Author(s)

Aissatou Mbodji^1,2, Mamour Gueye^1,2, Mouhamadou Wade^1,2, Assia Bourragat², Mame Diarra Ndiaye^1,2, Simon Birane Ndour^1,2, Philoméne Aissatou Diedhiou^1,2, Mohamadou Nazir Sylla^1,2, Diomaye Sene^1,2, Magatte Mbaye^1,3

¹Philippe Maguilen Senghor Health Center, Dakar, Senegal.
²Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
³Gaston Berger University, Saint-Louis, Senegal.

Background: “Low-risk” pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy that develops physiologically in a healthy woman and remains healthy. In practice, “low-risk” pregnancies are defined by excluding high-risk pregnancies. Objectives: Evaluate the rate of complications and medical interventions in “low-risk” pregnant women. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study assessing the risk of obstetrical complications and medical interventions in low-risk patients from January 2010 to December 2020 at Philippe Maguilen Senghor Health Center in Dakar, Senegal. Results: There were 10,979 low-risk patients out of a total of 52,768, accounting for 20.8%. As medical interventions, episiotomy was performed in 27.5% and cesarean section in 8.7%. Acute fetal distress was observed in 4.1%. A low Apgar score at the fifth minute was observed in 1.89% (whereas it was 3.49% in high risk patients). Newborn-resuscitation was performed in 10.7%. Neonatal mortality was 5‰. Conclusion: Low-risk pregnancies are not without “risk”, and thus care-givers should prepare for risks even at dealing with low risk patients.

Risk, Delivery, Obstetric Complications, Senegal

Mbodji, A. , Gueye, M. , Wade, M. , Bourragat, A. , Ndiaye, M. , Ndour, S. , Diedhiou, P. , Sylla, M. , Sene, D. and Mbaye, M. (2022) Rate of Obstetrical Complications and Medical Interventions in Low-Risk Patients: A Cohort Study in Dakar, Senegal. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 12, 842-848. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2022.128071.