Comparison of adverse obstetrical outcome in patients with and without first trimester vaginal bleeding

Aim: to compare frequency of adverse obstetrical outcome in patients with and without first trimester vaginal bleeding. study design: it was a prospective cohort study. duration: nine months from january 2013 to september 2013. settings: department of obstetrics & gynaecology,bahawal victoria hospital,bahawalpur. methods: a total of 266 women (133 in each group) fulfilling the inclusion/exclusion criteria were enrolled in the study. results: in our study,comparison of obstetrical outcome in both groups was done which shows that preterm delivery was recorded in 60(45.11%) in exposed group while 27(20.30%) in nonexposed group,p value was 0.000 which shows a significant difference,pprom was calculated as 26(19.55%) in exposed and 11(8.27%) in nonexposed group,p value was calculated as 0.007 also showing a significant difference between the two groups. conclusion: we concluded that first trimester threatened miscarriage is significantly associated with pprom and preterm delivery as compared to those patients without first trimester threatened miscarriage.