OBJECTIVES To derive and validate a simple formula for birth weight based on symphysis-fundal height (SFH) measurement during labour, and to determine a useful SFH cut-off value for prediction of birth weight > or = 4000 g. METHODS In a derivation study, SFH was measured in women at term in the active phase of labour. A simplified formula for birth weight was derived from a regression equatio...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to estimate the effects of risk factors on elective and emergency caesarean section (CS) and to estimate the between-hospital variation of risk-adjusted CS proportions. DESIGN Historical registry-based cohort study. SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS The study was based on all singleton deliveries in hospital units in Denmark from January 2009 to December 2012. A...

Analysis of medical records at the Ahmad Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria compared the effects of antenatal care in booked and unbooked women. 22,774 pregnancies resulted in 22,725 deliveries. Pregnancy complications were most prevalent in unbooked patients and included anemia, pregnancy-induced hypertension, malpresentation, and malposition of the fetal head. Lower incidence of c...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to develop an easily usable integrated formula for predicting the probability of cephalopelvic disproportion/failure to progress (CPD) and cesarean delivery (CS) as a function of demographic factors in a middle-class private practice, and to evaluate risk factors for CS in a low-risk primiparous population. METHODS We studied 3355 primiparous women who deli...

BACKGROUND Obstructed labour is still a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality and of adverse outcome for newborns in low-income countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of individual and health facility factors and the risk for obstructed labour and its adverse outcomes in south-western Uganda. METHODS A review was performed on 12,463 obstetric records for the ye...

CONTEXT Maternal age, parity, and socioeconomic class are important determinants of obstetric outcome of pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy constitutes a high risk pregnancy with complications arising from a combination of physiological, anatomical, and socioeconomic factors. OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine the current incidence of all teenage pregnancies and their obstetric outcomes at UN...

OBJECTIVE To determine the trend and indications for the use of caesarean delivery in our environment. METHOD A retrospective review of the caesarean sections performed at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital from January 2000 to December 2005 inclusive. RESULTS During the study period, there were 10,097 deliveries and 1192 caesarean sections giving a caesarean section rate of 11.8%. T...

INTRODUCTION Maternal anthropometric parameters as risk factors for cesarean section have always been a matter of interest and concern for obstetricians. Some of these parameters have been shown to be predictors of dystocia. This study aims at showing the relationship between cesarean section indications and anthropometric parameters sizes in Rwandan nulliparae for the purpose of comparison and...