Indications for Caesarean Sections in Rundu State Hospital in Kavango East Region, Namibia
| Autor: | Olivia N Tuhadeleni, Emma Maano Nghitanwa, Saara Kerthu Hatupopi, Mirjam Nghamukamo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Eclampsia business.industry Obstetrics Cephalopelvic disproportion medicine.medical_treatment Incidence (epidemiology) Retrospective cohort study General Medicine medicine.disease Prolonged labour female genital diseases and pregnancy complications 03 medical and health sciences Distress 0302 clinical medicine medicine Population study Caesarean section 030212 general & internal medicine business reproductive and urinary physiology |
| Zdroj: | Global Journal of Health Science. 11:120 |
| ISSN: | 1916-9744 1916-9736 |
| DOI: | 10.5539/gjhs.v11n11p120 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: A caesarean section is a life saving procedure for both the mother and the baby. However, the fact that caesarean section rates are increasing worldwide, in both the developed and developing countries is becoming an issue of increasing concern, which raised a concern. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the indications for a caesarean section in the Rundu State Hospital. METHODS: A cross sectional retrospective study was conducted.The study population comprised the records of women who had undergone caesarean section between 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017. After conducting a sample size calculation the delivery, records of 149 women who had undergone a caesarean section during the study period were reviewed. The required data was collected using individual data collection sheets and then analysed using SPSS version 24. RESULTS: The age of participants ranged between 20 and 50 years. The mean age for the study group was 25.1 years. The overall leading indications for a caesarean section included foetal distress (25.6%), previous uterine scar (18.1%) and Cephalopelvic disproportion (16.1%) while other major contributing indications were eclampsia (16.1%), mal-presentation (8.1%), prolonged labour (6.7%, ante partum haemorrhage (3.4%), failed vaginal birth after caesarean section (2.0%), cord prolapse (1.3%) and severe vaginal warts (0.6%). In addition, the study found that a primary caesarean section was more common at 81.9% as compared to previous uterine scar at 18.1 % while maternal indications contributed to 61% of caesarean sections while foetal indications constituted 39%. CONCLUSION: Overall, the study found that the leading indications for caesarean section were foetal distress and previous uterine scar. It was recommended that foetal distress, as the main indicator for a primary caesarean section, should be further confirmed with a printed cardiotocograph. Training health workers on the interpretation of cardiotocograph and the importance of the use of other methods, such as the fetoscope and doptone, may help to reduce the incidence of unnecessary primary caesarean section due to foetal distress. In addition, previous uterine scar cases should be embark on labour before a decision is made. |
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