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Trend in Breech Delivery in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Chattopadhyay Sisir K.,
Sengupta Bijoy Sree,
Zaidi Muzammil H.,
Edrees Yaseen Burhan
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1987.tb00956.x
Subject(s) - breech delivery , breech presentation , medicine , geography , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Summary: An analysis of 2,168 consecutive singleton breech deliveries showed significant improvement in neonatal mortality and morbidity rates for babies delivered by Caesarean section (CS) compared with vaginal delivery (p < 0.001). The CS rate was 19%. The uncorrected perinatal mortality (PNM) rate was 90.4/1,000 which was 2.5 times higher than the overall hospital PNM rate. In the vaginal delivery group the neonatal death (NND) rate of 206/1,000 among low birth‐weight infants (<2,500 g) was significantly higher than that of 18/1,000 among babies of > 2,500 g (p > 0.001). There was no significant difference in the NND rate between these 2 birth‐weight groups delivered by CS (p > 0.3). Social conservatism, large family size and limited neonatal care facilities were deterrents to an increase in the Caesarean section rate.