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A REVIEW OF 806 CAESAREAN OPERATIONS PERFORMED AT THE QUEEN VICTORIA MATERNITY HOSPITAL, ADELAIDE, IN THE YEARS 1965–1969
Author(s) -
Thatcher Ralph
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb49950.x
Subject(s) - caesarean section , medicine , obstetrics , fetal distress , queen (butterfly) , pediatrics , pregnancy , fetus , hymenoptera , botany , biology , genetics
Of 10,546 confinements at the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital, the rate of cæsarean section was 7–5% to 8%. The infant mortality was 4–4%, and the maternal mortality was nil. Uncontrolled haemorrhage following cæsarean section leading to hysterectomy occurred in 0–6% of cases. Infant mortality after delivery by cæsarean section was as follows: all cases, 4–4%; placenta prævia, 5%; toxæmia, 5%; abruptio placentæ, 11%; Rh factor, 22%; diabetes, nil. An interesting observation is the 5% mortality among babies who showed fœtal distress during labour and the singular lack of any record of fœtal distress among so many of the other babies who died as a result of severe deformity, toxæmia or prematurity.