Study of adverse perinatal outcome in patients with poor biophysical profile

Aim: to study of adverse perinatal outcome in patients with poor biophysical profile. methods: this multi-centre descriptive cross sectional study was carried out at department of obstetrics and gynecology bolan medical complex hospital quetta and services hospital,lahore from 1st january 2016 to 30th june 2016. a total number of 273 cases having age between 20-35 years were analyzed. all the patients had poor biophysical profile (a score of <8 out of 10 by taking 5-parameters) screened on ultrasonographic examination,with singleton pregnancy. results: out of a total of 273,115(42.1%) were between the age of 20-25 years,97(35.6%) between 26-30 and 61(22.3%) between 31-35 years. there were 97(35.5%) patients who were between the gestational age of 32-37 weeks and 176(64.5%) between 38-42 weeks. majority of the patients,161(59%) were multiparous. majority of the patients,197(72.2%) had cesarean section and poor apgar score in newborns at 5 minutes,246 (90.1%). conclusion: frequency of adverse perinatal outcome such as cesarean section and apgar score at 5 minutes in patients with poor biophysical profile was high.