Vol. 7, Issue 1, Part A (2025)

Perinatal medicine presented as an important and specialized role in the care of high-risk pregnant women and their fetuses, which it enabled to our study to record the clinical outcomes of women and fetuses seen by the perinatal medicine service in hospitals in Baghdad, Iraq

Based on study design of methodology, clinical data were gathered with 74 high-risk mothers who were transferred to the hospitals in Baghdad, Iraq, during the period from February 2024 to February 2025, where patients included both perinatal interventions and maternal and neonatal outcomes, as well as it had enrolled into aged 33.6 ± 4.5 years.

Moreover, our study found that most common causes observed were hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, comprising 33.78% of the women, and placental abnormalities, comprising 16.22%, which a large proportion of the women had 79.73% underwent a cesarean section, as well as corticosteroids were the most commonly administered perinatal intervention, accounting for 59.5% of all participating women. Fetal monitoring using umbilical artery Doppler (UAD) was also performed, accounting for 79.7% of all fetuses, contributing to an improved survival rate of 93.24%, with a birth weight of 2584 ± 782 grams. This study notes that improved maternal and fetal outcomes for women with high-risk pregnancies result from the critical role of perinatal medicine and the intensive use of monitoring