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Rates of Caesarean Section and Neonatal Mortality
Author(s) -
Taylor Udele,
Zentay Zoltan,
Ganesh Vijaya,
Apuzzio Joseph,
Murphy Guy,
Iffy Leslie
Publication year - 1992
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.1992.tb01946.x
Subject(s) - caesarean section , confounding , medicine , neonatal mortality , obstetrics , section (typography) , infant mortality , pediatrics , pregnancy , environmental health , population , genetics , pathology , advertising , business , biology
Summary: A comparison of the yearly statistics of National Maternity Hospital (Dublin) and University Hospital (Newark) was undertaken for the years 1983–1989. The findings appear to indicate that after the elimination of major confounding factors, the substantially higher rates of Caesarean section in Newark (17.5% versus 5.8%) did not bring about a measurable reduction in the rate of neonatal losses. The impact of paediatric care upon the respective neonatal outcomes could not be assessed on the ground of the reviewed data.