Study of Evaluation of Maternal Side Effects and Neonatal Outcome after Treatment with Nifedipine at Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

Introduction: Compared to beta- agonists, nifedipine is associated with improvement in neonatal outcome. Nifedipine is
significantly more successful in prolonging pregnancy beyond 48 hours and effective in delaying upto 7 days.
Methodology: The present study was conducted in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology of Rural Medical
College , Loni, The present work comprises of 135 cases between 28 to 37 weeks of gestational age having premature
labour pains that were admitted in antenatal ward or labour room.
Results: Distribution of cases according to NICU admission of preterm baby. For observation total 9 cases were kept in
NICU, 3 cases were admitted in NICU for jaundice, at 1 was admitted for birth asphyxia.
Conclusion: This study on tocolytic effect of nifedipine in preterm labour shows, nifedipine has good tocolytic action on
arresting preterm labour with minimal side effects.