Placental Weight and its Ratio to Birth Weight in Normal Pregnancy of Saudi Women Attending Abha General Hospital
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Placental Weight and its Ratio to Birth Weight in Normal Pregnancy of Saudi Women Attending Abha General Hospital,MONA A. AL-MUSHAIT, AZZA M. ALYAMANI and JAMEELAH A. ABOUD
Abstract
Objectives: The aims of this study were to study placental weight (PW), birth weight (BW), and placental weight ratio (PWR) in normal pregnant Saudi women in Abha General Hospital (AGH) and to identify the relationship between PW and PWR to adverse neonatal conditions (ANC) of the subjects.
Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study from September 2010 to February 2011 conducted on 1025 women, full term, had normal delivery and singleton pregnancy without placental abnormalities. PW, BW, PWR and neonatal condition were estimated.
Results: The results showed that the range of PW was 200-1000 grams in male neonates and 200-1100 in female neonates. The mean PW of NICU admitted neonates in grams was 503.4 (161.9). The range of BW in males was 900-4100 grams and 1100-4800 grams in females. The range of PWR in male was 5.1% and 47.6% while it was 5.2% and 46.6% in female. The mean PWR for NICU admitted neonates was 18.1% (4.1). The difference between the mean PW and its ratio and the mean BW below 10th percentile and above 90th percentile is significant (p=0.01).
Conclusion: This study has shown that low PW can result in neonatal problems that indicate NICU admission also PW and its ratio to BW at 10% and more than 90% percentile are associated with increased NICU admission.