A Study of Caesarean Section in a Secondary Health Care Facility in Uyo; South-South Nigeria
port harcourt med. J
; 5(3): 263-269, 2011.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Background:
The rising caesarean section (CS) rate in Nigeria has been reported by several studies. But while these studies were mainly conducted in tertiary health institutions; the experiences in the secondary health care facilities who are also actively involved in providing maternity care and caesarean delivery are rarely reported.Aim:
To study the rates and indications for caesarean section in a secondary health facility in Uyo; Nigeria to provide alternate source of information on caesarean section.Methods:
This was a five-year retrospective study of all cases of caesarean section in St Luke's hospital; Anua; Uyo; Nigeria covering the period of January 2000 to December 2004. Information on the socio-demographic characteristics of patients; number and types of CS and their indications were obtained from the delivery register; theatre register and other ward records. These were analyzed using simple percentages.Results:
There were 10;190 deliveries in the period under review. Of these; 1384 were by caesarean sections giving a caesarean section rate of 13.6. The nullipara accounted for 36.6of cases of caesarean sections. There were similar rates of caesarean section among booked and unbooked patients. However; there were more emergency procedures among the unbooked patients.The major indication for caesarean section was fetal distress followed by repeat caesarean sections.Documentation and record keeping was a major challenge observed.Conclusion:
Caesarean section rate observed in the study is lower than what obtains from most tertiary centres and falls within the recommended rates of 5-15
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Surgical Procedures, Operative
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Cesarean Section
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Retrospective Studies
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Health Facilities
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Journal:
Port harcourt med. J
Year:
2011
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Article
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