Pregnancy complicated by maternal XXXX at the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 1969 to 1978.

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Three hundred eighty-seven pregnancies (295 @entity1 ) complicated by maternal @entity299 , managed at the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, during the years 1969 to 1978, were reviewed. The incidence was 0.5%. Three hundred twenty-three (83.5%) were of rheumatic origin, 52 (13.4%) were congenital, and the remaining 12 (3.1%) were a miscellaneous group and included cases of @entity3618 and @entity453 . There were two maternal @entity204 --one from @entity299 and one from postpartum suicide, unrelated to mild @entity6331 . The perinatal mortality rate was 3.3%. Five pregnancies (three @entity1 ) were complicated by surgically uncorrected @entity299 . One of the maternal @entity204 and three of the perinatal @entity204 occurred in this group. There were 38 episodes of @entity712 (38 @entity1 ) in cases of @entity6331 . The New York Heart Association grading was grade 1 in 15 (39%) of these before the onset of failure. Prophylactic antibiotics were not used and @entity884 did not occur. Therapeutic abortion was not practiced and a conservative approach was adopted in obstetric intervention and in all drug therapy.
