| Determinants of episiotomy in rural Zimbabwe. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 12956849 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
BACKGROUND: To assess the influence of parity, mode of birth, place of birth, a history of birth by only cesarean section and birthweight on episiotomy rates. METHODS: Retrospective study of 3589 women giving birth vaginally from October 1997 to October 1998 in the Gutu district in Zimbabwe, to obtain the rate of episiotomy and its determinants. RESULTS: The overall episiotomy rate was 27%; 54% in nulliparous and 6% in multiparous women. Perineal tears varied between 5 and 11% in the different places of birth. DISCUSSION: An episiotomy rate of 54% in nulliparous women is higher than necessary. Medical and midwifery training should be adapted to facilitate a more restrictive use of episiotomy. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Janneke E van den Bergh; Marieke Sueters; Marc Segaar; Jos van Roosmalen |
Related Documents
:
|
4075629 - Maternal mortality and morbidity in cesarean section. 9509839 - Use of transvaginal color doppler ultrasound to diagnose vasa previa. 9065129 - The green bay cesarean section study. iv. the physician factor as a determinant of cesa... 2002969 - The effect of cesarean delivery on birth outcome in very low birth weight infants. nati... 1383899 - Placenta accreta/percreta/increta: a cause of elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein. 15291999 - Effect of prior vaginal delivery or prior vaginal birth after cesarean delivery on obst... 15053929 - Copper-induced hepatotoxicosis with hepatic stellate cell activation and severe fibrosi... 16529649 - Maternal deaths in sagamu in the new millennium: a facility-based retrospective analysis. 10221019 - Enterobacter aerogenes outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Volume: 82 ISSN: 0001-6349 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Publication Date: 2003 Oct |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2003-09-05 Completed Date: 2003-10-31 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0370343 Medline TA: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Country: Denmark |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 966-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Adult Birth Weight Cesarean Section / statistics & numerical data* Delivery, Obstetric / statistics & numerical data Episiotomy / statistics & numerical data* Female Humans Incidence Infant, Newborn Medical Records Parity Pregnancy Retrospective Studies Rural Health Unnecessary Procedures / statistics & numerical data Zimbabwe / epidemiology |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix: the presence of human papillomavirus and the method of detecti...
Next Document: Clinical applications of 1H-MR spectroscopy in the evaluation of epilepsies--what do pathological sp...