<![CDATA[Background: Oligohydramnios is one of the major causes of antenatal and perinatal morbidity and mortality.Objective: Aim of the study is to find out the perinatal outcome in terms of LSCS, meconium staining,Apgar scores, fetal distress, birth weight, NICU admission in gravid women with oligohydramnios.Method: The present study was done prospectively carried out on 110 pregnant women with AFI <5 cmwith intact membranes were analysed for perinatal outcome atour hospital, during period of July2019 toJune 2020.Olighydramnios was confirmed by measuring AFI on USG.Results: In this study, oligohydramnios was mainly seen in primigravida (60%). There were 80% of femalesin between 20-30 years. 66.7% underwent for caesarean section, because of fetal distress. 11.8% neonate hadlow APGAR score in 1 minute were 11.8% and 8.2% were APGAR score in 5 minute. In this study 22.7%of babies were admitted to NICU.2(1.81%) babies expired due to septicaemia and meconium aspirationsyndrome in 2.72%.Conclusion: AFI is important screening test for fetal surveillance method. Oligohydranmios is associatedwith more LSCS rate due to fetal distress, low birth weight babies, NICU admission, so that timely detectionof this condition required proper antenatal care to reduced perinatal morbidity and mortality.]]>
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