Professional paper
PERINATAL INDICATORS IN VIROVITICA GENERAL HOSPITAL MATERNITY WARD IN THE PERIOD 1997–2006
Jadranko Šegregur
; Division of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, General Hospital Virovitica, Croatia
Abstract
Birth rate of the population in Virovitica-Podravina County has had a highly negative trend over the past ten years (2003: 4,6‰). There has been a constant decrease in the number of deliveries in Virovitica General Hospital ¬Maternity Ward in the period 1997 – 2006. Total of 9165 newborns has been delivered of them 418 (4,56%) were premature infants, 46 (5,02‰) were fetal deaths, 6 (0,66‰) subpartal, 34 (3,73‰) early neonatal. In total 86 (9,39‰) newborns perinataly died. Cesarean section was performed in 1440 (15,86%) deliveries, primary cesarean section in 932 (10,27%), and iterative in 508 (5,59%). There was an increase in its frequency (10,31% to 20,86%), due to the increase in primary cesarean sections rate. 258 (2,82%) deliveries were accomplished by vacuum extraction. The rate of vacuum extractions and increase in cesarean section did not have an effect on decrease in perinatal mortality. There have been 80 (0,87%) pre-eclampsias, 26 (0,29%) pregnant women were diagnosed with gestational diabetes and there was no maternal mortality. Improvement of antenatal care, education of staff and regional organization of perinatal care would lead to a decrease in perinatal mortality.
Keywords
perinatal mortality; premature delivery; Cesarean section; antenatal care
Hrčak ID:
23508
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Publication date:
1.9.2007.
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