Urinary Tract Infection as a Health Problem among Pregnant Women in Baghdad \ AL Sadder City MSc/ /PhD/ in CHN/ Medill Technical University (original) (raw)
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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in pregnant women mainly caused by Escherichia coli and should be treated correctly to prevent complications in both the mother and her child. Pregnancy is associated with physiological and functional urinary tract changes which promote ascending infections from the urethra. In this paper, we aimed to assess the prevalence of UTI in pregnant and non-pregnant women in the KSA and to measure their awareness about signs, symptoms and complications of this infection. It was conducted through a questionnaire, among pregnant and non-pregnant women online. It consists of 15 questions including socio-demographic and other questions such as time and number of infections, type of treatment, symptoms associated with the infection, weight of child during birth. Our results showed that about 46.3% of participating women had UTI, 5.6% of them were diabetic. About 66.8% of women become infected at age range from 20-39 years old. Also, 22.3% women had once...
Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences, 2020
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Prevalence of UTI among Pregnant Women and Its Complications in Newborns
Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 2017
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Knowledge of Urinary Tract Infections, 2021
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