THE PREVALENCE AND MANAGEMENT OUTCOME OF PREGNANT MOTHERS WITH CHORIOAMNIONITIS IN MEKANE SALEM PRIMARY HOSPITAL, ETHIOPIA, 2019

Author Name: *Infant Rani Augustin, ** Alehegn Worku, ***Lehulu Tilahun, ****Asha Embrandiri

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: ETHIOPIA

DOI NO.: 08.2020-17661941, DOI Link: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/08.2020-17661941/

Affiliation:

1. Department of Nursing and Midwifery, College Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia
2. ^{Department of Nursing and Midwifery, College Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia}
3. ^{Department of Nursing and Midwifery, College Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia}
4. Department of Environmental Health, College Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia                                                           E-Mail Id:infant.rani@wu.edu.et

ABSTRACT

Several obstetrical factors have been connected with Chorioamnionitis including null parity, spontaneous labor, longer length of labor and membrane rupture, multiple digital vaginal examinations. The main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence and management outcomes of mothers with chorioamnionitis in Mekaneselam Primary Hospital, Ethiopia 2019. Institutional based retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted. Information on mother’s details, the clinical course and the maternal and neonatal outcome of mothers with chorioamnionitis were reviewed from the medical records for the past 2 years. The sample size was 140 mothers. Census sampling technique was used. The study period was from February 21/2019 to March 12/2019. The data from the mother’s cards were collected, analyzed and represented via graphical and tabular presentations.Results reported that between 2018 and 2019 there was a total of 3790 mothers who delivered at MekaneSelam primary hospital. Among them 140 (3.7%) had chorioamnionitis The neonates born from women with amniotic fluid infection 100 (70.14%) were improved, 23 (16.43%) were stillbirths, 10 (7.14%) died after delivery, 7 (5%) had intra uterine fetal death. The presence of IAI mothers was shown to have high rate of perinatal, maternal morbidity and mortality which was significantly higher than that of the general population.

Key words: Chorioamnionitis, prevalence and management outcome, MekaneSelam Primary Hospital