Exploring Obstetrical Interventions and Stratified Cesarean Section Rates Using the Robson Classification in Tertiary Care Hospitals in the United Arab Emirates.
| Autor: | Abdulrahman M; Department of Medical Education and Research, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.; Department of Primary Health Care, Dubai Medical College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates., Abdullah SS; Department of Primary Health Care, Dubai Medical College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates., Alaani AFK; Department of Primary Health Care, Dubai Medical College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates., AlAbdool NH; Department of Primary Health Care, Dubai Medical College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates., Sherif FEY; Department of Primary Health Care, Dubai Medical College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates., Ahmed ZS; Dubai Health Authority, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates., Al-Rawi HI; Dubai Health Authority, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates., Hubaishi NM; Dubai Health Authority, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates., Tahlak MA; Dubai Health Authority, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates., Carrick FR; Bedfordshire Centre for Mental Health Research in association with University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.; Harvard Medical School-Harvard Macy Institute, Boston, MA, United States.; Neurology Department, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, FL, United States. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia [Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet] 2019 Mar; Vol. 41 (3), pp. 147-154. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 14. |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0038-1676524 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: The objective of the present study was to explore obstetric management in relation to clinical, maternal and child health outcomes by using the Robson classification system. Methods: Data was collected from obstetrics registries in tertiary care hospitals in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Results: The analysis of > 5,400 deliveries (60% of all the deliveries in 2016) in major maternity hospitals in Dubai showed that groups 5, 8 and 9 of Robson's classification were the largest contributors to the overall cesarean section (CS) rate and accounted for 30% of the total CS rate. The results indicate that labor was spontaneous in 2,221 (45%) of the women and was augmented or induced in almost 1,634 cases (33%). The birth indication rate was of 64% for normal vaginal delivery, of 24% for emergency CS, and of 9% for elective CS. The rate of vaginal birth after cesarean was 261 (6%), the rate of external cephalic version was 28 (0.7%), and the rate of induction was 1,168 (21.4%). The prevalence of the overall Cesarean section was 33%; with majority (53.5%) of it being repeated Cesarean section. Conclusion: The CS rate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is higher than the global average rate and than the average rate in Asia, which highlights the need for more education of pregnant women and of their physicians in order to promote vaginal birth. A proper planning is needed to reduce the number of CSs in nulliparous women in order to prevent repeated CSs in the future. Monitoring both CS rates and outcomes is essential to ensure that policies, practices, and actions for the optimization of the utilization of CS lead to improved maternal and infant outcomes. Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interests to declare. (Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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