Open AccessPerinatal Mortality At Kathmandu Model Hospital
Author(s) -
Shankar Prasad Shrestha,
Sharina Rajbhandari
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.776
Subject(s) - medicine , vaginal delivery , caesarean section , asphyxia , perinatal mortality , obstetrics , antepartum haemorrhage , pediatrics , sepsis , perinatal asphyxia , asphyxia neonatorum , pregnancy , fetus , surgery , genetics , biology
Total number of 410 deliveries were performed at Kathmandu Model Hospital (KMH)during 33 months (April 96 -Dec 98 ). Among 410 deliveries 107 (26.09%) cases weredone by Lower Segment Caesarean Section (LSCS), 54 cases (13.37%) by forcepsdelivery, 188 (45.85%) cases normal vaginal delivery with epigiotomy and 61 (14.87%)normal vaginal delivery with or without tear.During this period, 6 twin delivery cases were observed. There were 14 cases of perinataldeaths (still birth -10 and neonatal-death - 4). Hence, perinatal mortality rateduring this peroid in this hospital was 34.15.Perinatal mortality was mostly due to severe prematurity, birth asphyxia, ante-partumhaemorrhage (APH), intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), congenital abnormalitiesand sepsis.KEY WORDS: Neonatal death, Still birth, Perinatal mortality, Antepartum haemorrhage (APH), Sepsis.