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Background: Caesarean section is one of the commonly performed surgical procedure in obstetric care. High caesarean section rate may have implications due to cost, complications for mothers and child
Objective: To determine the frequency of caesarean section at tertiary care hospital
Methodology: In this cross sectional study sample size was 600 patients out of 363 underwent caesarean section. The data was collected from two institutions, Shahida Islam Teaching Hospital and District Headquarter Lodhran. All cases of institutional deliveries [booked and un-booked] via caesarean section during the defined study period were recorded as an inclusion criteria while there was no exclusion criteria. Data was collected based on non-probability convenient sampling method. A statistical analysis of collected data was done through SPSS software version 21
Results: In this study, it was found that the rate of caesarean section was 60.5% and 62% were elective Caesarean Section cases
Conclusion: The frequency of caesarean section is very high in our tertiary care hospital