1. Trends and Indications for Caesarean Section in a tertiary care Obstetric Hospital in Coastal South India
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P. M. Prasanna, Rekha T, Pal Sneha, Kumar Rajesh, B. M. D. S. Hawa, Aishwarya Ankita, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Kumar Nithin, L. C. Juhi, Garg Nitish, P. B. Rakshith, and Amarnath Aishwarya
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Pregnancy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Developing country ,Retrospective cohort study ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Distress ,Breech presentation ,Health care ,Medicine ,Childbirth ,Caesarean section ,business - Abstract
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 1 st 2009 to Dec 31 st 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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- 2010