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| Title |
Cesarean sections in a secondary level care hospital of Cameroon: an analysis of their six-year trends and adverse neonatal outcomes
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, August 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-017-2750-2 |
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| Authors |
Tsi Njim, Simeon-Pierre Choukem, Robinson Mbu |
| Abstract |
The objectives of this study were to determine the trends of CS in a regional hospital in Cameroon and to explore its association with adverse neonatal outcomes. The study was conducted in the Buea Regional Hospital (BRH), Cameroon. A 6-year retrospective records analysis was used to determine the trends in rates of CS and neonatal adverse outcomes. In a 3-month prospective phase, indications of CS were identified. Of a total of 4941 records reviewed from the year 2007 to 2012, the overall CS rate was 20.4%. The rates increased from 17.1% in 2007 to 20.9% in 2012, with a peak of 22.7% in 2011, but this time-trend was not significant (p-trend =0.06). Three of the 25 cases of CS (12%) in the prospective phase were done at the request of mothers. The odds of having a low first minute APGAR (APGAR <7) in neonates born from CS were higher than in neonates born from a normal delivery (OR = 6.6 and 95% CI 5.7-7.7; p < 0.01). One out of every five women give birth through a CS in the BRH. This rate of CS is relatively high for a suburban population in a developing country. Strategies to reduce these rates should be investigated and instituted in the BRH to reduce health expenditures. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 38 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 14 | 37% |
| Researcher | 2 | 5% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Unknown | 11 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 26% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 21% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 3% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 12 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
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