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Analysis Study Research Paper | Medical Science | India | Volume 12 Issue 12, December 2023

Evaluation of Umbilical Coiling Index and Perinatal Outcomes: A Prospective Analysis

Kranti Bisht ^[3] | Saurabh Sharma ^[11]

Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate the perinatal outcome with the abnormal umbilical cord coiling index. Study Design: This prospective study was carried out in the Department of OBG at Dr RPGMC Kangra at Tanda, Himachal Pradesh, India. Six-hundred women who were in active labour with term gestations, irrespective of their parities, and who were either delivered by vaginal or LSCS irrespective of type of anesthesia used were included in the study. Umbilical cord coiling index was calculated and it was correlated with various perinatal parameters like birth weight, meconium stained liquor, Apgar score etc. Odds ratio were calculated. Results: There was a significant correlation between the abnormal coiling (UCI >90th or <10th percentile) with meconium staining (p < 0.001), Apgar score at 1 min of <4 (p value 0.007and NICU admissions (p =0.003). Conclusion: Abnormal coiling is associated with meconium stain, Apgar score and NICU admissions.

Keywords: Umbilical cord coiling index, Hypercoiling umbilical cord, Hypocoiling umbilical cord, LSCS, Anesthesia

Edition: Volume 12 Issue 12, December 2023,

Pages: 957 - 959