Increasing Caesarean Section Rate

1 January 1976

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Vol. 55 (2) , 95-100
https://doi.org/10.3109/00016347609156793

Abstract

At the University Hospital in Uppsala 719 Caesarean Sections (C.S.) were performed 1966–1970. The total number of deliveries was 16708. The C.S. rate increased from 2.0% to 7.8%. This trend was mainly due to an increasing frequency of C.S. performed for cephalopelvic disproportion fetal distress “bad obstetrical history” and failed induction of labour with intravenous oxytocin drip. No maternal deaths occurred. The perinatal mortality was 5.0%. In infants with a birth weight of 1500 g or less the perinatal mortality was 57% and in infants with a birth weight of more than 2500 g and a gestational age of 37 weeks or more it was 0.9%. In 207 elective C.S. on healthy mothers at term no perinatal deaths were noted.

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