dc.contributor.author | Rutgers, R.A.K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Van Eygen, L. | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Zimbabwe. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-03T11:59:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-03T11:59:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-05 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rutgers, R.A.K. and Van Eygen,L. (2008) Mortality related to caesarean section in rural Matebeleland North Province, Zimbabwe, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), vol. 54, nos. 5-8, pp. 24-28. Harare: CAJM. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0008-9176 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/8875 | |
dc.description | A CAJM article on Cesarean birth related death in rural Zimbabwe. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Maternal mortality ratio in low income countries is 100-500 times higher than in rich countries; compare the extremes: Zimbabwe with 1100 maternal deaths/100 000 live births and Sweden with 2/100 000.' Mortality rates related to caesarean section (CS) are in the same range, 0.5-2% (1:2001:50) in poor income countries and 0.01-0.02% (1:10 000-1:5 000)2 in the richer parts of the world. Mortality is greater in women who have more than one CS compared to those with a first CS, because of increasing age and therefore hi gher prevalence of general medical conditions, as well higher incidence of complications such as ruptured uterus (risk 0.2-1.5% after low transverse incision) and placenta praevia or accreta (risks 1.1-3.0 and 5-10 times greater than in an unscarred uterus).2 Compared to vaginal birth maternal mortality related to CS was shown to be 17 times higher in a medical audit in Midlands province in Zimbabwe. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (UZ) | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Gender | en |
dc.subject | Health | en |
dc.title | Mortality related to caesarean section in rural Matebeleland North Province, Zimbabwe | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | University of Zimbabwe (UZ) | en |