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- Title
Operación cesárea: ¿indicación justificante o preocupación justificada?
- Authors
Manuel Muñoz-Enciso, José; Rosales-Aujang, Enrique; Domínguez-Ponce, Guillermo; Leopoldo Serrano-Díaz, César
- Abstract
Background: Caesarean section is the most common surgery performed in all hospitals of second level of care in the health sector and more frequently in private hospitals in Mexico. Objective: To determine the behavior that caesarean section in different hospitals in the health sector in the city of Aguascalientes and analyze the indications during the same period. Material and method: A descriptive and cross in the top four secondary hospitals in the health sector of the state of Aguascalientes, which together account for 81% of obstetric care in the state, from 1 September to 31 October 2008. Were analyzed: indication of cesarean section and their classification, previous pregnancies, marital status, gestational age, weight and minute Apgar newborn and given birth control during the event. Results: were recorded during the study period, 2.964 pregnancies after 29 weeks, of whom 1.195 were resolved by Caesarean section with an overall rate of 40.3%. We found 45 different indications, which undoubtedly reflect the great diversity of views on the institutional medical staff to schedule a cesarean section. Conclusions: Although each institution has different resources and a population with different characteristics, treatment protocols should be developed by staff of each hospital to have the test as a cornerstone of labor, also request a second opinion before a caesarean section, all try to reduce the frequency of cesarean section.
- Subjects
CESAREAN section prevention; CESAREAN section; DECISION making in elective surgery; MEDICAL consultation; PREVENTION of pregnancy complications; OBSTETRICS surgery; WOMEN'S health
- Publication
Ginecología y Obstetricia de México, 2011, Vol 79, Issue 2, p67
- ISSN
0300-9041
- Publication type
Article