Cephalhaematoma: A 10‐Year Review
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 27 (3) , 210-212
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828x.1987.tb00988.x
Abstract
Summary: The incidence of cephalhaematoma at the Mercy Maternity Hospital over a 10‐year period was 2.5%; of the 1,030 infants 68.4% were born to primiparas, 65.6% were males, the majority (91.1%) were between 37 and 42 weeks' gestation and 3,000 and 4,000 g birth‐weight (71.6%). Forceps delivery and vacuum extraction were associated with increased incidences of cephalhaematoma (5.1% and 22.9% respectively), and the incidence was slightly increased (3.8%) when a scalp electrode had been applied. Hyperbilirubinaemia was more prevalent (12.9%) in infants with a cephalhaematoma as was exchange transfusion (0.8%) and the need for phototherapy (4.9%).Keywords
This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Fetal monitoring: Its effect on the perinatal mortality and cesarean section rates and its complicationsAmerican Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1975
- Birth TraumaPediatric Clinics of North America, 1975
- The incidence of skull fractures underlying cephalhematomas in newborn infantsThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1974
- Cephalhematoma in the NewbornClinical Pediatrics, 1974
- Cephalhematoma and Natal Brain InjuryObstetrics & Gynecology, 1966
- Cephalhematoma associated with fractureof the skullThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1952
- Cephalohematoma in the NewbornRadiology, 1950