Journal of Advanced Practices in Nursing

Department of Nursing, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, India

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  Urinary Tract Infection during Pregnancy among Antenatal Mother
  Author(s): AR Bharathi
  
  Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most common medical complications of pregnancy. Increased incidence of UTI during pregnancy is due to the morphological and the physiological changes that take place in the genitourinary tract during pregnancy. Urinary tract infections are bacterial infection with a global annual incidence of approximately 150 million cases reported. In about 40% of women and 12% of men experience at least one symptomatic urinary tract infection during their life time and as many as 40% of affected in women show recurrent urinary tract infection. The prevalence of urinary tract infection in pregnancy women in India is reported to range from 31% to 24% reported. Studies have shown that urinary tract infection in pregnancy may result in maternal and foetal morbidity. The pregnant woman should be educated, about the physiological changes during pregnancy whic.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2573-0347.2021.6.211

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