Original scientific paper

HISTORICAL REVIEW OF CESAREAN SECTION AT KING’S MATERNITY HOSPITAL AND MIDWIFERY SCHOOL ZAGREB 1908-1918

DUBRAVKO HABEK orcid.org/0000-0003-1304-9279 ; Sveti Duh University Hospital, Clinical Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Croatian Catholic University, Zagreb, Croatia
VALERIJA KRUHAK ; Bjelovar High Technical School, Studies of Nursing, Bjelovar, Croatia

Abstract

This article presents a historical review of the performance of 23 cesarean sections at the King’s Maternity Hospital and Midwifery School in Zagreb during the 1908-1918 period. Following prenatal screening by midwives and doctors in the hospital, deliveries in high risk pregnant women were performed at maternity hospitals, not at home. The most common indication for cesarean section was narrowed pelvis in 65.2% of women, while postpartum febrile condition was the most common complication in the puerperium. Maternal mortality due to sepsis after the procedure was 8.69% and overall perinatal mortality was 36.3% (stillbirths and early neonatal deaths).

Keywords

cesarean section; history; perinatal outcome

Hrčak ID:

165168

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/165168

Publication date:

7.9.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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