CESAREAN-SECTION - MORBIDITY OF MOTHER AND CHILD

1 January 1980

journal article
research article

Vol. 184 (5) , 371-377

Abstract

In the yr 1974-1978, 641 cesarean sections were performed and analyzed with respect to diagnosis in each case as well as morbidity of mother and child. An increase of preventive indications in the care of the child was shown. Vital and preventive indications were 60.6% and 39.4%, respectively. More breech-birth deliveries are occurring. The vital indications occurred in 69.1% of the case in 1974 but only in 53.8% in 1978. In the same period the preventive indications increased from 30.9% to 46.2%. [An increasing frequency of cesarean section is expected.] Fever parametritis and endometritis cause 38% of the material morbidity; these and other complications cause a hospital stay of more than 2 wk. The low Apgar-score of the newborns is due to the greater number of children below 2.500 g (at last count: 19.18%). The perinatal mortality of the observed period was 3.06% of all cesarean sections; 12.8% belonged to the group of less than 2.500 g birth weight.

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