Exploring the effects of peri-partum ingestion of traditional medicine on maternal and foetal outcomes: a prospective cohort study.
BMC Res Notes
; 12(1): 166, 2019 Mar 25.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
In Africa, 80% of women ingest traditional medicine (TM) during pregnancy. Although widely used in Cameroon, no study in has either demonstrated its safety or effectiveness. Hence, we sought to determine the effects of TM ingestions during the peri-partum period on maternal and foetal outcomes. A cohort study was conducted from January to April 2016 in two referral maternity departments of Cameroon. We consecutively enrolled all consenting parturients with gestational age above 28 weeks. We divided them into two groups; exposed and unexposed. The exposure studied was ingestion of TM within 72 h prior to delivery. Variables studied were socio-demographic characteristics, type and frequency of TM ingested and details of labour.RESULTS:
We enrolled a total of 603 parturients of whom 147 in the exposed group and 456 in the non-exposed group. The most frequently used TM were honey and Triumfetta pentandra A. Ingestion of TM in the peri-paritum period was associated with intra-partum vaginal bleeding, dystocic labour, tachysystole and uterine atony. No adverse neonatal outcome was observed. Overall, these findings could help guide the direction of future research into the safety and potential benefits of peri-partum TM use, as well as serving as a preliminary reference for counselling.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Resultado del Embarazo
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Medicinas Tradicionales Africanas
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Preparaciones de Plantas
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Triumfetta
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Enfermedades del Recién Nacido
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Complicaciones del Trabajo de Parto
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Res Notes
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Camerún