TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends and indications for caesarean section in a tertiary care obstetric hospital in coastal south India
AU - Unnikrishnan, B.
AU - Rakshith Prasad, B.
AU - Amarnath, Aishwarya
AU - Kumar, Nithin
AU - Rekha, T.
AU - Mithra, Prasanna P.
AU - Aishwarya, Ankita
AU - Kumar, Rajesh
AU - Chausalkar, Juhi Lakshman
AU - Garg, Nitish
AU - Pal, Sneha
AU - Dolkafle, Siti Hawa Binti Md
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - An increase in the Caesarean Section (CS) rates is a concern in the health care systems all over the world. In a developing country, an increase in the CS rate has major implications on the limited health care resources. A hospital based retrospective study was carried out in a tertiary government-run hospital specializing in Obstetrics & Gynaecology & all deliveries conducted from Jan 1st 2009 to Dec 31st 2009 were included. There were 7543 deliveries in the study period, with 1756 being CS, giving a rate of 23.27%. There is an increasing trend of caesarean section from 2005 (20.24%) to 2009 (23.27%) in our hospital. Most of the CSs were performed with previous CS as the indication. Foetal distress, breech presentation and failed induction was the other non-absolute indications. Placenta praevia and malpresentations were the most common absolute indications of CS.
AB - An increase in the Caesarean Section (CS) rates is a concern in the health care systems all over the world. In a developing country, an increase in the CS rate has major implications on the limited health care resources. A hospital based retrospective study was carried out in a tertiary government-run hospital specializing in Obstetrics & Gynaecology & all deliveries conducted from Jan 1st 2009 to Dec 31st 2009 were included. There were 7543 deliveries in the study period, with 1756 being CS, giving a rate of 23.27%. There is an increasing trend of caesarean section from 2005 (20.24%) to 2009 (23.27%) in our hospital. Most of the CSs were performed with previous CS as the indication. Foetal distress, breech presentation and failed induction was the other non-absolute indications. Placenta praevia and malpresentations were the most common absolute indications of CS.
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U2 - 10.4066/AMJ.2010.465
DO - 10.4066/AMJ.2010.465
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78649813080
SN - 1836-1935
VL - 3
SP - 821
EP - 825
JO - Australasian Medical Journal
JF - Australasian Medical Journal
IS - 12
ER -