PMID: 9654176Jul 8, 1998Paper

Pregnancy in HIV-infected women. Counseling and care--12 years' experiences and results

Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
S LindgrenA B Bohlin

Abstract

A specialized antenatal care unit was set up for counseling and care of HIV-infected pregnant women. The team consisted of gynecologists, a midwife, a social worker and pediatricians. The women were referred from departments of infectious diseases, venereology or institutions for drug addicts, antenatal care units and abortion clinics, or applied themselves. Women identified in the pregnancy HIV screening program were informed primarily by the team. The women were counseled along with their partners and cared for during abortion or the antenatal period, delivery and post partum. Contraceptive services were offered and psychosocial support was given. Between April 1985 and March 1997, 95 HIV-infected women with 122 pregnancies attended. Twenty-one per cent were or had been drug users, 2% had been infected by transfused blood and 77% were classified as having been sexually infected, two thirds of whom were Africans. The mean age was 27.8 years. In 54 of 93 pregnancies (58%) in which the woman could make an informed decision, she elected abortion -- in 37 cases for HIV related reasons. Significantly more women with an uninfected steady partner, compared to women without a steady partner, chose to continue the pregnancy, as did wom...Continue Reading

Citations

Jun 30, 2001·International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics : the Official Organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics·G UrbaniE Beyer
Jan 8, 2004·Reproductive Health Matters·Maria de Bruyn

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