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Pregnancy and anaesthetic practice in India
Author(s) -
Mirakhur R. K.,
BADVE A. V.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1975.tb00789.x
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , incidence (geometry) , abortion , obstetrics , pregnancy , elective caesarean section , gynecology , genetics , physics , optics , biology
A survey was conducted among married anaesthetists with regard to the incidence of spontaneous abortion, Caesarean section and the birth and growth of their children, taking other physicians as controls. Female anaesthetists were found to have a higher incidence of abortion than female physicians. The incidence of Caesarean section was also significantly higher in anaesthetists. The non medical wives of male anaesthetists had a greater number of female babies; the male:female ratio was 0.9:1.