Rising trend and indications of caesarean section at the university of Maiduguri teaching hospital, Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-132

  Geidam, Ado D ^a   Audu, Bala M ^a   Kawuwa, Bello M ^a   Obed, Jessy Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Demographic characteristics; Indications; Perinatal outcome; Trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; ECLAMPSIA; FETUS ACID BASE BALANCE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MACROSOMIA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIGERIA; PLACENTA PREVIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; NIGERIA; PARITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049127863     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.56242     Document Type: Article

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