1. Adverse birth outcome: a comparative analysis between cesarean section and vaginal delivery at Felegehiwot Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective record review
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Fantu Abebe Eyowas, Ashebir Kidane Negasi, Gizachew Eyassu Aynalem, and Abebaw Gebeyehu Worku
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Neonatal intensive care unit ,emergency cesarean delivery ,Referral ,intensive care unit ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,Elective Cesarean Delivery ,adverse birth outcome ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics ,Original Research ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Vaginal delivery ,medicine.disease ,Intensive care unit ,Apgar score ,Maternal death ,vaginal delivery ,Corrigendum ,business ,Postpartum period - Abstract
Fantu Abebe Eyowas,1 Ashebir Kidane Negasi,1 Gizachew Eyassu Aynalem,1 Abebaw Gebeyehu Worku2 1International NGO, Strengthening Human Resource for Health, Bahir Dar, 2Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia Introduction: Some studies favor elective cesarean delivery, and other surveys benefit vaginal delivery, while others emphasize that the quality of care during labor, birth, and immediate postpartum period plays a great role than the route of delivery. However, little information is locally available regarding the incidences of adverse birth outcome with respect to the route of delivery. Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of eligible patient records that included 3,003 pregnant women who had undergone either cesarean or vaginal delivery from July 1, 2012, to June 31, 2013. Pretested questionnaire was used to collect the data. The completeness and consistency of the data were checked, cleaned, and double entered to EPI-INFO 3.5.2 and analyzed with SPSS V20. Independent sample t-test and chi-square test were conducted to compare the outcome of vaginal delivery and cesarean section (CS) using index variables. Significance was taken at P
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- 2016