Thieba/Bonane and Jean Lankoandé
Ali Ouédraogo, Francoise D. Traoré/Millogo, Mohamed Tall, Andre Simpore, Mariam Savadogo, Charlemagne Ouédraogo, Blandine Thieba/Bonane and Jean Lankoandé
Objective: To study the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and prognostic aspects of trauma in pregnancy at the Yalgado Ouedraogo teaching hospital in Ouagadougou.
Patients and Methods: A descriptive retrospective study was done over a period of three years from 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2012. Were included in our sample, all pregnant women admitted for trauma in pregnancy and eligible in three clinics: obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedics, general and visceral surgery. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire and were entered and processed using Epi data 3.1 and SPSS.
We recorded 224 emergency consultations for trauma in pregnancy out of 26,735 obstetric and gynecological consultations which gives a frequency of 0.8%. The mean age of our patients was 25.9 ± 5 years and mean parity was 1. Housewives .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2375-4508.1000141