FETAL HAREKETLERDE AZALMA ÖN TANISIYLA DOĞUM ÜNİTESİNE YATIRILAN GEBELERİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ Evaluation of Pregnant Women Admitted to the Delivery Unit Prediagnosed with Reduced Fetal Movement

Objective: The purpose of this study was to review the perinatal and obstetric outcome of pregnant women who had complaints of reduction in the fetal movements during their antenatal follow-up examinations or applied to the emergency service with this complaint and were admitted to the delivery unit with reduced fetal movement prediagnosis. Materials and Methods: The records of 396 pregnancies (36 weeks and over), which were admitted to our hospitals delivery unit during May 2011-May 2012 period with reduced fetal movement prediagnosis, were reviewed retrospectively. High risk pregnancies were excluded from the study. Patient’s age, gravidas, parities, body mass index, complete blood count, vital functions, mode of delivery and perinatal results were recorded Results: It was determined that 396 patients (2.70%) out of 14,650 patients admitted to the Delivery Unit were admitted due to reduced fetal movement prediagnosis. Of these 396 patients, 142 (33.11%) were discharged after examinations. There were 13,447 deliveries for the total admitted patient group. While the number of primary caesarean sections were 2,669 (19.98%) for this group, the primary caesarean frequency for the 233 pregnant women prediagnosed with reduced fetal movement was 33.90%. Conclusion: Reduced fetal movement may be associated with increased cesarean section rate.