Assesment and Diagnosing of Placenta Praevia for Women in Second and Third Trimester Using Ultrasonography

Abstract

This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in Rufaa Teaching hospital, Elhelalya and Tamboul specliazed hospital in Elgazera state. The main aim was to identify and to study the placenta praevia in second and third trimester using ultrasound, in duration from May 2016 to December 2016. Fifty patients women (n=50) were selected to be the sample unit in this study in difference stages of age in range between 23 and 44 years old. In antenatal clinic were scanned in their second and third trimester for fetal wellbeing and placental localization after taking a detailed obstetrical history and clinical examination. After completion of the 5 months of data regarding the detailed obstetrical and surgical history were recorded in a questionnaire and analyzed using Statistical package for social sciences (SSPS) Software. and the study found that that majority of placenta praevia took place in the age of 33 and 36 weeks of gestational age, by percentage equal 12%, there is seven location of placenta and three of them are praevia and the most frequency site of placenta praevia is praevia minor degree by percentage of 32% and only 2% of this defect is anterior high placenta praevia ,beside the study results connected the age and increase in parity with placenta paervia and found that there is direct proportional to both. And also the study cast round the weight and height of the patient and found that there is no signhficant association between them and the placenta praeviaFinally the study recommended that, use of ultrasound for early detection of placenta praevia, and increased research in this direction by increasing the number of samples and the use of ultrasound technology with high facility for more accurate results.