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Breech Presentations in a Sample of Colombian Hospitals
Author(s) -
LópezEscobar G.,
RiañoGamboa G.,
Fortney Judith,
Janowitz Barbara
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1979.tb00169.x
Subject(s) - medicine , breech presentation , parity (physics) , obstetrics , breech delivery , birth weight , pediatrics , pregnancy , demography , genetics , physics , particle physics , sociology , biology
All the breech presentations that occurred in a large sample of data on obstetric deliveries from a random sample of urban hospitals in Colombia are examined. The 463 breeches are analyzed by age and parity of the mother, type of breech presentation (frank or footling) and type of delivery (vaginal or abdominal). The data suggest that abdominal delivery reduces perinatal mortality although cell values are too small to adequately control for birth weight.