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The effect of perinatal misuse of medicinal plants by parturients on the survival of newborns in Morocco

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Title The effect of perinatal misuse of medicinal plants by parturients on the survival of newborns in Morocco
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JBJSU1
 
Creator Fatima. Aslaou
Hind Achachi
Imane Halimi
Amina. Barkat
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description The concept of perinatal misuse of medicinal plants among parturients is widespread and the
association between these effects and the survival of newborns requires research. The objective of
this study is to evaluate the performance of the neonatal unit at the service of pediatrics from the
Laâyoune center based on the survival analysis of newborns aged 28 to 37 weeks. This is a
retrospective analytical study carried out at the neonatal unit of the pediatric department of Laayoune
of newborns (N: 243) hospitalized at the Regional Hospital Center of Mothers using medicinal plants
perinatally. Proportional hazards regression, also called Cox regression model, was used to perform
Kaplan-Meier (K-M) survival curve analysis. Results linked to maternal (age, parity, marital status,
occupation, education, medical and toxicological history, gestational age) and neonatal characteristics
(reference age at the neonatal center, sex, birth weight, birth size, duration of resuscitation) as well
that the evaluation of maternal perinatal herbal toxicity by the severity score of intoxication, were
studied. A cohort of 243 participants, including 158 boys and girls aged 85 from urban and rural
areas, average age of one month ±7 days, hospitalized at the Lâayoune Regional Hospital Center
from April 1, 2022 to May 1 2023 Neonatal mortality was significantly associated with the use
mainly of Artemissa herba-alba Asso (OR=1.13 [1.01-1.45]), Rosmarinus officinalis L (OR=1.7
[1.43] - 2.14]) and Juniperus oxycedrus (OR=1.2 [.35-2.34]), for the survival analysis, the calculated
log-rank estimate is (13.408), with the P value between zero and three decimal places (0.000);
conclude that there is a statistically significant difference in survival times between the two
treatments: antibiotic therapy, corticosteroid therapy and observation of newborns who received no
treatment and were admitted to the pediatric department.
 
Subject Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
 
Date 2024-01-12