Study of pregnancy outcome over a period of five years in a postgraduate institute of west Bengal.

This study is a retrospective analysis of the pregnancy outcome over a period of 5 years at IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, Calcutta. Of the total 13,211 obstetrical admissions during the period from 1st January, 1990 to 31st December, 1994, 32.6% cases were admitted for antenatal complications, 27.3% for antenatal observations, 0.5% for postpartum complications and 39.4% for medical termination of pregnancy. Vaginal delivery was carried out in 50% of cases of which 78.7% were of normal vaginal delivery and 21.2% were of instrumental delivery. In the remaining cases caesarean section was done of which again 58.1% was elective and 41.8% was emergency caesarean sections. Maternal mortality was 4.6/1,000 live births. Perinatal mortality rate was 3.9%. The analysed data reflect the fact that the maternal mortality and perinatal mortality were well controlled over this period in spite of a large number of complicated cases being referred to this hospital with minimum facilities.