Admission Test and its Association with Perinatal Outcome: A Retrospective Study from Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka, India

International Journal of Research in Health Sciences,2014,2,4,1166-1167.

Published:October 2014

Type:Original Article

Authors:

Author(s) affiliations:

Deepthi.H.R¹, Savitha.H.C², Syeda Ayesha Siddiqua³, Lalitha Shivanna⁴

^1&3Resident, ²Associate Professor, ⁴Professor & HOD, Department of OBG, MIMS, Mandya, Karnataka, INDIA.

Abstract:

Motherhood is the dream of every woman. The ultimate goal of "having a healthy mother & a healthy baby” has been a prime concern of health care providers – the Obstetricians. The main issue that confounds the Obstetricians is still birth and that of Neonatologists is perinatal loss. Objective: To study the role of admission test in determining the perinatal outcome.

Keywords:Admission test, Equivocal, Meconium staining, NICU admissions, ominous and reactive AT, Perinatal outcome