Maternal and perinatal outcome of eclampsia over a decade at a tertiary hospital in Kuwait.

Aims: To determine maternal and perinatal outcome of eclampsia patients over a decade.

Methods: Analysis of case records of all eclampsia cases from January 2005 to December 2014.

Results: There were 30 cases of eclampsia.

Adverse pregnancy outcome among teenagers: a reality?

The objective of this retrospective analysis was to evaluate maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes in primi-adolescent pregnancies in Kuwait. Case records of primigravidae under 29 years of age, attending the antenatal clinic at our tertiary hospital, between January 2002 and December 2010, were analysed. The study group (up to 19 years of age at first pregnancy) consisted of 3,863 women and the control group (20-29 years of age at first pregnancy) comprised of 4,416 women.

Maternal and neonatal outcome in triplet, quadruplet and quintuplet gestations following ART: a 11-year study.

Objectives: To review the maternal and fetal outcome of triplet, quadruplet and quintuplet gestations following ART, which were managed at a hospital over 11 years.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review of 150 triplet, 27 quadruplet, and 6 quintuplet pregnancies between January 2001 and December 2011. 25 women aged 50-56 years with triplet pregnancies, were excluded due to lack of data.

A 26-year review of emergency peripartum hysterectomy in a tertiary teaching hospital in Kuwait - years 1983-2011.

Objective: To identify the risk factors and study the incidence, indications and complications of emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH).

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective case-control study. The cases consisted of all women who underwent EPH between January 1983 and January 2011.

Trends in maternal mortality over 29 years in a Kuwait Tertiary Teaching Hospital: signs of progress?

Unlabelled: This study aims at (1) Assessing trends in maternal mortality in kuwait (2) Define strategies for prevention.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of maternal deaths that occurred among, 55,979 live births at a tertiary hospital, between 1980 and 2009.

Results: There were 14 maternal deaths, and 55,979 live births, giving a maternal mortality rate of 25 per 100,000 live birth.