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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Glob. Womens Health
Sec. Maternal Health
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2024.1516665

Prevalence of meconium-stained amniotic fluid and factors associated with emergency cesarean section: multicenter crosssectional study in south central Ethiopia

Provisionally accepted
Temesgen tantu Temesgen tantu 1,2*biruk melkamu biruk melkamu 3muluken gutulo muluken gutulo 4tayech tantu tayech tantu 5yohanna Aregawi yohanna Aregawi 6Dereje gashaw Dereje gashaw 7
  • 1 Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia
  • 2 College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
  • 3 College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wachamo University, Hosaena, SNNPR, Ethiopia
  • 4 health department, wolayta, Ethiopia
  • 5 sidama, hawassa, Ethiopia
  • 6 St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • 7 Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

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    Background: Meconium is thick black-green fetal intestinal content starting from the early first trimester of gestation. Unfortunately, if it is released into the amniotic cavity due to any cause, it can be associated with neonatal mortality and morbidity.Objective: To identify the factors associated with meconium-stained amniotic fluid among mothers undergoing emergency cesarean section in specialized hospitals cross-sectional study in south central Ethiopia from August 1, 2022, to 30, October 2022 Method: Institution based multicenter cross-sectional study was done prospectively through meticulous chart review and interview on 875 mothers who gave birth with emergency cesarean section. Data were entered using Epi data 7 and analyzed with SPSS 26. The association between independent variables and meconium-stained amniotic fluid was estimated using an odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals. The statistical significance of the association was declared at P-value < 0.05

    Keywords: MSAF, Fetal Distress, MAS, Obstructed labor, Perinatal asphyxia, Eclampsia

    Received: 25 Oct 2024; Accepted: 12 Dec 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Temesgen tantu, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia

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